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Post Office, Port Adelaide [B 10738] • Photograph

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Summary

Post and Telegraph Offices, Port Adelaide. The scaffolding on the Customs House is for the final work performed on the building. The symmetrical Italianate Telegraph Office was completed in 1868 and housed the Port Adelaide telephone exchange which opened in 1883. This photograph shows the bluestone building with chimneys and cement rendered dressings.

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Physical description

Photograph; 20.5 cm x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1879

Creator

Sweet, Samuel White

Collection

Part of Port Adelaide Collection

Subject

Postal service -- South Australia -- Port Adelaide

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Digitisation information

Date

05/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,537 x 2,700 pixels (9.5 MP)

Size

28.68 MB

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