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City of Armadale - History House > Records

SPECIAL ISSUE WESTERN MAIL

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1933

Overview

The front cover has a pencil drawing of gentlemen looking at a poster on the side of a tree. They are all wearing top hats and tailcoats. The gent in the foreground has a cane. There are three ladies and a young girl on the left of the picture wearing bonnets. There is a pink border around the edge of the picture with text above and below. Text above reads; (Special Issue / of / The Western Mail / Commemorating the Centenary Of ''The West Australian''). Text below reads; (In October, 1829, when St. Georges-terrace was with verdure clad and wild flowers blossomed freely, a manuscript newspaper was nailed to the trunk of / a stately jarrah tree for the little world of Perth to read.It was the first West Australian newspaper of which any record remains).

Historical information

Front cover depicts the first newspaper for the liitle town of Perth nailed to a jarrah tree.

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cwa-org-33-COA2015.42

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Material

Width

265 mm

Height or length

370 mm

Keywords

West Australian Newspaper

Year

City of Armadale - History House

City of Armadale - History House

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