Panorama of Adelaide [B 16004] • Photograph
Panorama of Adelaide
360 degree panorama of Adelaide taken by Townsend Duryea from the tower of the Adelaide General Post Office in 1870. The panorama consists of ten of Duryea's original photographic prints pasted in sequence onto board, starting with a scene looking north down King William Street, then turning round in a clockwise direction; these may be viewed online by doing a number search on B 16004/1 to B 16004/10.
View of Adelaide looking north
View of Adelaide looking north down King William Street towards North Adelaide, taken by Townsend Duryea from the tower of the Adelaide General Post Office in 1870. The Adelaide Town Hall is in the right foreground, and Government House, the S.A,. Institute and the Armoury Building can be seen along North Terrace. To see a summary of this panorama group do a number search on B 16004.
View of Adelaide looking north-east
View of Adelaide looking north-east to the Parklands and Hackney, taken by Townsend Duryea from the tower of the Adelaide General Post Office in 1870. The rear section of the Adelaide Town Hall is in the left foreground, with Pirie Street Methodist Church adjacent. Chalmers Presbyterian Church (later renamed Scots Church), the Adelaide Hospital, St Peter's College (at Hackney) and the Hindmarsh Square Congregational Church (with twin towers) can also be seen. To see a summary of this panorama group do a number search on B 16004.
View of Adelaide looking east
View of Adelaide looking east down Flinders Street to the Parklands and eastern suburbs, taken by Townsend Duryea from the tower of the Adelaide General Post Office in 1870. The rear section of the Treasury Building, under construction, is in the foreground, with Stow Memorial Church (now Pilgrim Uniting Church) adjacent. Scots Presbyterian Church with its distinctive tower, (demolished after 1955), faces the Flinders Street Baptist Church across the road, with St Paul's Anglican Church, its tower unfinished, further down the street. In the background at left can be seen Prince Alfred College (at Kent Town) and the Hindmarsh Square Congregational Church (with its domed octagonal towers). The Earl of Zetland hotel can be seen on Flinders Street. To see a summary of this panorama group do a number search on B 16004.
View of Adelaide looking south-east
View of Adelaide looking south-east to Wakefield Street, the Parklands and the Parkside Lunatic Asylum, taken by Townsend Duryea from the tower of the Adelaide General Post Office in 1870. The Unitarian Church with its octagonal tower (demolished 1973) faces the St Francis Xavier Hall across the street (extreme right of image), with St Andrew's Presbyterian Church (demolished 1958) a little further down Wakefield Street. To see a summary of this panorama group do a number search on B 16004.
View of Adelaide looking south
View of Adelaide looking south into Victoria Square, taken by Townsend Duryea from the tower of the Adelaide General Post Office in 1870. The unfinished St Francis Xavier (Catholic) Cathedral and the Supreme Court Building, completed in 1851, can be seen. To see a summary of this panorama group do a number search on B 16004.
View of Adelaide looking south
View of Adelaide looking south into Victoria Square, taken by Townsend Duryea from the tower of the Adelaide General Post Office in 1870. The Supreme Court and the Local and Insolvency Courts, with the Draper Memorial Church and its Gothic spire (demolished in 1971), on the corner of Gilbert and Norman Streets, can be seen. In the South Parklands the raised structures appear to be targets for rifle training. To see a summary of this panorama group do a number search on B 16004.
View of Adelaide looking south-west
View of Adelaide looking south-west, taken by Townsend Duryea from the tower of the Adelaide General Post Office in 1870. In the foreground can be seen the business of C. Farr, builder & timber merchant, with Grote Street crossing diagonally through the image. In the middle background of the view can be seen St. Luke's Anglican Church (consecrated in 1856), on the western edge of Whitmore Square, and behind it, the road to Glenelg. To see a summary of this panorama group do a number search on B 16004.
View of Adelaide looking west
View of Adelaide looking west down Franklin Street, taken by Townsend Duryea from the tower of the Adelaide General Post Office in 1870. In the left foreground can be seen the Methodist New Connexion Church (later Maughan Methodist Church, demolished in 1964). At right, on the edge of the image, is the Bible Christian Church in Young Street, demolished in 1979. At the far end of Franklin Street, on West Terrrace, is the flagstaff, where different signals were hoisted to indicate what vessels were passing up and down the gulf. To see a summary of this panorama group do a number search on B 16004.
View of Adelaide looking north-west
View of Adelaide looking north-west, taken by Townsend Duryea from the tower of the Adelaide General Post Office in 1870. Waymouth Street crosses diagonally through the image, and Light Square with Colonel William Light's memorial, can be seen in the left centre. Several timber businesses and a monumental mason's works are along Waymouth Street. To see a summary of this panorama group do a number search on B 16004.
View of Adelaide looking north
View of Adelaide looking north, taken by Townsend Duryea from the tower of the Adelaide General Post Office in 1870, Waymouth Street crossing the foreground of this image. The names of many businesses can be read on building signs in this view. The Victoria Bridge crossing the River Torrens on Montefiore Road to North Adelaide, the early railway station buildings and the first Parliament House along North Terrace can be seen. To see a summary of this panorama group do a number search on B 16004.