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INVITATION - OPENING 1ST ARMADALE SCOUT GROUP HALL

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Overview

White rectangle paper with black typed text. The document is an invitation addressed to Mr. Cumming by the 1st Armadale Scout Group, inviting him and his partner to attend the official opening of their new Scout Hall, located on Towney Street, on April 24th 1982.
Scout logo top left with organisation name. Logo is a circle made of rope with an adaptation of a map's north arrow (has a similar look to a paired back fleur-de-lis) inside it. At the bottom the circle the rope forms a reef knot. There is a star on the two side curls of the arrow.

Historical information

The invitation is to the official opening of the new Scout Hall on Townley Street, Armadale, on April 24th 1982. The hall was to be opened by Rear admiral Sir Richard Trowbridge the Governor of Western Australia.
The Armadale Scout Troop was started in 1910 with the headmaster of Armadale School Mr Schonell acting as Scoutmaster.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2018.20A

Item type

Documents

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Ink

Paper

Width

209 mm

Height or length

295 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Organisation title [1st ARMADALE / SCOUT GROUP]

Keywords

1st Armadale Scout Group

CUMMING J D

Armadale Mundijong Caledonian Society

TROWBRIDGE Richard

Armadale Arena TOWNLEY Street Armadale

Statement of significance

MEDIUM
This letter invites J D Cumming to the opening of the 1st Armadale Scout Group Hall. The scouts have played a role in the local community and been a part of local community events since the early 1900s. The hall is an important home where the scouts can run their programs. The scouts also represent an opportunity to track the history of what some children did in the local district.

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