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"Battunga", Echunga [B 12248] • Photograph

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Summary

Battunga, home of Robert Davenport (standing on steps) at Echunga. The name is an Aboriginal word for rolling hills. Robert Davenport was a capable watercolourist and South Australian politician. The property was purchased by English settler Robert Davenport in 1843. After his death in 1896 the property remained in the Davenport family until 1914 when it was purchased by Professor William Lowrie, Principal of Roseworthy Agricultural College. The photograph shows a single storey house with a wide verandah with latticed walls verandah walls. A bridge appears on the driveway to the house

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Physical description

Photograph; 15.7 cm x 10.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1895

Collection

Part of Echunga Collection

Subject

Davenport, Robert, 1816-1896
Battunga (House : Echunga, S.A.)
Architecture, Domestic -- South Australia -- Echunga

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Digitisation information

Date

14/02/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,360 x 2,143 pixels (7.2 MP)

Size

21.63 MB

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