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West Terrace, Adelaide [B 9173] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] A small boy leans on a post and rails fence in front of a row of shrubs on the west side of West Terrace. A row of two storey terrace houses is seen on the left. The Adelaide Observatory (on the right), originally built for Sir Charles Todd was demolished in 1978. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 186, 125 / West Terrace, looking south from a point a little south of Currie Street / 1877-86 / The Observatory is shown on the right of the photograph / The division between acres 186 and 125 lies between the far side of the single storey cottages on the left and the near side of the two storied verandahed building / Photograph from an album of Sweet's views'. Acording to a researcher, the Adelaide Observatoy building was demolished in 1952, not 1978 and Adelaide High School was built in its place.

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Physical description

Photograph; 20.6 cm x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1877

Creator

Sweet, Samuel White

Collection

Part of Acre 186 Collection

Subject

West Terrace (Adelaide, S.A.)

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Local notes

Date is approximate

Digitisation information

Date

17/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,247 x 2,439 pixels (7.9 MP)

Size

23.78 MB

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