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Stanmore

The Stanmore Deaf Centre at 123 Cambridge St was the location of the Deaf Society of NSW from the 1970s to the 1990s, and a Deaf Community meeting place which was much missed after its closure.

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1974

Laying the Foundation Stone

Ceremony at the laying of the foundation stone for the Stanmore Deaf Centre. Premier Askin laid the foundation stone and Dot Shaw made a speech. Notice the placement of the interpreter and consider how this might be different today.

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1975

Dot Shaw at the Opening Ceremony

Dorothy Shaw gives a formal presentation at the opening of the Stanmore Deaf Centre in 1975.

NSW Deaf Community Collection (Deaf Connect).

Bowls at Stanmore

NSW Deaf Community Collection (Deaf Connect).

Indoor Bowls at Stanmore

NSW Deaf Community Collection (Deaf Connect).

Bar Staff at the Stanmore Centre

NSW Deaf Community Collection (Deaf Connect).

1990s

The Closure of Stanmore

This mini-documentary records memories of the Deaf Centre in Stanmore NSW, and eye-witness accounts of its controversial closure and sale.

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Stanmore to Parramatta Oral History Project Report

Research completed in 2013.

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Opening ceremony, Part 1

Opening ceremony for the Stanmore Deaf Centre.

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Opening ceremony, Part 2

Part 2 of the opening ceremony for the Stanmore Deaf Centre.

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Deaf Action Books, 1984

Deaf Action Books began in 1984 as a project of the ‘Concerned Deaf’ group in NSW, selling deaf-related books. It had an office and shop space in the Deaf Society of NSW building at Stanmore, soon moving into a space in the Gordon Davis Hostel next door. A few years later Deaf Action Books began…

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Deaf Society of NSW Archival Footage 5

Theatre performance at the Stanmore opening.

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Deaf Society of NSW Archival Footage 6

End of the Stanmore opening ceremony.

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Deaf Society of NSW Archival Footage 7

People mingling at Stanmore.

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