Debutantes Ball photograph

Photograph

Fashionable first appearance

The Debutantes' Ball was an opportunity for young women to make a formal social appearance into society. In 1957, the Country Women's Association hosted the Debutantes' Ball at the Shackleton Hall. The Governor of Western Australia, Sir Charles Gardiner, and his wife attended.

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Shackleton Progress Association

A Wheatbelt town named after an Antartic explorer.

The Shackleton Hall houses a collection which tells the history of settlement in the area. It also includes information related to Kwolyin, a ghost town, located approximately 9km to the west of...

Address:

47 Jermyn Street
Shackleton WA 6386
Australia

Tel:

0427 641 162

Email:

Juppsue@hotmail.com

Open Hours

Mon to Fri 9am - 5pm.
Keys in lockbox at entrance to hall.

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Shackleton Progress Association Overview

Dance list sign

Grab your dance partner

This dance sign has been with the hall since it was built in 1955. The 'Flirtation' sign indicated that it was time to move around and swap dance partners. The dances might include the Pride of Erin...

Endurance - Shackleton’s incredible voyage by Alfred Lansing

A dedication to the Endurance voyage.

The Antarctic Exhibition Room is dedicated to explorer Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and his Antarctic expeditions in the early 1900s. On his last trip to the Antarctic his ship Endurance became trapped...