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BAG -PAPER WOOLWORTHS

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c. 1980

Overview

Rectangular brown paper bag with red and blue text with images. On the front of the bag is blue text above and below a red stylised [w]. Text on front [WOOLWORTHS / SUPERMARKETS / and your shopping's done!]. Bottom right corner is a blue image of an outline of Western Australia with a solid dot in the middle. Blue text under image [Made in Western Australia]. On the back of the bag their is blue text above a red stylised [w]. Text on the back [I GOT MY / DOLLARS / WORTH WITH / WOOLIES / LOWER / PRICES!]. Made in Western Australia logo repeated in the bottom right. On the left side of the bag there are three red rectangles with illustrations of a [BILBY] a [DUGONG] and a [DIBBLET]. Under the illustrations is blue and red text with a circle that contains an illustration of a panda with text [WORLD WILDLIFE FUND / AUSTRALIA] located next to the blue text. Text on the left side [Support World / Wildlife Fund / Australia / Appeal / in / Western Australia / FOR INFORMATION / PHONE (09) 3813723]. On the right side of the bag there is blue and red text with a stylised [w] surrounded by blue text. The text on the left side [WOOLWORTHS / BRAND/ GUARANTED FIRST QUALITY / REPLACEMENT OR MONEY REFUNDED / WOOLWORTHS SUPERMARKETS]

Historical information

This bag was used by Pam Herbert when she went shopping at the Armadale Woolworths store in the early 1980s. The store was located on Orchard Avenue.
The store opened in the late 1970s and was closed and demolished in c.2006 to make way for the Armadale Central Shopping Centre. When Armadale Central opened in 2008 it included a new Woolworths supermarket.
The bag represents the commercial history of the City of Armadale. Large corporations and small business all played an important role in servicing the needs and wants of the local community as well as providing local employment. Social and commercial history both play an equally important role in the growth and development of a community. As the community grows so does its needs and desire for commercial business and commercial businesses can not grow without a active community there to support them.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2021.56

Themes

Art and Design
Environment
People
Popular Culture
Social History

Material

Paper

Width

161 mm

Height or length

350 mm

Keywords

ORCHARD Avenue Armadale

ARMADALE

World Wildlife Fund Australia

HERBERT Pam Mrs

Woolworths Supermarket

Year

c. 1980

Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection that represents the commercial history of the City of Armadale. It represents the many different businesses that have operated in the local area and how those businesses have evolved over time. Businesses play an important role within a community, they provide wanted and needed goods and services, employment, income and opportunities to the local community. They can also operate as important social connectors, places where people gathered and engaged with other members of the community.

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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