Up Close & Inside
Rim lock from the 1830s. The logo isn’t clear on this lock.
This is from a similar lock (or mabye a bit older, because the top lock has “Patent Expired” where this one hasn’t.) shows the arms of William IV pf the United Kingdow (reigned 1830-1836). Made in the UK, these locks were exported to Australia (where this one is) and the USA.
A large theatre in a (now) small mining town. Built 1898. A small historical display within the building provides the following information:
Edward Mulchay M.H.A built a timber hotel called the Royal Exchange on the site of an abandoned silver/lead mine in 1882. It was totally destroyed by fire two years later but within five years he had assembled his own and other capital to enter into a new enterprise, the Gaiety Theatre and Grand hotel. The destruction of the Royal Exchange and his personal loss of 5,000 pounds were strong in his mind so the new building was to be built of bricks, the first of which were being made at that time in Zeehan by John Connor.
Numbers indicate (approximately) the view of the corresponding photo.
Main post: Old Parliament House, Canberra
The next five photos are going around the chamber in a clockwise direction.
The original parliament house in Canberra was built in the 1920s (opened 1927) and was intended to be a temporary place for parliament to meet. Its replacement was completed in 1988, and is on the hill above. This older building now houses the Museum of Australian Democracy.
Main entrance.
Side entrance (along front facade).
Portable respirator for people with polio. Developed in Australia in 1937 during a polio epidemic. This plywood “iron lung” was lighter and cheaper to produce than the metal American version from which the common name comes. This particular model was used at the Queanbeyan District Hospital (and is now on display in the local museum)
There are a number of different posts from this site, so I thought I should do a quick overview of the house to give the context to avoid having to repeat it each time. Other posts from this site can be found under the tag.
Runnymede is in National Trust property, in New Town, a suburb of Hobart. It was built in the 1830s and has been added to over the years. That room on the right is one such addition.
If I remember correctly, it is the ballroom, and has a side entrance via a bay window (partly hidden here by the tree).
Built 1864. Extended 1906.
Foyer on ground floor. Service area (where the public makes payments, gets information etc) is through that doorway.
