This Day in History: 1892-09-27

The tender of Messrs. Peet and Rowe (Northam and Newcastle) for £845 15s 6d, was accepted by the WA Government for the building of the new Newcastle Hospital, on the corner of Duke and Henry Streets.

Sources:
WA government gazette, 13 Oct. 1892, p.831.
Western mail, 15 Oct. 1892, p.14.
Rica Erickson. Old Toodyay and Newcastle. Toodyay Shire Council, 1974, p.318.
Wally Chitty. Toodyay – the good old days. Hesperian Press, 2004, pp. 42-43 (photo).