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Hotel, Overland Corner [B 5476] • Photograph

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Summary

Overland Corner Hotel, built in 1859. Overland Corner Hotel was purchased by the National Trust of South Australia in 1965, and steeped in history and having survived floods and ruin. Overland Corner Hotel Built 1859, this is by far the oldest surviving building in the Riverland. It's original construction was almost entirely of locally available materials, including limestone, red gum and native pine timbers, a dirt floor and thatched roof of river reeds. This rough bush inn, situated on a vital stock route from N.S.W., catered to drovers, explorers and other travelers and became the heart of the first outlying European settlement in the region.

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Physical description

Photograph; 27.6 cm x17.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

1929

Collection

Part of Overland Corner Collection

Subject

Overland Corner Hotel (S.A.)
Hotels -- South Australia -- Overland Corner

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Digitisation information

Date

13/07/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,690 x 2,163 pixels (8.0 MP)

Size

8.01 MB

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