DONEGAN'S STORE, NEWCASTLE, WA 1902

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1902

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Overview

B/w photo-reproduction of Donegan's Store as it stood in Stirling Terrace, Newcastle (now known as Toodyay).
Photo shows storefront, ornamental parapet, sign 'TJ Donegan Produce Merchant & Universal Provider' Shows four men and one boy.
The boy and one man are in shopkeeper's uniform.
Tools & equipment on display.

Historical information

It is unknown how this image came to be stored in the Museum Workshop however it was assigned an earlier accession number of TCH 83:191. In terms of intellectual property, the Battye Library owns the copyright of this image and as it must be referenced as such if the image is displayed. It is worth noting that this image is found in Erickson’s Old Toodyay and Newcastle.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2012.65

Material

Photo Paper

Width

300 mm

Height or length

240 mm

Inscriptions and markings

battye stamp TB3755 & CH171

Contextual Information

Part of a group of shops first established on the corner of Clinton Street and Stirling Terrace in the 1880s. (This section of Clinton Street was renamed Piesse Street in the mid 1960s.)
This photograph of was taken in 1902 and by 1906 the store had changed its name to the Newcastle Trading Company.
Some of the shops were demolished in the 1950s and a garage was built.
All the buildings on the site were removed during the 1970s.

Year

1902

Statement of significance

The value of the item considered for accession lies in its research value as a visual record of the development of Stirling Terrace, Toodyay.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

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-31.550295400297, 116.4656307114

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Shire of Toodyay

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