Elizabethan Village
{{Short description|Former tourist attraction in Armadale, Western Australia}}
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File:Shakespeare's Birthplace and Anne Hathaway's Cottage replicas.jpg
The Elizabethan Village was a tourist attraction at Bedfordale, Western Australia, created by British engineer Leo Fowler (1923–1992).{{cite news| newspaper=West Australia Daily News (West Australia) |title=Unveiled - A Piece of Olde England published| date=15 September 1977}}
History
It was opened in 1977 by Charles Court, the Premier of Western Australia.{{cite news|last1=Schmitt|first1=Hugh|title=His "fair house in another's land"|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/%27Woman%27s_Day%27_Article_28-11-1977.jpg|accessdate=21 March 2017|work=Woman's Day|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322111534/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/'Woman's_Day'_Article_28-11-1977.jpg|archivedate=22 March 2017|date=28 November 1977}} In 1978 it was awarded the Sir David Brand Award for Tourism.{{Cite web |url=https://www.domain.com.au/news/western-australias-shakespeares-birthplace-replica-up-for-auction-20150214-13e575/ |title=Western Australia's Shakespeare's birthplace replica up for auction |last=Duke |first=Jennifer |date=13 February 2015 |publisher=domain.com.au |access-date=27 April 2017}}
It comprised facsimiles of several buildings from Stratford-upon-Avon including Shakespeare's Birthplace and Anne Hathaway's Cottage.{{cite news|last1=Reavly|first1=Morag|title=London and Stratford: Getting in on the act|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/729696/London-and-Stratford-Getting-in-on-the-act.html|accessdate=21 March 2017|work=The Telegraph|agency=Travel|date=16 Feb 2004|quote= Visitors to Western Australia, can pay their respects in facsimiles of Shakespeare's Birthplace and Anne Hathaway's Cottage in the Elizabethan Village above Armadale, near Perth.}}
{{As of |2022 |04 }} some of the buildings are still in use as the Last Drop Elizabethan,{{cite web |title=Last Drop Elizabethan |url=https://www.lastdropelizabethan.com |access-date=2022-04-25 }} formerly Elizabethan Village Pub, Cobwebs restaurant and the Leo Fowler function centre.{{cite web |title=About the pub |url=http://www.elizabethanpub.com.au/?page_id=2 |publisher=Elizabethan Village Pub |access-date=21 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227162904/http://www.elizabethanpub.com.au/ |archive-date=2015-02-27 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=The Elizabethan Village Pub Review |first=Sarah |last=Warner |year=2010 |website=Bars and Nightclubs |url=https://www.barsandnightclubs.com.au/the-elizabethan-village-pub/ |access-date=2022-04-25 }}
The village is listed as a category D municipal heritage site by the Heritage Council of Western Australia.{{cite web|title=Elizabethan Village|url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/Details/16553909-84c5-4189-bb07-0b10a4e82354|website=Heritage Council State Heritage Office|accessdate=23 March 2017}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/v/_pAFm__3KUY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0 Youtube presentation about Elizabethan Village] made by Leo Fowler's daughter
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