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Woodforde Residence [B 10765] • Photograph

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Summary

'Rostrevor' at Woodforde when it was the private residence of Mr Ross Thompson Reid. Reid arrived in South Australia at the age of six and later built a magnificent mansion with his accumulated wealth made as a successful pastoralist. He named it "Rostrevor" after a seaside resort in Ireland. The hall was constructed in two stages with the southern two storey side completed in 1878 and the arches and northern side added in 1901. Within the grounds were well kept gardens, orange and lemon groves, stone fruit trees, coach house, caretakers residence, stables and a large lake.

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Physical description

Photograph; 20.6 cm x 15.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1873

Creator

Sweet, Samuel White

Collection

Part of Woodforde Collection

Subject

Reid, Ross Thompson, 1832-1915
Rostrevor House (Woodforde, S.A.)
Architecture, Domestic -- South Australia -- Woodforde

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Digitisation information

Date

22/12/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,237 x 2,463 pixels (8.0 MP)

Size

23.95 MB

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