Published on Tuesday, 14 May 2024 at 9:00:00 AM

Happy #TimeWarpTuesday! Today the answers to our quiz from last week.

The Local History Web Page Quiz

 

The Questions and Answers… How did you go?

QUESTION 1:

What year did the Library first run the Local History Awards, and how many sections were there in the competition?

ANSWER 1: 

1998 was the year that the inaugural Local History Awards were held and were first called a Local History Competition.

REFERENCE FOR ANSWER 1:

https://www.victoriaparklibrary.wa.gov.au/local-history/local-history-awards/past-awards.aspx

 

QUESTION 2:

Where would you go in the Local History section of the website to find biographical information about people who made contributions to the development of the area?

ANSWER 2:

The Victoria Park Dictionary of Biography

REFERENCE FOR ANSWER 2:

https://www.victoriaparklibrary.wa.gov.au/victoria-park-dictionary-of-biography

 

QUESTION 3:

How many biographies are currently listed in this section?

ANSWER 3:

There are currently 13 biographies in the Victoria Park Dictionary of Biography.

 

QUESTION 4:

What year was the book: Beyond Matta Gerup: A history of Victoria Park published?

ANSWER 4:

2012, with a reprint in 2013.

REFERENCE FOR ANSWER 4:

https://www.victoriaparklibrary.wa.gov.au/local-history/victoria-park-history/local-history-publications.aspx

Isaia Corner (sign) East Victoria Park, to the side of photo showing some of the grassed area looking towards Albany Highway.

Local History Collection, Town of Victoria Park Library Service.

QUESTION 5:

 What business was formally located on the site that is now called “Isaia Corner”?

ANSWER 5:

R. Isaia and Sons a liqueur manufacturing company which opened in 1955 and later became Clarevale Isaia Pty Ltd.

REFERENCE FOR ANSWER 5:

https://www.victoriaparklibrary.wa.gov.au/local-history/victoria-park-history/nomenclature-victoria-park/isaia-corner.aspx

 

Top Left: Melon Liqueur by Isaia Liqueurs, East Victoria Park, Perth. Top Right: Goccia D'Oro by Isaia Liqueurs, East Victoria Park, Perth.

Local History Collection, Town of Victoria Park Library Service.

QUESTION 6:

What is the middle name of Charles Paterson, for whom “Charles Paterson Park” is named for?

ANSWER 6: Searl

REFERENCE FOR ANSWER 6:

https://www.victoriaparklibrary.wa.gov.au/victoria-park-dictionary-of-biography/paterson-charles-searl-(1902-1967)

QUESTION 7:

What is the former name of Orrong Road?

ANSWER 7:

Five previous streets, including Prospect Road and Hawkstone Street, Carlisle

REFERENCES FOR ANSWER 7:

https://www.victoriaparklibrary.wa.gov.au/local-history/victoria-park-history/nomenclature-victoria-park/orrong-road.aspx; and

https://www.victoriaparklibrary.wa.gov.au/local-history/victoria-park-history/nomenclature-victoria-park/hawkstone-street.aspx

 

QUESTION 8:

How many framed photographs are currently in the Reflections of the Past collection?

ANSWER 8:

40

REFERENCE FOR ANSWER 8:

https://www.victoriaparklibrary.wa.gov.au/local-history/subcollections/photograph-collection.aspx

 

We hope you had fun exploring and discovering the answers to this quiz and learnt something you didn’t know about the local area. Be sure to join us next week for a bit of a photographic mystery.

 

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