TOODYAY SCHOOL GAZETTE 1939
1939Intact first copy of "The Student's Gazette" produced by Toodyay State School, edited by Shirley and Bernie Wroth.
Paper includes school news, story, sports, quotes, poems and jokes. Also shows advertisements for local Toodyay businesses.
Cover features shield emblazoned with native plants, scroll, black swan, sports equipment.
Printed by Toodyay Herald.
The newspaper is in poor condition, has been heavily torn, creased and is yellowing.
This document was the first edition of the journal, edited by Shirley and Bernie Wroth.
It is unknown how this newspaper came to be located in the Museum Workshops however it is assumed it was donated.
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Toodyay State School
The research value of the item offered for accession lies in itsresearch value as a dated document offering insight into the daily lives of Toodyays young people during the 1930s/40s. The document contains quotes, poems and jokes by the students, insights into the personal thinking of these young people that is typically very rare. The document is therefore considered to have some research value as a dated document, and may in the future provide some information for historical researchers.
