POSTCARD: 'GREETINGS FROM SUBIACO, CROQUET LAWN, SUBIACO GARDENS, W. A.'

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c. 1910

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Overview

Blue and white postcard from the 'Greetings from Subiaco' series, featuring the croquet lawn at Subiaco Gardens. The image shows the croquet lawn with tree shadows and a white fence surrounded by trees. There is an electricity wire and light hanging across the lawn. In the background is a small shelter for the players with clumps of elephant grass on the left and right of it.

Historical information

The Croquet Club in the Municipal Gardens, possibly located in front of the present museum and council chambers, have since been demolished.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.1665

Item type

Documents

Material

Card

Width

130 mm

Height or length

90 mm

Contextual Information

This postcard is significant as part of the 'Greetings from Subiaco' postcard series, and for recording details of the Subiaco Croquet Club, which once formed part of the Subiaco Municipal Gardens.

Keywords

Subiaco

Subiaco Croquet Club

Greetings From Subiaco Postcard Series

Subiaco Municipal Gardens

CADMAN, William

Collections WA

Hamersley Road, Subiaco

Rokeby Road, Subiaco

Demolished Building

Rankin Gardens

Year

c. 1910

Statement of significance

This postcard is significant as part of the 'Greetings from Subiaco' postcard series, and for recording details of the Subiaco Croquet Club, which once formed part of the Subiaco Municipal Gardens.
Aesthetic: Historic: Social: Condition: Interpretive: Rarity: Representativeness:

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

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-31.951466043924, 115.82353916312

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