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Busselton Historical Society > Records

Photograph - Picnic group

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Mrs Ethel Baird

1917

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Overview

B/W photo of a group, mainly women and children under or near a shelton on the beach at Busselton.
The jetty is in the background showing people walking and the Rotunda.

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Registration number

cwa-org-124-0259

Item type

Themes

Social History
War and Conflict

Material

Photographic Paper

Contextual Information

Group of people who travelled on the picnic train from Bunbury, which came frequently for a day out during the 1914 – 1918 war arriving at 11am and departing about 5pm the same day. Photo taken by Ethel Baird in 1917. Sent in by Mrs E Bovell in 1973.

Keywords

Busselton Jetty

Place made

Busselton, Western Australia, Australia

Year

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Social or spiritual significance

Busselton Historical Society

Busselton Historical Society

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