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Laying foundation stone for the Exhibition Building [B 43067] • Photograph

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Summary

Crowd assembled for the laying of the foundation stone for the Jubilee Exhibition Building 21 June 1886. Official guests are on a raised platform above which flags are flying. A researcher has suggested that this photograph may have been taken after 1901 because of the flags which appear to be the official national flag of Australia, which was designed and came into use after Federation in 1901. However, this flag design may have been a precursor to the national flag as the Southern Cross constellation has been used to represent Australia since the early days of British settlement, and each of the stars has five points, unlike the national flag design, in which the stars in the Southern Cross constellation had between five and nine points, while the Commonwealth or Federation Star originally had six points.

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Physical description

1 photograph : sepia ; 15.2 x 20 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1886

Photographer

Sweet, Samuel White

Collections

Part of Adelaide Views Collection
Part of Sweet Collection
Part of Exhibition Building Collection

Subject

Jubilee Exhibition Building (Adelaide, S.A.) -- Design and construction
Jubilee Exhibition Building (Adelaide, S.A.)
Crowds -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Historic buildings -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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Digitisation information

Date

07/02/2012

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

4,815 x 3,742 pixels (18.0 MP)

Size

54.08 MB

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