SUNDAY TIMES PICNIC TRAIN, TOODYAY

1981
Overview

A small black and white photo of people disembarking from train carriages at Toodyay.
They are carrying eskies. Eight carriages (left to middle of photo) can be seen. Trees on the right and in the distance.
People are walking along the railway embankment and down to lower ground in the centre of the picture.
Tall man carrying a young girl in the foreground.

Historical information

The Sunday Times Blanket Appeal Train, carrying over 800 passengers, came to Toodyay for a three-hour visit.
One of the biggest passenger trains ever to stop at Toodyay, the crowd enjoyed a picnic lunch, and enjoyed various town attractions, such as part of a new display on the life and exploits of Toodyay’s bushranger Moondyne Joe, at Connor’s Mill.
The illustrated panels prepared by Scott Properjohn had been completed, to be later followed by three-dimensional dioramas of Toodyay and a re-construction of Joe’s cell in Fremantle Prison.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-37-2001.1162
Item type
Width
11.1000 cm
Height or length
16.3000 cm
Themes
Inscriptions and markings

Written on ink on back: "Sunday Times picnic train at Toodyay 1981."

Year
1981
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Shire of Toodyay

Shire of Toodyay

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