Phillip Pendal Young Heritage Award – Entries open!

It’s that time of year again – entries have opened for the Phillip Pendal Young Heritage Award.

The South Perth Historical Society invite all students who reside or attend school or college in the City of South Perth to enter the written and photographic competition.

The annual award was inaugurated in 2009 by the Historical Society to honour Phillip Pendal who was a Member of Parliament, journalist, historian, writer and the founding president of the City of South Perth Historical Society.

To find out more about the award and how to enter, see the Phillip Pendal Award Entry Form online or collect a printed copy from the South Perth or Manning Libraries, Heritage House, or the Old Mill.

Entries close: Friday 20 May 2016

For more information about the Award, please contact the City of South Perth Historical Society.

 

‘Heritage Exhibition’ 2015

If you’re looking to keep warm and dry this weekend why not visit Heritage House Cultural Centre in South Perth and have a look at the Historic Society’s latest Heritage Exhibition?

Held annually, the Heritage Exhibition showcases winning entries from the Phillip Pendal Young Heritage Award.

Also on display this year is a special mini-exhibition on the Chinese Market Gardeners, including a couple of original historic market garden tools from the City of South Perth’s Local History Collection.

See the flyer below for more details and visiting hours:

Available for loan

Pop into the Local History section at South Perth Library and pick up some interesting reading material…. (or reserve on our system for pick up at the Manning Library!)

Royal Perth : a history of golf in Australia’s west from 1895 to 2008 / Phillip Pendal.

Traces the Royal Perth Golf Club’s beginnings at its foundation meeting at Government House and the game’s establishment on Burswood Island in 1895. The story weaves its way through the trials encountered on a site which today boasts a major race course and the nearby Burswood International Casino.

Timeline : Town of Victoria Park [2nd ed., 2007] / compiled by Lindsay Hunter.

In its 2nd edition, the development of the Town of Victoria Park’s time line is an on-going project.

Find out about the early history of the town, starting from 35,000 B.C. and covering significant events in the Town up until December 2006.

This edition has focused on covering the time period of the first Council from 1894 to 1917.

The life and times of Norma J Moran (nee Russell) : Part 1 1829-1946 / Norma Joyce Moran.

Read the first part of the unpublished memoirs of long-time South Perth resident, Norma Joyce Moran.

It tells of the ancestors of Norma J. Moran (nee Russell) from the time they arrived in the Swan River Colony.

A beautifully presented family history publication, Norma has researched widely and includes photographs and other visual material to supplement her information throughout.

Phillip Pendal ‘Young Heritage’ Award Exhibition

Today, the City of South Perth Historical Society launched their annual Heritage Exhibition for the Phillip Pendal Young Heritage Award.

Honouring the late Phillip Pendal, the award “aims to provide local students with an opportunity to explore and share the rich heritage and history of our City”.

Phillip George Pendal (1947-2008) was a W.A. politician, as well as a journalist, historian, writer, and the founding president of the City of South Perth Historical Society.

He was actively involved in the City’s history since the 1980s and some of his many accomplishments include conceiving of the idea for the South Perth Heritage Trail in 1988, establishing the Historical Society in 1989, and being actively involved with the Old Mill and the May and Herbert Gibbs Art Collection with the City in the 1990s.

He authored many books including a number relating to South Perth’s history:

       

• “A thing of beauty…” St. Columba’s, South Perth, Western Australia / Phillip Pendal. [1986]
• May & Herbert Gibbs : the people the places : the story of the Collection of the City of South Perth / by Chris Sharkey & Phillip Pendal. [2000]
• South Perth : the vanishing village / edited by Phillip Pendal & Kerry Davey. [2002]
• Hands that heal : the story of a unique Australian : the community-owned South Perth Hospital / by Phillip Pendal. [2006]
• Continuity in change : the journey of Catholic education in Western Australia from 1843 to 2008 / Phillip Pendal. [2008]

Pass by the South Perth or Manning Libraries to have a look at these publications!

 And visit Heritage House in the next month to check out this year’s young heritage entries and exhibition!

• Where: Heritage House Cultural Centre, 111 Mill Point Road, South Perth
• When: Friday 20 June 2014 – Sunday 20 July 2014
• Cost: FREE

Gallery opening hours:

• Monday: Closed
• Tuesday – Friday: 10 am – 4 pm
• Saturday: 1 pm – 4 pm
• Sunday: 1 pm – 4 pm

Tom Hungerford (1915-2011)

Thomas Arthur Guy Hungerford was born and raised in South Perth. In his younger years he resided at 254 Mill Point Road, now known to locals as the ‘Bookcaffe’. During the 1920’s the Hungerford family ran a cornershop from the building (for more information on the building click here).

Tom was an avid writer. He wrote novels, poetry, short stories, children’s fiction, plays and articles.

Tom will be best remembered for his boyhood recollections of South Perth, recorded in the book Stories from Suburban Road. In addition to his contribution to South Perth’s history, Tom was awarded the Order of Australia in 1987 for his greater contribution to Australian literature.

Dion Carle, overall winner of the 2011 Phillip Pendal Young Heritage Award, interviewed Tom as part of his research for his essay ‘Tom Hungerford’s Home’. This is believed to be Tom’s last interview.

Hungerford’s books can be located at South Perth Library and Manning Library in the biography sections under ‘HUN’. The Local History Collection holds a file dedicated to Hungerford which includes newspaper clippings and articles that interested persons can view by prior arrangement.

Links that you may find of interest…
Renowned author Tom Hungerford dies at 96
Author, playwright Tom Hungerford dies, aged 96
WA literary icon dies