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Photo - The Armadale Institute hall….20th September 1902.

Source - Passey collection of photographs - State Library Published in the Western Mail 4 October 1902, p.27 -

Event reported in the West Australian 22nd September 1902, p.2 and with photographs in the Western Mail 4/10/1902, p.27.

Description - Crowds are entering the 5th Armadale District Flower Show held 20th September 1902. One of the first projects undertaken by the new Kelmscott Road Board (gazetted 1894) was the construction of a hall, the Mechanic’s Institute. The hall was built at Armadale near the Narrogin Inn. The Institute was the site of weekly dances, music hall and other entertainments,

and later was used for roller skating and travelling picture shows. It housed a lending library donated by Martin Jull.

In 1901, the Institute hall was enlarged. It was replaced by the Armadale District Hall in 1936 (Register of Heritage Places, Heritage Council of WA).

Contributed by Greg Lynch -