STREET SCENE OUTSIDE COUNCIL CHAMBERS - FIENNES STREET

1959
Overview

Black and white photo of street scene in Fiennes Street Toodyay looking west from outside of the Council Chambers looking towards the tennis club rooms.
Seven people on footpath outside club rooms, nine people on on chamber side of road.
Small shed can be seen to the right of tennis club rooms.

Historical information

The Hon. Lindsay Thorn, M.L.A., Member for Toodyay, opened the restored Court House in Fiennes Street, to be used as the Road Board Chambers.
The Toodyay Tennis Club, over the road, provided afternoon tea for the occasion,.
(This event is also documented in Shire of Toodyay photographs 2001.1323, 2001.1328 & 2001.1452.)

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-37-2001.1481
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Width
6 cm
Height or length
8 cm
Contextual Information

The Road Board had met at at the former Toodyay Mechanics building (now the Toodyay Library) between 1927 and 1958, before relocating to the restored courthouse.

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