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Mount Gambier Institute [B 11412] • Photograph

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Summary

Mount Gambier Institute under construction. The ground floor library, reading rooms and lecture hall were officially opened in 1869 with a "soiree" in the presence of the State Governor. The foundation stone was laid by John Riddoch of Yallum Park in 1868. John Riddoch funded the Institute. He was a local pastoralist, parliamentarian and cultural benefactor. The designer was WT Gore and the contractors were George Avey and Henry Hale. It was extended to cope with increased subscribers in 1887 when a second storey was built and existing rooms were enlarged. The photograph shows the building under construction as having one storey

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Physical description

Photograph; 9.6 cm x 6.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1868

Photographer

Ginnings, J. T

Collection

Part of Mount Gambier Collection

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Digitisation information

Date

12/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,457 x 2,129 pixels (7.4 MP)

Size

22.11 MB

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