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MOBILE MEALS CONTAINER

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2016

Overview

A rectangular silver tinfoil container divided into three separate compartments. It has a ribbed top edge which folds over to hold a cardboard lid in place.

Historical information

Armadale Kelmscott Mobile Meals Inc ran a food delivery service in the Armadale-Kelmscott area from 1965 until 2016 when it came under the broader state Meals on Wheels network. In 2016 the food delivery service was taken over and run by the Rise Network.
Meals on Wheels started in Western Australia in the 1960s. Today the organisation delivers around 930,000 meals to about 10,000 clients in a year through Community Care Centres. The majority of clients who receive Meals on Wheels age aged between 50 and 99. Volunteers cook and deliver the food to the organisations clients.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2017.40A

Themes

People
Social History

Width

155 cm

Height or length

210 cm

Keywords

Kelmscott

Armadale

Meals on Wheels

Armadale Kelmscott Mobile Meals Inc

Year

2016

Statement of significance

MEDIUM
Type of food container used by the Kelmscott Meals on Wheels to deliver hot food to local recipients in the 2000s.
The item represents the role of volunteer community organisation have played in providing support to vulnurable members of the community.
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Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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