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Shire of Toodyay > Records

GAOL WARDERS KITCHEN - NEWCASTLE GAOL

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c. 1965

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Buildings / Structures

Overview

Black and white photograph of a section of an early museum display recreating the kitchen in the Newcastle Gaol.
(From left to right) there is a fireplace with various heavy iron objects, a large kettle, water urn, cooking pots and heavy irons. Around the fire are bellows, a rifle, a horse hair fly swat, a boot mud scraper and an iron metal basket holding an iron kettle.
In the corner is wooden shelving holding many kitchen/dining related items.
A crude wooden table in front holds similar.
A patchwork quilt is on a bench to the front. A wooden yoke and a large metal mug are hanging on the wall.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1473

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

298 mm

Height or length

375 mm

Keywords

Year

c. 1965

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Historic significance

Shire of Toodyay

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