OPENING OF REFURBISHED CONNOR'S MILL AND TOODYAY TOURIST CENTRE
1976A 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.
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
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Written on back in red biro: :Photographer R.Paynter..
In 1973 the Toodyay Tourist Centre Inc. is formed, and plans are made to locate the office inside the old power station
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- POWER STATION SWITCHBOARD; TOODYAY (0km away)
- CONNOR'S MILL, RE-OPENING AFTER RESTORATION (0km away)
- HONEY PROCESSING DISPLAY, CONNOR"S MILL (0km away)
- SAM COOK AND HONEY DISPLAY, CONNOR'S MILL 1980S (0km away)
- APIARY DISPLAY, CONNOR'S MILL, INCLUDING A COLLECTION OF HIVES (0km away)
- APIARY DISPLAY IN CONNOR'S MILL (0km away)
- CONNORS MILL AS VISITORS CENTRE (0km away)
- INSTALLING MILLING MACHINERY IN CONNOR'S MILL 1994; BRAN SIEVE (0km away)
- INSTALLATION OF STEAM ENGINE DISPLAY IN CONNOR'S MILL (0km away)
- ENGINE IN CONNOR'S MILL (0.01km away)
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