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OPENING OF REFURBISHED CONNOR'S MILL AND TOODYAY TOURIST CENTRE

1976
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Buildings / Structures
Community events & celebrations
Overview

A small coloured photo of the opening of the refurbished Connor's Mill and the Toodyay Tourist Centre. Colours are fading.
At the front of Connor's Mill are many folks sitting in rows of chairs looking towards a speaker near the front door and another man standing nearby.
Other people standing are to the left and behind the sitting group.
John Pearce (left) is at the microphone, in front of the mill door.
Unidentified man on the right.

Historical information

In 1975 the power station is renovated, renamed Connor’s Mill and opens as a tourist bureau and museum.
The Brotherhood steam engine, obtained from the former Toodyay Industrial Extracts factory, is relocated to the ground floor

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-37-2001.1217
Item type
Photographs
Width
12.4000 cm
Height or length
12.7000 cm
Inscriptions and markings

Written on back in red biro: :Photographer R.Paynter..

Contextual Information

In 1973 the Toodyay Tourist Centre Inc. is formed, and plans are made to locate the office inside the old power station

Keywords
Toodyay Tourist Centre
PEARCE, John
Year
1976
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Geotag
-31.550340354274, 116.46536433396

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