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National Park, Belair [B 11418] • Photograph

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Summary

Curator's Residence, National Park, Belair. was built in 1896. This old stone building fell into disrepair during the first decades of the twentieth century and its last remains disappeared in the 1950s. Two staff lodges of similar design were built in local stone in 1893; one at the northern entrance over the railway line, the Upper Lodge; the other at the western approach, the Lower Lodge. A third lodge was built in 1896 to replace the old Curator's cottage (formerly the Government Farm Keeper's house) and located several hundred metres to the south of the old building. There is a plaque in the middle of the picnic ground which indicates that Nicholas Foote was the site's first occupant, but the only visible remains are a grassed flat where the Keeper's House and garden stood, a well and a few exotic trees including a pepper tree and fig tree

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Physical description

Photograph; 20.4 cm x 15.1 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1893

Collection

Part of National Park Collection

Subject

National parks and reserves -- South Australia -- Belair
Belair National Park (S.A.)

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Digitisation information

Date

12/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,216 x 2,398 pixels (7.7 MP)

Size

23.17 MB

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