Art Gallery of South Australia - Auditorium
Art Gallery of South Australia - Auditorium
Built in 1867 as a store for the Mounted Police the building is associated with the nearby former Mounted Police Barracks and former Armoury place. It was later used as a military store by the Colonial and Commonwealth forces. It is also significant as the first home of the South Australian Archives established in 1919 and the first public archives in Australia. In the 1970s and early 1980s it also served as the Art Gallery of South Australia's Historical Museum.
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Significance
The building is significant due to it's association with the Mounted Police and the South Australian Archives.
Connects with
- Related places
- Related people
- Related organisations
- Related events
- Related things
See also
Architecture, construction & engineering
- Architects
- Builders
- Building materials
- Stone
- Architectural styles
- 2 Victorian Period (c. 1840–c. 1890)
- Construction
- 1867 -
- Architecture and design features
- Engineering features
Location, occupancy & use
- Precinct
- Riverbank
- Council Ward
- North
- Alternative Addresses
- Geo-coordinates
- Town Acre
- Planning Zone or Policy Area
- Original owners
- Government of South Australia
- Original occupant
- Later occupant/s
- Purposes and use
- Civic, Government, Recreational
- AS2482 classification
- 13020 - Museum
- Public Access
- Opening hours only
Heritage protection
- NTSA ID
- State Heritage ID
- 10876
- ACC Reference No.
- DPTI Heritage No.
- 1539
- RNE ID
- 1539
- Certificate of Title No.
- CR 5759/863 H105100 S562
- NTSA file exists
- No
- Heritage Status
- State Heritage listed
- State heritage listing
- State Heritage listed
- Date of State heritage listing
- Local heritage listing
- Date of Local heritage listing
- NTSA listing
- Nil
- Date of NTSA listing
- Section 23 (4) crtiteria
- Risk status
Historic themes
- Historic Themes
- 5.2 State Government
- 5.2.1 Creating State Government Institutions and Facilities
Curriculum connections
- Australian Curriculum references
- Year 5: The Australian Colonies
- ACHHK097
References & citations
References
Further reading
