Summary
This is a colour tinted postcard of the Exhibition Building, showing the south west facade with gardens and an unmade pathway in the foreground, 1904. The postcard was sent to Misses Rucker, 2 Broughton Villas, Oclan Street, Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, and is postmarked 9 November 1904.
The Exhibition Building was built for the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition, which opened to visitors on 1 October 1880. On 9 May 1901, it hosted the opening of the First Commonwealth Parliament of Australia. By the early 20th century, picture postcards of the Exhibition Building were a popular Melbourne souvenir.
The division of the reverse of the postcard, allowing a message to be written on one half and the address on the other, was not permitted in Australia until 1905.
Physical Description
A green & grey tinted photograph of the south west facade of the Exhibition Building with an unmade pathway and gardens in the foreground. There is a wide, white border at the left of the photograph with a handwritten inscription in black ink. In the upper right hand corner there is a black postmark. On the reverse of the postcard, there is a handwritten address in black ink and a one penny Victorian postage stamp.
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Trustees of the Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Sep 1991
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Place & Date Made
Australia, 1904-1905
The division of the reverse of the postcard, allowing a message to be written on one half and the address on the other, was not permitted in Britain until 1902 and Australia until 1905. -
Place & Date Depicted
Royal Exhibition Building (REB), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1904
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Addressed To
Misses Rucker, Woollahra, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1904
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Inscriptions
Obverse, text: Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria. Obverse, handwritten: Nov. 8th 1904./ Are starting off/ again today. Much love to you/ all from Elizabeth & Hardy Obverse, postmarked: EDGECLIFFE/ NO 9/ 1904/ N.S.W. Reverse, text: POST CARD.; THE ADDRESS ONLY TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE. Reverse, handwritten: The Misses Rucker/ 2 Broughton Villas/ Oclan Street/ Woollahra/ Sydney/ New South Wales Reverse, postmarked: MELBOURNE/ NO 8/ 1904
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Overall Dimensions
138 mm (Width), 85 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Buildings, Civic Mementoes, Correspondence, Exterior Views, Postcards, Royal Exhibition Building, Souvenirs