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Shire of Toodyay > Records

TOODYAY WHEELBARROW RACE & TOODYAY RAILWAY STATION 1935

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1935

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Overview

B & W photo.
A crowd of spectators in foreground gathered around a competitor who is visible in lower centre of photo - bare arms, wearing hat.
Top half of photo features a number of buildings (railway station), white fences, open fields and wooded hill in far background.

Historical information

The Toodyay wheelbarrow race was held on 18th August 1935. (date confirmed from newspaper article)

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-37-2007.16

Item type

Themes

Social History
Sport

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

86 mm

Height or length

142 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Writing on reverse of photo reads: "Spectators start of wheelbarrow race Toodyay 1933-35".

Year

Primary significance criteria

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-31.5520095029, 116.4711564549

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