OPENING OF REFURBISHED CONNOR'S MILL AND TOODYAY TOURIST CENTRE
1976A small coloured photo of the opening of the refurbished Connor's Mill and the Toodyay Tourist Centre.
The event occurred outside the front of the mill, with the audience seated in several rows of bench seats.
Audience is also standing behind the seats in foreground and on the middle left.
John Pearce is at the microphone, in front of the mill door. Blue sky. Duke Street School in the background.
Details
Details
Written on back: "Photographer, R Paynter"; (former accession number)"CH 318"; "J Pearce in photo"; "3/4/76".
Originally built as a flour mill, this building had been re-purposed as a Power Station during the second decade of the 20th century. The Toodyay Road Board purchased the property in 1927 and continued to provide electricity to Toodyay until the town was connected to the State power grid in 1955. Over the next 20 years the building was vacant and became derelict until it was renovated, renamed Connor's Mill and opened as tourist bureau in 1975. The official opening of Connor's Mill occurred the following year.
Other items by Ray Paynter
Other items from Shire of Toodyay
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CHILDREN'S EXHIBITION AT TOODYAY SHOW
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BACK TO TOODYAY SCHOOLS REUNION
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EWEN MACKINTOSH PORTRAIT
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THOMAS JOHN STRAHAN LYING BALANCED ON CUSHION ON BOX
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CHITTY FAMILY BAGGING WHEAT
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A COUPLE AT DINNER TABLE
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COLONIAL POLICE RE-ENACTMENT ON BICYCLES
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MOONDYNE FESTIVAL
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FIREFIGHTER AT THE TOODYAY DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL FIRE
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SCHOOL STAFF AT THE TOODYAY RACECOURSE AFTER THE TOODYAY DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL FIRE
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PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF AFTER THE TOODYAY DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL FIRE
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SIGNBOARD IN FRONT OF OLD TOODYAY STATE SCHOOL
