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MOBILE MEALS CONTAINER LID

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2016

Overview

A rectangular white cardboard sheet with rounded edges which fits onto the top of COA2017.40A. It has text on the lid. [MEALS ON WHEELS / CONTENTS- BEST BEFORE], then directions on how to thaw and cook the contents either by conventional oven or microwave.

Historical information

Armadale Kelmscott Mobile Meals Inc ran a food delivery service in the Armadale-Kelmscott area from 1965 until 2016 when it came under the broader state Meals on Wheels network. In 2016 the food delivery service was taken over and run by the Rise Network.
Meals on Wheels started in Western Australia in the 1960s. Today the organisation delivers around 930,000 meals to about 10,000 clients in a year through Community Care Centres. The majority of clients who receive Meals on Wheels age aged between 50 and 99. Volunteers cook and deliver the food to the organisations clients.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2017.40B

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Cardboard

Width

155 mm

Height or length

205 mm

Keywords

Armadale

Kelmscott

Meals on Wheels

Armadale Kelmscott Mobile Meals Inc

Year

2016

Statement of significance

MEDIUM
Type of food container used by the Kelmscott Meals on Wheels to deliver hot food to local recipients in the 2000s.
The item represents the role of volunteer community organisation have played in providing support to vulnurable members of the community.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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