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Exhibition Building, Adelaide

Gabriel, Francis, c. 1909, Photograph, B 1815

Exhibition Building, North Terrace, Adelaide in November 1909. It was built in 1886 to celebrate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign, and was demolished in 1962 to make way for the Adelaide University car park.

Royal Visit : Exhibition Building

c. 1920, Photograph, B 31201/10

Exhibition Building, North Terrace, illuminated for the Royal Visit by Prince of Wales.

Visit of HRH the Prince of Wales : Exhibition building

Gabriel, Francis, 1920, Photograph, B 45674/11

Visit of HRH the Prince of Wales to Adelaide. People's reception. exhibition Building. 14th July 1920. Eleventh of 20 photographs in an album.

Visit of HRH the Prince of Wales : Exhibition building

Gabriel, Francis, 1920, Photograph, B 45674/18

Visit of HRH the Prince of Wales to Adelaide. Exhibition Building with light on at night. Eighteenth of 20 photographs in an album.

Royal visit to Adelaide : Exhibition Building

1920, Photograph, B 62268/11

The Exhibition Building illuminated at night during the Prince's visit.

Exhibition Building at night

Brooker, William Charles, c. 1920, Photograph, PRG 1316/12/8

Photograph, of a photograph, of the Exhibition Building on North Terrace at night outlined in lights. The photographed photograph is attached to what appears to be a pinboard by drawing pins.

Man in sulky outside Exhibition Building

Brooker, William Charles, c. 1915, Photograph, PRG 1316/12/154

Photograph of a man in a sulky outside the Exhibition Building on North Terrace.

The Floral Ball at the Exhibition Building, Adelaide

1911, Photograph, PRG 280/1/6/250

Women and children in costume attending a Floral Ball organised by the District Trained Nurses at the Exhibition Building. They stand in a large hall watched by an audience in the gallery, their costumes depict flowers including the English dandelion in the foreground of the photograph.

An audience in the Exhibition Building, Adelaide

c. 1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/31/8

A large audience attending an event held in the Exhibition Building, Adelaide, South Australia.

Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition

c. 1887, Photograph, B 3923

[General description] White helmeted soldiers hold back the crowd to form a guard of honour for the Governor. Mounted men clear the way. Buildings on the left are: The Institute, the Mortlock Library, the Mitchell Building and, in the distance, the new Exhibition building. Telegraph poles and wires cut across the scene. [On back of photograph] 'Opening of Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition / 21st June, 1887 / North Terrace, Adelaide / Waiting for Governor'.

Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition

1887, Photograph, B 3924

[General description] White helmeted soldiers hold back the crowd to form a guard of honour for the Governor. Mounted men clear the way. Is the boy running to fetch a dog which is standing in the path of the horses? Buildings on the left are: The Institute, the Mortlock Library, the Mitchell Building and, in the distance, the new Exhibition building. Telegraph poles and wires cut across the scene. [On back of photograph] 'Opening of Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition / 21st June, 1887 / North Terrace, Adelaide / Waiting for Governor'.

Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition 1887-1888 : Building

Solomon, S., 1887, Photograph, B 10212/1

Jubilee Exhibition building, North Terrace, Adelaide exterior front of main building.

Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition 1887-1888 : Building

Solomon, S., 1887, Photograph, B 10212/2

Jubilee Exhibition building, North Terrace, Adelaide exterior front of main building.

Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition 1887-1888 : Building

Solomon, S., 1887, Photograph, B 10212/3

Jubilee Exhibition building, North Terrace, Adelaide exterior rear of main building.

Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition 1887-1888 : Building

Solomon, S., 1887, Photograph, B 10212/4

Jubilee Exhibition building, North Terrace, Adelaide exterior rear of main building.

Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition 1887-1888 : Building grounds

Solomon, S., 1887, Photograph, B 10212/5

Jubilee Exhibition building, North Terrace, Adelaide exterior grounds of main building from North Terrace.

Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition 1887-1888 : Building

Solomon, S., 1887, Photograph, B 10212/6

Jubilee Exhibition building, North Terrace, Adelaide exterior rear of main building.

Show on the Jubilee Exhibition grounds and oval

Government Photolithographer (S.A.), c. 1900, Photograph, B 73669

Photograph of the Royal Adelaide Show at the Jubilee Exhibition grounds and oval located at rear of the Jubilee Exhibition Building on North Terrace, Adelaide. There is a stock parade in progress on the oval, with various exhibition tents, including one for T. J. Richards, and a stall for Alwin Fisher bath heaters. Central to the image is a covered stage area, believed to the outdoor theatre / cinema venue that once existed behind the Exhibition Hall.

Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition 1887-1888 : Interior

Solomon, S., 1887, Photograph, B 10212/23

Interior, court view, Eastern Annexe (Victoria)of Jubilee Exhibition building, North Terrace. According to researcher Callan Beecher, the column in the middle of the room was from the Long Tunnel Mining Co., Walhalla and was shown at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London. After the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition, it has been traced to the Exposition Universelle in Paris, 1889.