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Shire of Toodyay > Records

JOSEPH ABLETT WROTH

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c. 1895

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Overview

A large black and white copy of a studio portrait of Joseph Ablett Wroth (1859-1943).
Wroth is formally dressed in a dark suit, waistcoat with wing necked shirt and tie.
He is sitting in a partly seen wicker chair with a cloth drape behind.
He has a small beard, and a large moustache.

Historical information

Joseph Ablett Wroth was born at ‘Mill Farm’, Toodyay and died in Toodyay, WA. He is buried in Toodyay Public Cemetery.
He was the son of John Acton Wroth (1831-1876), and brother of Arthur John Wroth (1855-1935) and William Augustus Wroth (1857-1943).
Joseph filled the position of Toodyay Road Board Secretary for 44 years, and also served, often simultaneously, as the Newcastle Town Clerk and briefly as Mayor.
He was a member of the Anglican Vestry and the Toodyay Masonic Lodge.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1390

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

16.3000 cm

Height or length

21.6000 cm

Inscriptions and markings

1890s?
On back of photo, in pencil: "D 7 Jospeh Ablett Wroth, large, no, 4, (17)."

Keywords

WROTH, Joseph Ablett

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