TOODYAY TOWN MAP 1989

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1989

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Overview

Tourist map of Toodyay townsite.
Showing a simplified line map, with position of buildings marked along Stirling Terrace.
Includes Toodyay Memorial Hall, Connor's Mill, hatched 'business district'
Also of note on this map is the Catholic precinct still known as 'Avondown Christian Centre' and the configuration of the old Toodyay District High School.

Historical information

It is unknown who this map was produced by, but it is likely to be the Toodyay Tourist Council.
It is also unknown how this item was relocated to the Museum Workshops

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2012.55

Item type

Maps

Material

Ink

Paper

Width

520 mm

Height or length

790 mm

Themes

Social History

Inscriptions and markings

Handwritten note at top references Moondyne Festival of 1989, 'Locations' written on back.

Contextual Information

The Toodyay Tourist Centre Inc. coordinated many tourism based activities (including the Moondyne Festival) between 1973 and 1998. After this date the Shire of Toodyay took over its operations.

Keywords

Map

Year

1989

Statement of significance

The value of the item considered is in its research value as a (roughly) dated map of buildings in the Toodyay town site. This item is only of
local significance, however it is considered to be a good snapshot of the town’s development.
While it was a relatively recent map, as a dated object it had local research value both as a tourist map and as a map of the Toodyay town site in the 1980s.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

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