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Rundle Street [B 7292] • Photograph

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Summary

Rundle Street, South Side, showing entrance to Adelaide Arcade. Smudged Sweet signature, possibly Sweet Adelaide 72 or 92. The photograph shows Rundle Street looking west from a point opposite nearby near Twin Street. The Coat of Arms on the cupola of the Adelaide Arcade is of interest. When the arcade was built in 1885 the promoters decided to hold a competition to design a Coat of Arms as there was not one at the time. There was much discussion about the Australian Colonies adopting a Coat of Arms. Later in 1908 King Edward VII officially granted the Coat of Arms but it was replaced in 1912 by King George V and the 2nd Commonwealth Coat of Arms. The difference is the positioning of the native animals and the words Advance Australia. In the photograph the electricity poles can be seen along Rundle Street. Electricity was introduced in 1895.

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Physical description

Photograph : albumen print ; 22.6 cm x 16.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1885

Creator

Sweet, Samuel White

Collections

Part of Acre 84 Collection
Part of Sweet Collection

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Digitisation information

Date

17/10/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,312 x 2,415 pixels (8.0 MP)

Size

24.02 MB

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