Please be advised: this website contains the names, images and voices of people who are now deceased.

Collections WA has a responsibility to preserve and make accessible the history and culture of Western Australia in all its various forms. The intention of Collections WA is to support research, and to reveal actions of the past that have impacted upon communities, families, and individuals.

In doing so, Collections WA acknowledges the need to respond sensitively and appropriately in cases when accessing this material may be confronting to Aboriginal visitors and clients.

Please also note: Some historical materials within this portal may include language or opinions that today are considered inappropriate or even offensive. Collections WA does not endorse this language and apologises for any distress caused.

Continue

Continue showing cultural advice

Stop showing cultural advice

Collections WA brings together collections from libraries, galleries, museums, archives, historical societies, cultural organisations, community groups and other collecting organisations across Western Australia.

Shire of Toodyay > Records

NEWCASTLE BALL AT TOODYAY MEMORIAL HALL

« Prev Item Next Item »

c. 1983 - 1989

Subcollections

Community events & celebrations

Overview

Coloured photograph of 4 dancing couples at a Newcastle Ball in the Toodyay Memorial Hall.
The couple seen clearly in the foreground are in formal dress. The man is in a dinner suit and the lady in a long grey gown with sleeves with a lace trim at the neck and down towards the hemline.
Red & white streamers are draped to one side from the ceiling. A red & white barber's pole down the left side of stage and red & white balloons held to the ceiling. (Ball has a barbershop theme).

Historical information

Newcastle Balls in the 1980s were organised by the Toodyay Society, forerunner of the Toodyay Historical Society. The Toodyay Society held the Newcastle Ball annually in the years 1981-1986, and 1988.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1560

Item type

Width

88 mm

Height or length

132 mm

Keywords

Toodyay Memorial Hall

Toodyay Society

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Geotag

-31.550120051315, 116.46782040693

Open in Google Maps

Nearest geotagged records:

View all geotagged records...

Shire of Toodyay

Shire of Toodyay

Organisation Details
View Collection
Item Feedback

Other items from Shire of Toodyay

Media Reuse | View Full Size | Item Feedback

Scan this QR code to open this page on your phone ->

Full size unavailable (you're already seeing this image in its highest resolution available on Collections WA)

Loading...