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Shire of Toodyay > Records

FLOAT IN STREET PARADE

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1985

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Community events & celebrations

Overview

Colour photo of a float on the back of a truck in street parade for the second Moondyne Festival held on the weekend of August 24-25, 1985.
Truck is light blue - on back is large object wrapped in black plastic with words "Rouge of the West".
There is a yellow triangular "sail" on top with arrows drawn on it.
Man with a life saving cap slanting on far left. Man with cap in cab of truck.
The tops of two words can be seen at lower of photo.

Historical information

The Gala Float Parade happened on Sunday afternoon on 25 August 1985 at 4pm.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1679

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

9 mm

Height or length

130 mm

Contextual Information

Shire of Toodyay photo 2001.1682 shows another view of this float during the same parade.

Year

1985

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Shire of Toodyay

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