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PROGRAMME - A COLONIAL MUSIC HALL

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1985

Overview

This programme is has a light-green cardboard cover and two white pages inside printed in black text.
The front cover has a pattern around the border and text that reads: [CECIL ANDREWS SENIOR / HIGH SCHOOL / A / Colonial / Music Hall / August 15th, 16th, 17th / 1985].
The back cover has a list of credits.
The two pages inside the programme has a list of all the participants and their roles.

Historical information

Cecil Andrews College was formerly known as West Armadale High School. This musical event marked the bicentenary of Australia and was assisted by Pioneer World, a commercial tourist attraction that was built in 1980 to recreate early pioneer life in the Armadale-Kelmscott region.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2013.52

Item type

Documents

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Card

Ink

Width

300 mm

Height or length

210 mm

Keywords

Pioneer World

A COLONIAL MUSIC HALL

CECIL ANDREWS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Pioneer Village

Year

1985

Statement of significance

MEDIUM
Social: Importance of WA stories in school education in WA in lead up to Australia's bicentennial (1988).
Provenance: Play performed by students from Cecil Andrews Senior High School.
Representativeness: School curriculum and the role of theatre and WA stories in 1980s.
Historic: The programme was an example of the school's dedication to the performing arts, before it acquired a Specialist Program in Performing Arts in 1999.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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