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Cottage Homes, Burra [B 8630] • Photograph

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Summary

Paxton Cottage Homes, Burra, left by John Lewis for poor people to occupy at a nominal rent. [Paxton Square cottages, once a square of cottages but now only three sides remaining, with 33 left. They were built between 1849-1851 by South Australian Mining Association for the miners to live in. Hon. John Lewis purchased them for low cost housing. Essington Lewis, founder of BHP, was his son. Information provided by Neil Nicholson].

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Physical description

Photograph; 11.5 cm x 10.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

1933

Collection

Part of Burra Collection

Subject

Cottages -- South Australia -- Burra
Paxton Square (Burra, S.A.)

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Digitisation information

Date

15/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,284 x 2,876 pixels (9.4 MP)

Size

9.48 MB

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