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The Brocas, Woodville [B 10655] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] Family members pose at the entrance of 'The Brocas', originally a cottage built circa 1850 by Henry Giles. In 1853 it was bought by well-known Port Adelaide merchant and shipping agent John Newman. This view shows the original cottage is now a mansion being extensively enlarged c. 1870 with the addition of front rooms (ground floor with bay windows), entrance hall and a tower reputedly to the design of architect T. English. Mr Newman, being an old Etonian named his house for Eton's Brocas Meadows. Space in front of the house has been left for an extension to the upstairs balcony which was added in 1873. (See B 10656). [On back of photograph] ''The Brocas' / Woodville / Residence of Mr. John Newman / 1872-73 / Mr. John Newman (Shown in photograph wearing white coat) died in 1873'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 20.7 cm x 15.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1872

Creator

Sweet, Samuel White

Collection

Part of Woodville Collection

Subject

Newman, John, 1810-1873
Brocas (House : Woodville, S.A.)
Architecture, Domestic -- South Australia -- Woodville

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Digitisation information

Date

04/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,483 x 2,657 pixels (9.3 MP)

Size

27.80 MB

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