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INVITATION TO 50TH ANNIVERSARY BALL 1980

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1980

Overview

Rectangular, cream-coloured stiff card folded in half breadth-wise to form a booklet. The card is printed with grey ink.
The front has the Town of Armadale's crest.
The back has the City of Armadale crest centre top with the following text below: [COUNCILLORS - TOWN OF ARMADALE / 1980/81 / Mayor: Cr.I.K.Blackburn JP Deputy Mayor: Cr.J.B. O/Brien / ARMADALE WARD KELMSCOTT WARD ROLEYSTONE WARD / Cr. I.K.Blackburn, JP Cr. J.B.O'Brien Cr. W.T.Baxter/ Cr. E.A.Gribble JP Cr. E.J. Smith Cr. P.E.Ryan / Cr. S.C. Fokkema Cr. R.J. Howard-Smith / Cr. A.E. Greene / SENIOR OFFICERS / Town Clerk A.E. Rasmussen / Treasurer / Deputy Town Clerk J. Glennie / Engineer K. Brown / Town Planner J. Adderly / Chief Health Surveyor A.J. Banks / Building Surveyor H.W. King / Librarian Miss M. Higgins / Medical Officer of Health Dr R.D.Cameron].
The first inside page has the following text printed in an old-fashioned font:
[On 6th July 1830, Mr. Peter Brown the Colonial Secretary informed the / Surveyor General: / ''I am directed to inform you that in commemoration of the residence / of the Venerable Archdeacon Scott in this Settlement, as well as for the / valuable benefits which he has conferred upon it, the Lieutenant Governor / wishes the Town about to be laid out on the Canning River to bear the / name of the Archdeacon's birthplace, and to be henceforth designated / 'Kelmscott' ''.]
The second inside page has the following text: [His Worship the Mayor, Cr. I. K. Blackburn, JP / and the Councillors of the Town of Armadale / extend a cordial invitation to / to be their guest at an / ANNIVERSARY BALL / to be held in the / Kelmscott Hall / River Road, Kelmscott / on / Saturday 5thJuly, 1980, at 8 p.m.] followed by event details.

Historical information

Invitation to the 1980 Anniversary Ball at Kelmscott Hall to mark the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of Kelmscott as a town site on 6th July 1830.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2012.3

Item type

Documents

Themes

Art and Design
People
Popular Culture
Social History

Material

Card

Ink

Width

168 mm

Height or length

225 mm

Year

1980

Statement of significance

Unused invitation to a Council-sponsored ball at the Kelmscott Hall to mark the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the town of Kelmscott in 1830. The town was gazetted a little over a year after the founding of the Swan Colony town site. 1980 featured a series of celebratory events for the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Kelmscott, including the opening of the new Armadale Aquatic Centre. These events continued the trend of the previous year, 1979, during which many events had been held to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Swan River Colony.

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