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Morphettville Race Course [B 11490] • Photograph

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Summary

Morphettville Race Course and grandstand. Sir Thomas Elder funded the South Australian Jockey Club to enable it to own its own freehold property of 160 acres at Morphettville. The first meeting was held at these premises in 1876. In 1889 the first Adelaide Cup to be run at Morphettville and was won by "The Lawyer" . The previous Adelaide Cup race was run at Flemington and then abandoned for four years

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Physical description

Photograph; 21.0 cm x 15.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1890

Creator

Sweet, Samuel White

Collection

Part of Morphettville Collection

Subject

Racetracks (Horse racing) -- South Australia -- Morphettville
Grandstands -- South Australia -- Morphettville

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Digitisation information

Date

12/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,319 x 2,592 pixels (8.6 MP)

Size

25.84 MB

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