New Acquisitions September 2021

Text: Jackie Mussared
Images: Jackie Mussared

A selection of new items added to our archive during September 2021

Stirling East Swimming Pool

3 photos of the “old” Stirling East Primary School Pool taken in about 1959. The Premier Sir Thomas Playford is present and the two children in the pool are Nancy Clarke and Vincent Pisola

No: 4661001 to 4661003

Stirling Bowling Club Honour Boards

Several photographs of the Stirling Bowling Club Honour Boards including the Golden Jubilee (1935-1985). The photos were taken in 2002.

No: 4660001 to 4660008

Woodhouse

2 photocopies of photographs of Woodhouse which was later bought by the Scouting organisation.

No: 4659001

Exhibition Buildings

Photocopy of 2 early exhibition buildings. The first one was built by 1 Mar 1860 and the second was called the Jubilee Building and was on North Terrace.

No: 4658001

Aldgate Pump relocation

A copy of the relocation plans for the Aldgate Pump.

No: 4657001

Stirling Nativity Re-enactment

A package about the Stirling Nativity Re-enactment including information about the 25th Anniversary which occurred in 1991

No: 4656001

Aldgate Main Street

A photograph of the Main Street of Aldgate, taken in the 1950s

No: 4655001

Do you have any further knowledge of the items shown which have been recently acquired by the Society? Or do you know something about the people or places that are depicted?

We welcome your contributions to:

mldhsgateways@mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au

or drop into the History Centre at the Coventry Library, 63 Mount Barker Road, Stirling.