Photograph - Construction of Centennial Hall from West, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1979

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Summary:: Black & white photograph of the construction of Centennial Hall with scaffolding in place, taken from the West on 26 October 1979. Centennial Hall was constructed between August 1979 and September 1980.

This is one of 959 photographs (or images) of the Exhibition Building collated by the Exhibition Trustees as a 10 volume pictorial history of the Exhibition Building spanning the years 1880 to 1985. The pictorial history was instigated by the centenary of the Exhibition Building in 1980 and forms part of a larger Royal Exhibition Building collection of documents, photographs, objects and research files.
Description:: A black & white silver gelatin print on a page of a photograph album. There is a printed caption below the photograph.
Description Of Content:: View across a large asphalted area to Centennial Hall, with scaffolding under construction. Commissioned housing flats in Fitzroy can be seen in the background behind the convent.

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	190 mm (Height), 244 mm (Width)

Tagged with:	buildings, royal exhibition building, building construction, housing estates, convents, royal exhibition building trustees
Themes this item is part of:	Images & Image Making Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection, Royal Exhibition Building Collection
Primary Classification:	ROYAL EXHIBITION BUILDING
Secondary Classification:	Building & Infrastructure
Tertiary Classification:	centennial hall
Inscriptions:	Master Plan Stage 6 - Construction Centennial Hall from West October/ 26th 1979.
Format:	Photograph: Black & White
Place & Date Depicted:	Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1979