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View of Adelaide [B 43702] • Photograph

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Summary

View looking south-east over Adelaide, from a vantage point on the Treasury Building on the corner of King William and Flinders Streets. St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral (city acre 338) can be seen on the right, with the Prince of Wales Hotel in Angas Street beyond that; to the left along Wakefield Street is the back of the Unitarian Church (with a square tower, city acre 302) and across the street is St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (city acre 340). In the left foreground in Flinders Street are premises of a cooperage business and T. Hill's billiard, cabinet maker, upholsterer and undertaker building. The Halifax Street brickworks chimney can be seen in the middle ground, with the Adelaide Hills in the distance. The photo is signed in the bottom right corner: 'Adelaide 1865 / Frances Photo'.

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 20.8 x 26.9 cm, on mount 36.7 x 45.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

1865

Photographer

Sweet, Samuel White

Collections

Part of Adelaide Views Collection
Part of E Collection

Subject

Cathedral Church of St. Francis Xavier (Adelaide, S.A.)
Unitarian Church (Adelaide, S.A.)
St. Stephen's Church (Adelaide, S.A.)
Prince of Wales Hotel, (Angas Street, Adelaide, S.A.)

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General notes

See also: B 72669, B 33643, and B 44794/40 for duplicate images.

Digitisation information

Date

22/08/2017

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,206 x 4,019 pixels (20.9 MP)

Size

62.79 MB

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