This #Union Buildings tagged image is courtesy of Flickr. Click on the Flickr account holder below the photograph to see more. Image by denisbin Rockhampton has one of the best historic precincts in Australia with over 20 buildings along Quay Street, facing the Fitzroy River, and they are on the register for the National Estate. More are on the QLD state register. The mainly commercial buildings reflect the prosperity that came to Rockhampton after the gold discoveries at Mt Morgan mine. …
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Pretoria Image: Adelaide. A survivor between the skyscrapers. The 1840 built former Queens Theatre. Was the Royal Victoria Theatre 1850 to 1868. Built in the classical style.
This #State Theatre tagged image is courtesy of Flickr. Click on the Flickr account holder below the photograph to see more. Image by denisbin George Coppin the main developer of Sorrento was a very interesting character. He was actually a comic actor and investor. He left England and arrived in Sydney in 1843. He produced shows in Melbourne, Adelaide (the old Queens Theatre off Hindley Street) etc in the 1840s. In 1850 he bought the Queens Theatre and reopened it as the Royal Victoria …
Pretoria Image: Grand classical facade of the former Farmers Union building in Mt Gambier. Built in1914 which is late for this style of grand facade.
This #Union Buildings tagged image is courtesy of Flickr. Click on the Flickr account holder below the photograph to see more. Image by denisbin Brief History of Mt Gambier – the second city of SA after Adelaide (region population nearly 35,000, urban 28,000). Lieutenant James Grant aboard the Lady Nelson sighted and named Mt Gambier in 1800 after a Lord of the Admiralty. The first white man to traverse the area was Stephen Henty of Portland in 1839 when he sighted the Blue Lake. He returned …