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Ballot Boxes

Shore of Avon Ballot Box

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Four Shire of Avon Ballot Boxes

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Significance

The Ballot Box is an important icon for local government democracy. In most cases it is no longer in use, supplanted by postal voting.

Physical description

Four wooden ballot boxes from the former Shire of Avon. All are locakable and have a small slit at the top for insertion of votes.

Three are painted green, two are similar and the third is different. One is varnished wood with dove-tailed corners.

Inscriptions & markings

"2" painted in black on a green box, over a stamped "Avon Shire Council"

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Identifier

04952.4VSFH

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https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/4fc726472162ef030851094f

Accessed 23 December 2024

This record was last updated 7 years ago

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