The time capsule will be buried at Dobell House, the one-time home of the late artist William Dobell, as part of the Wangi Centenary Festival on Sunday, October 23.

Wangi local Ross Dickson has expertly crafted a stainless steel capsule for the occasion. The selected items will be stashed inside the capsule, and the lid bolted closed to lock the items away.

But exactly what items will be placed in the time capsule isn’t locked in yet.

So event organisers are asking the community for suggestions.

Schools, community groups, residents and businesses are invited to nominate items they’d like to see included.

Garth Chapman is part of the Wangi Area Sustainable Neighbourhood Group sub-committee formed to plan events for the Wangi Centenary Festival. The sub-committee had 100 individually numbered commemorative medallions struck to mark the centenary.

He said there were some items that demanded inclusion in the time capsule.

“I think we’ll include some promotional material about the festival, the No. 100 medallion, a copy of the mayor’s speech from the day, and news reports of the day’s activities,” he said.

Sub-committee member Murray Scoble said council maps showing Wangi Wangi as it is today might be included, along with a record of local business houses.

“It will be really interesting to see what people deem to be appropriate to put in the time capsule,” he said.

Examples of our methods of electronically storing files, and photographs, might also be worthwhile, he said.

“I think there is likely to be a paradigm shift in the way we record information in the next 10 years, let alone the next 50 years,” he said.

Mr Chapman said there was no question the impressive time capsule would stand the test of time: “If you could put a rocket on it, it would fly to Mars,” he said.