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Shire of Toodyay > Records

OPENING OF THE TOODYAY PUBLIC LIBRARY

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1959

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Local Government

Overview

Black and white photo of the interior of the Library. Group of four men are standing by a sash window. . Man second from the left is the State Librarian, Francis Aubie (Ali) Sharr.
One man is speaking in the centre of the room. Four women are seated on the right, and four men standing behind, with bookshelves behind them.
Most of the men are in shirt sleeves and ties, and one with braces. The women are wearing hats.

Historical information

The Hon. Lindsay Thorn, M.L.A., Member for Toodyay, opened the new Toodyay Public Library in the former Board Room of the Road Board Chambers, in Stirling Terrace on March 19th, 1959.
On the same day the restored courthouse in Fiennes Street was also officially opened as the new Road Board Chambers by the Hon Lindsay Thorn, M.L.A.
In 1926 the former Mechanics Institute building on Stirling Terrace was vested in the Toodyay Road Board. The following year it was renovated and became the new Toodyay Road Board offices. In 1947 the Toodyay Public Library commenced in the southern room of the building. In March 1959 the Road Board Offices moved to the restored courthouse allowing the Toodyay Public Library to further expand into the space vacated by the Road Board.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1332

Item type

Themes

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

9 cm

Height or length

6.3000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Stamped on back: 372.

Contextual Information

Same event as 2001-1330 & 2001-1327 in Shire of Toodyay collection.

Keywords

Toodyay Public Library

Toodyay Road Board

Library Board Of Western Australia

Mechanics Institute

SHARR, Francis Aubie

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Primary significance criteria

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-31.550150808831, 116.47050604926

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