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Art work depicting A. Mitchell's Hotel in Mount Gambier [B 3068] • Artwork

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Summary

[General description] Photograph of a sketch depicting five businesses on Commercial Street facing Watson's Terrace and Reserve in Mount Gambier. Horses and their riders are gathered outside A. Mitchell's Hotel. The Assembly Room is situated next door, then A. Mitchell's Grocery Store which is next door to J. Heinemann's Saddlers Shop. Adjoining this building is a small cottage. This is the former site of Jen's Hotel.First Mt. Gambier Hotel was built on same site by 'Black' John Byng an American Negro in 1840, later A. Mitchell, John Allen then J.M. Jen's purchased and built a two-storeyed hotel. [On front of photograph] Mount Gambier in 1856. Alex: Mitchell's Hotel, Assembly Room and General Store also J. Heinemann's Saddler Shop. Corner of Commercial Street facing Watson's Terrace and Reserve, taken from a photograph.

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Physical description

Repro. of sketch; 21.0 cm x 14.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

1856

Collection

Part of Mount Gambier Collection

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Digitisation information

Date

15/04/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,057 x 2,136 pixels (6.5 MP)

Size

19.62 MB

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