DRESS REHEARSAL MOONDYNE FESTIVAL

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1985

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Overview

A black & white group photo of Men & Children - Boys & Girls - standing on the east side of the Toodyay Post Office in Fitzgerald Street.
Some of the girls appear to be in period costume.
One young man to the right foreground is holding a wheel barrow in which there is a spade and sheep's horns and some rolled cloth.
Another empty wheel barrow to lower right of picture.
Behind the group is a notice board and 2 phone boxes.

Historical information

Practising for the second Moondyne Festival which was held on the weekend of August 24-25. The festival was sponsored by GWN Television (Golden West Network).

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.974

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Social History

Material

Photo Paper

Width

16.5000 mm

Height or length

21.5000 mm

Contextual Information

Believed to have been taken as promotional material for the Toodyay Tourist Centre, who managed the festival at the time.
They are a similar type to the group of 51 photos taken at the festival a month later (2012.61a-ap) which are also assumed to have been produced for the same purpose. In 1998 the Toodyay Tourist Centre Inc. amalgamated with the Shire of Toodyay and its assets were transferred to the Shire.

Year

1985

Statement of significance

WA 150th Celebrations in Toodyay

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Geotag

-31.550039535181, 116.46744543902

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Shire of Toodyay

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