Growing up with Mayoral grandparents and a father who was an Alderman, Ann James was intimately bound to the civic life of Wollongong from the 1940s through to the present. She attended almost every function or occasion and saw a lot of the behind the scenes action involved with staging official events at the Town Hall.

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Ann’s audio interview can be downloaded here. 

Ann’s interview transcript.

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Mayor and Mayoress – William Arthur Lang – W. A. Lang – Vi Johnston – Federation Concert – Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip Visit – Mayor J. J. Kelly – Centenary Ball – Olive Brown – Civic Theatre – Eisteddfods – James Powell – Ethel Hayton – Steinway Piano – Wollongong Hospital Ball – Apex Balls

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Ann’s Photo Album

P03981 – William Arthur Lang

Lang’s Paddock, looking east – corner of Crown and Kembla Streets, Annexe and Civic Theatre – 1937

Lang’s Paddock, corner of Crown and Kembla Streets, Annexe and Civic Theatre

Lang’s Paddock, looking west – corner of Crown and Kembla Streets, Annexe and Civic Theatre – 1937

Lang’s Paddock, looking west from Town Hall, corner of Crown and Kembla Streets – 1937

Lang’s Paddock, looking north – corner of Burrelli and Kembla Streets – 1937