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CAP, YACHTING - LAKE JANDAKOT SAILING CLUB

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1957 - 1960

Overview

White cap with hard blue peak (naval design). Cloth logo on front above peak. Logo round, dark blue with a yellow laurel wreath across bottom. In middle is a blue triangular flag pointing to the right with a yellow flag pole. Yellow text across top of logo [L.J.S.C]. Leather band inside hat.

Historical information

Between 1957 and 1960 Pearce Harrison was the Commodore of the Lake Jandakot Sailing Club. The club started in 1957 and ran for several years. The original Bedfordale Primary school building was transported to the shores of Lake Jandakot (later renamed Forrestdale Lake) to act as the club house.
The clubs sailing season attracted many metropolitan sailors including Rolly Tasker who used to train for the Flying dutchman Class in the Olympics. A reduction in the water level and severe damage to the club house saw the sailing club fold in the early 1960s

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2009.22

Item type

Costumes

Material

Cloth

Leather

Width

27 cm

Height or length

14 cm

Depth

27 cm

Themes

People

Social History

Keywords

UNIFORM ADR dress Theme

SPORTSWEAR ADR dress Theme

Forrestdale Lake

Lake Jandakot

Lake Jandakot Sailing Club

HARRISON Pearce

Year

1957

Year End

1960

Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection that tells the story of the many different community sporting organisations that have and continue to exist in the City of Armadale. Sport has played an important role in bringing communities together and building identities.With the influx of new residents to the region in the late 1800s local sporting clubs began to form as people came together looking to form a community through shared sporting interests. Sporting clubs can also show how established communities begin to grow and diversify with clubs being formed by new emerging communities.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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