TOODYAY WHEELBARROW RACE

c. 1981 - 1984
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Overview

This is a coloured photo of the west end of Stirling Tce taken during a wheelbarrow race (no date supplied).
One young man in a yellow-black trimmed singlet is sitting on a wheelbarrow with two men running alongside and behind.
Either side of the street are parked cars and in the background is a service station above which is a Caltex sign. Beneath the sign is "Butterly Cottage" In the distance is a house among the trees and green hills.
Probably the Wowser James wheelbarrow race re-creation.

Historical information

In 1935 Toodyay blacksmith Ernest Wesley 'Wowser' James rose to the challenge that he couldn't push local barber Frank Costello in a wheelbarrow around an unsealed 6.4km course. The course started and ended at the Victoria Hotel in Stirling Terrace, Toodyay. The contest drew in other competitors. The craze took off and was a feature event at the Toodyay Agricultural Show later that year.
In the early 1980s teams of three raced around a shorter (4.4km) route to raise funds for local organisations and the events proved popular with locals.
(ref: Toodyay Herald article by Ieva Tomsons, September 2017, p.15

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Details

Registration number
cwa-org-37-2001.1678
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Width
88 mm
Height or length
130 mm
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Shire of Toodyay

Shire of Toodyay

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