PHOTOGRAPH (COPY): THE FIRST SUBIACO MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, CIRCA 1897
c. 1897A sepia copy of a group portrait taken in a bushland setting. Reputed to be a potrait of Subiaco's first Municipal Council in 1897, however could also be of the first Roads Board and Local Board of Health which were elected the previous year.
In this image twelve men are arranged in three rows, with the Mayor and another four men seated on a fallen tree trunk. Five men stand behind the tree trunk, with another two men stretched out on the ground in front. All men wear suits with waistcoats, shirt and ties. Three also carry umbrellas, and Mayor Doyle is wearing a pocket watch and chain.
Men which are suggested to be in the photograph include: Charles Hart, Richard Gee, Joseph Lake, W.W. North (Town Clerk), Harry Doyle (Mayor), Mr. Cambell (Engineer) Councillor Hewson, and T. W. Hetherington.
The first Subiaco Municipal Council was elected in 1897.
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This copy of a photograph is significant as it documents some of the men elected to represent the community in the early days of the Subiaco Municipal Council. These men were thus significantly involved in the early development of Subiaco as a suburb and municipality.
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- PHOTOGRAPH (DIGITAL): RANKIN GARDENS, SUBIACO, LIZ ANDERSON COLLECTION, 1998 (0km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: SUBIACO COUNCIL OUTSIDE STAFF, 1925-26 (0.01km away)
- POSTCARD: 'GREETINGS FROM SUBIACO, CROQUET LAWN, SUBIACO GARDENS, W. A.' (0.01km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH (COPY): SUBIACO MUNICIPAL COUNCILLORS (0.01km away)
- AWAS on Rottnest - WF96371 REDFERN (0.02km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: MAYOR ABRAHAMS FREEMAN OF THE CITY PRESENTATION (0.03km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: MAYOR ABRAHAMS FREEMAN OF THE CITY PRESENTATION (0.03km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: MAYOR ABRAHAMS AT THE FREEMAN OF THE CITY PRESENTATION (0.03km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: MAYOR ABRAHAMS FREEMAN OF THE CITY PRESENTATION (0.03km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: MAYOR ABRAHAMS FREEMAN OF THE CITY PRESENTATION (0.03km away)
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- CERTIFICATE (FRAMED): SUBIACO MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, RECOGNITION OF SERVICES, H.H. TULIP, 1915