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Broken Hill: Trades Hall [B 54756/10] • Photograph

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Summary

The foundation stone of the Trades Hall was laid by Ben Tillett, British Trade Union leader, on 5 June 1898. Thomas Jackson was the architect for this building. Construction was completed in 1905. The original foundation stone had been laid by Sir Henry Parkes in April 1891 but strike action swallowed all available funds and building did not commence again until 1898, by which time the original foundation stone was gone.The Trades Hall was the first building in Australia owned by a trades union.

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Physical description

Photograph (b&w print); 11.5 cm x 13.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1907

Collection

Part of Album Collection

Subject

Trades Hall (Broken Hill, N.S.W.)
Architecture -- New South Wales -- Broken Hill
Historic buildings -- New South Wales -- Broken Hill
Broken Hill (N.S.W.)

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General notes

Tenth of 48 photographs in an album.

Digitisation information

Date

02/11/2004

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,087 x 2,615 pixels (8.1 MP)

Size

8.10 MB

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