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Shire of Toodyay > Records

NEWCASTLE BALL AT TOODYAY MEMORIAL HALL

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c. 1983 - 1989

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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

c. 1983 - 1989

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Geotag

-31.550120051315, 116.46782040693

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