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Parliament House, Adelaide [B 4847] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] This is the first section of the House of Assembly by architects Edmund Wright and Lloyd Tayler whose design won a competition in 1873 but due to difficulties with the site and costs was not completed until 1889, a year after Wright's death. It is an impressive two-storey Kapunda marble clad building with granite basement, in the Victorian Academic Classical style. It features four tall columns in front of its entrance, with four corresponding urns on top of its balustraded parapet. The eastern section is yet to come (1939) The original design included a large dome but this was never built due to the expense. / Right side is 43 yards west of king William Road / Frontage 34 yards'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 27.7 cm x 24.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

1928

Collections

Part of Adelaide Views Collection
Part of Parliament Collection

Subject

South Australia. Parliament. House of Assembly

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Digitisation information

Date

12/05/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,235 x 2,824 pixels (9.1 MP)

Size

27.43 MB

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