WATERCOLOUR PAINTING OF OLD BRICKYARD WINDLASS
1985A watercolour painting of a wooden tower topped by a wheel and another wheel on bottom right of the structure. It resembles a windlass.
To the left is a tree and in the background appears to be a field or bushland.
The painting is on a sheet of A4 parchment. The artist's signature is on the bottom right.
Painted in 1985 by the residents as an exercise to record the historic unit in the park bounded by The Grove.
Was originally used in conjunction with the mine and brickworks which were on the site.
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Text: [D.M.D. / ''85]
An example of artwork created by residents of the area. This particular example is of the old windlass that was used in the local brickworks.
The brickworks itself played a large part supplying bricks to both the local, and general Perth area.
