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GLASS - ARMADALE DISTRICT BOWLING CLUB INC.

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c. 1990

Overview

Cylindrical clear glass tapers to form a solid circular glass base with a gold-coloured logo that reads: [ ARMADALE DISTRICT / BOWLING CLUB INC]. The logo is shield-shaped with text across the top and the bottom. At the top left is a swan, and at the top right is an image of the Narrogin Inn. Under these images are stylised hills. There is a bowling ball in the middle of bottom of shield.

Historical information

The glass was purchased at an op-shop in Riverton on the 3 August 2013 by Rosalind who is a volunteer at the Birtwistle Local Studies Library. It was made as a souvenir for the Armadale Bowling Club which is located next to Gwynne Park on Forrest Road in Armadale.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2013.56

Material

Glass

Width

64 mm

Height or length

116 mm

Depth

64 mm

Contextual Information

The Armadale District Bowling Club was founded in February 1949 and was originally located at Memorial Park on Jull Street on the site of the former croquet club. In 1954 the club updated its bylaws and allowed women to join and compete at the club. In 1956 the club moved to its new premises at Gwyne Park on Forrest Road in Armadale where they still compete today.

Keywords

Forrest Road, ARMADALE

ARMADALE

Armadale Bowling Cllub

Ye Old Narrogin Inn

Place made

Australia

Year

c. 1990

Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection that tells the story of the many different community sporting organisations that have and continue to exist in the City of Armadale. Sport has played an important role in bringing communities together and building identities.With the influx of new residents to the region in the late 1800s local sporting clubs began to form as people came together looking to form a community through shared sporting interests. Sporting clubs can also show how established communities begin to grow and diversify with clubs being formed by new emerging communities.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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