This Day in History: 1907-02-14

The Newcastle Mechanics’ Institute appointed Miss E.J. (Jane) Hasell as the new caretaker and librarian of the Institute (now the Toodyay Public Library) with a salary of £40 per annum.

Sources:
Newcastle herald, 16 Feb. 1907, pp. 4, 5.
Rica Erickson. Old Toodyay and Newcastle. Toodyay Shire Council, 1974, p.352.