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Photograph - The New 'Residency', Northern Garden from the West, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, circa Feb 1985 Reg. No: MM 124713

Summary:: Colour photograph of the northern garden area of the Director of the Exhibition Trustees' 'Residency' taken from the west, circa February 1985.

The original old 'Residency' was built in 1879, being part of the northern end of the Eastern Annexe set aside for the Secretary of the Exhibition Trustees in 1889, following the 1888 Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition. These rooms were later used by the Exhibition Boys Club and the White Ensign Club, before the northern end of the Eastern Annexe was finally demolished in September 1971. A new 'Residency' was built for the Director of the Exhibition Trustees circa 1921, on the eastern side of the Annexe, and, from 1961 onwards, was enlarged and renovated several times to accomodate the growing needs of the Director.

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 colour photographic print on a page of a photograph album. There is a printed caption below the photograph.
Description Of Content:: View of the northern garden of the 'Residency' from the west, showing an expanse of lawn bordered by mid size trees and shrubbery, being separated into two 'courtyards' by a fence. In the immediate left foreground are flowering acanthus mollis, while a white flag pole flying the Australian flag can be seen in the centre of the rear lawn area.

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	199 mm (Height), 202 mm (Width)

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Tagged with:	exhibitions melbourne international 1880-1881, gardens, buildings, royal exhibition building, residences, royal exhibition building trustees, royal exhibition building history of events 1980-1989
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:	residences
Inscriptions:	Printed below photograph: "The Residency" Northern Garden from West.
Format:	Photograph: Colour
Place & Date Depicted:	Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa Feb 1985