1989‒90 Perth Heat Yearbook – First Edition

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1990

Overview

This A4-size, 68-page magazine is the first edition of the Perth Heat Yearbook, dated 1989-90. It has glossy light card front and back covers and internal pages are printed in colour on glossy white paper. The front cover has a black background with a central image of a yellow and orange baseball fireball. At the top of the cover, printed in white and red, is the Perth Heat name and logo. Also in white text at the top of the cover, is the year date and the price of the yearbook. Below the fireball, in white text, is a statement about the Australian Baseball League and the number of the yearbook issue. The back cover has an advertisement for a Western Australian brewery.

Historical information

The original Australian Baseball League (ABL) commenced in October 1989, representing Australia's first professional baseball league. The first ABL game was contested between Perth Heat and Adelaide Giants at Parry Field Baseball Stadium in Perth on 27 October 1989, with the Giants winning 8-5. At the time, the league replaced the Claxton Shield as the top baseball competition in the country, with eight teams from Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.

Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Baseball_League_(1989%E2%80%931999)] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Baseball_League]

Included in the yearbook:
- articles on the Perth Heat owner, Michael Palmer, Ken McGee (Head Coach) and Don Knapp (Director of Playing Operations)
- photo of the Perth Heat squad
- pen pictures of other coaching staff and players
- Perth Heat administration personnel
- playing roster
- State league teams' details
- WABL personnel
- Tee-ball Association of Western Australia information
- Softball - mens and womens
- Australian Baseball League teams' details
- 'Heat' song lyrics
- playing schedule.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-100-2020.545-1

Item type

Yearbook

Themes

People
Social History
Sport

Material

Coated Paper

Width

21 cm

Height or length

29.5000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

'Perth HEAT'
'1989-90 Yearbook'
'$5.00'
'The Australian Baseball League is Here!'
'First Edition'

Contextual Information

The Western Australian team Perth Heat was a foundation member of the Australian Baseball League in 1989. Lyall Barwick was a member of the Heat's inaugural playing roster and has donated this first edition of the Perth Heat Yearbook to the Baseball WA Museum and Archives.

Keywords

Perth Heat Baseball Team

Perth Heat Logo

Australian Baseball League

1989/90 Perth Heat Team

Inaugural Perth Heat Playing Roster 1989

Western Australian Baseball Team

Emu Brewery

Place made

Western Australia
Australia

Pulisher - Toni Farmer

Year

1990

Statement of significance

This document is a valuable source of information regarding the inaugural year of the Perth Heat Baseball Team. It has historic and social significance and has excellent provenance.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Baseball WA

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