Summary
Colour photograph of a landscape design drawing from an aerial perspective looking down onto the gardens to the east and south of Centennial Hall, prepared by landscape architectural firm, Carol Frank Mas & Associates. The caption suggests the image was displayed at a press conference for the Centennial Hall and Gardens on 28 July 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.
Physical Description
A colour photographic print on a page of a photograph album. The image depicts a proposed aerial view of the 'Centennial Gardens' prepared by landscape architects, Carol Frank Mas & Associates. The view is a plan of the garden layout around the eastern side of the Exhibition Building and Centennial Hall, and includes the Grand Promenade running east-west along the southern side of the Exhibition Building, the French Fountain, and the Grollo Fountain on the front of the main entrance to Centennial Hall on the eastern side of the Hall before Nicholson Street.
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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Place & Date Depicted
Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1880-1881
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Designer
Carol Frank Mas & Associates, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1980
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
CENTENNIAL HALL AND GARDENS PRESS CONFERENCE/ JULY 28TH 1980/ Elevation Landscape Design
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Classification
Royal exhibition building, Building & infrastructure, Centennial hall
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
244 mm (Width), 175 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Buildings, Centenaries, Exhibitions: Melbourne International, 1880-1881, Royal Exhibition Building, Royal Exhibition Building Trustees