Barrack Street, Perth, Western Australia

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dc.coverage.spatialBarrack Street, Perth, Western Australia
dc.date.accessioned2004-02-25T06:04:28Z
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-05T11:49:21Z
dc.date.available2004-02-25T06:04:28Z
dc.date.available2011-01-05T11:49:21Z
dc.date.created1890s
dc.description.abstractView looking down Barrack Street towards Perth Water, with the Town Hall clock tower visible on the left. The Town Hall was designed by Richard Roach Jewell and completed in 1870. It was built in the style of a Tudor market hall with a clock tower and spires and for many years town markets were held there. The mostly commercial buildings include a few with Classical revival details such as fluted pilasters, but many establishments are also decorated with iron lace trim on veranda posts and railings. The street scene also shows horsedrawn vehicles, pedestrians and power and telegraph poles. Various businesses have their names painted on or attached to the buildings. They include: GREENHAM & EVANS/ PHOTO ARTISTS; J. T. -UNNOCK; BROWN & BROWN/ MANUFACTURERS of PNEUMATIC TYRES; SUMMERFIELD/ THE CELEBRATED TAILOR FROM SYDNEY; P. SEELIGSON/ CITY LOAN OFFICE.
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dc.format.mediumphotograph
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.format.medium13.4cm x 19.3cm
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiff
dc.identifierK3963
dc.identifier.otherAU NBAC 23-48-36
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/135
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.relation.ispartofIntercolonial Investment and Land Building Company
dc.relation.ispartofNoel Butlin Archives Centre. ANU Archives Program.
dc.relation.ispartofseries77 photographs of land in Western Australia, c. 1890-1902.
dc.rightsThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subject.otherPhotographs
dc.subject.otherviews
dc.subject.otherbuildings, structures & establishments
dc.subject.othertown halls
dc.subject.otherclock towers
dc.subject.otherpower & telegraph poles
dc.subject.otherroads & streets
dc.subject.otherstreet scenes
dc.subject.othercommercial buildings
dc.subject.othershops
dc.subject.othermen's clothing
dc.subject.otherverandas
dc.subject.otherhorsedrawn vehicles
dc.subject.otherbicycles
dc.subject.otherGreenham & Evans, Photo Artists
dc.subject.otherJ.T. -unnock
dc.subject.otherBrown & Brown, Manufacturers Pneumatic Tyres
dc.subject.otherSummerfield, Celebrated Tailor from Sydney
dc.subject.otherP. Seeligson, City Loan Office
dc.titleBarrack Street, Perth, Western Australia
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesInscribed in white on image, l.l.: BARRACK ST PERTH
local.description.notesThe Intercolonial Investment and Land Building Company was formed in 1885 to deal in real estate and to operate as banker and financial agents in the Australian colonies. In 1887, it absorbed the Joint Stock Building, Land and Investment Company Limited. The Company became a subsidiary of the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company Ltd in January 1960.

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