Tasmanian House of Assembly Election Polling Booth – August 1998
- Details
- Category: Community Events
Lutana Hall was used as a polling booth for the Tasmanian State Election on Saturday 29 August 1998.
After many decades of using the Hall as a Polling Booth this was the last state election where the hall was used.
Votes recorded at this booth was as following:
Australian Democrats = 5
Group B = 1
Liberal Party = 205
Australian Labor Party = 487
Tasmania First Party = 26
Tasmanian Greens = 44
Total Formal Votes = 773
Informal Ballot Papers = 33
Total Ballot Papers = 806
Federal Election Polling Booth – October 1998
- Details
- Category: Community Events
Polling Booth for the Australian Federal Election – October 1998.
There was an issue with the lights, due to the Hall being put up for sale the electricity had been turned off.
Before the close of the Polling Booth at 6 p.m. voting booths had to be moved to the western windows to get the last of the afternoon sun. After 6 p.m. ballot papers were bundled up and taken to Goodwood Primary School so the count could be conducted.
The Hall had been used as a polling place for quite a few decades so an interesting way to end this usage.
Lutana Kindergartens to close
- Details
- Category: Lutana Free Kindergarten
Glenorchy 1964-1998 by Alison Alexander and David Young – Glenorchy City Council 1998 – page 394-395
In 1991 CRESAP also advised closure of various kindergartens in Glenorchy, Lutana and Landy Ashbolt, which was also in Lutana. Parents fought against this, and in the end only Lady Ashbolt was closed, and the children were sent to Lutana.
Kindergarten education in Glenorchy
- Details
- Category: Lutana Free Kindergarten
Glenorchy 1964-1998 by Alison Alexander and David Young – Glenorchy City Council 1998 – page 185
One of the first in the municipalty was Lutana Free Kindergarten, set up by the EZ Company in the early 1920s in a hall owned by the company. In the 1970s, Lutana came under the control of the Education Department, to whom EZ leased the hall for a peppercorn rent while continuing to maintain the building as a free service. In the 1990s, 25 children attended the kindergarten on three mornings per week.
Page 12 of 12