Summary
Black & white photograph of the Royale Ballroom taken from the west with car parking in the foreground, February 1979. The Royale Ballroom was demolished between March and May 1979.
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 of Content
View across a car park to the western side of the Royale Ballroom. Parked cars are in the foreground and in the background is the Convent of Mary The Immaculate and commissioned housing flats in Fitzroy.
Physical Description
A black & white silver gelatin print on a page of a photograph album. There is a printed caption below the photograph.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Images & Image Making, Royal Exhibition Building
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Trustees of the Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Jan 2000
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Place & Date Depicted
Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1979
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Language
English
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Inscriptions
Master Plan Stage 6 - Demolition of Royale Ballroom March 5th - May/ 1st 1979 - Ballroom from West - February. Left foreground "The/ Mews" and old speedway entrance, left background Convent of Mary The/ Immaculate.
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Classification
Royal exhibition building, Building & infrastructure, Royale ballroom
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
240 mm (Width), 174 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Building & Construction, Buildings, Car Parks, Convents, Housing Estates, Royal Exhibition Building, Royal Exhibition Building Trustees
