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Title
Item 02: Photographs and drawing of Australia Hotel, ca. 1890s-1960s
Call number
PXD 1339
Level of description
item
Date

ca. 1890s-1960s
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Architectural and Technical Drawings, Drawings, Photographs
Reference code
1001808
Physical Description
1 architectural and technical drawing - pencil and watercolour - 68 x 57.5 cm within frame 103 x 84.7 cm
2 photographs - mounted, black and white
Scope and Content
PXD 1339
1.Mounted drawing of Martin Place entrance to the hotel designed by architect Emil Soderstein. Inscribed on verso: "Mr E. Sodersten".

2. Mounted photograph of Sir Robert Menzies being served by a waiter and holding the menu for 'The Golden Jubilee of the Commonwealth Bank, Australia Hotel, 16th July 1962'

3. Mounted photograph of the construction of the Australia Hotel titled, "Mammoth Scaffolding, The Australia Hotel, Sydney"
Copying Conditions
Copyright status:: In copyright - life of artist plus 70 years
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Date note

No date; dated approximately by photographs of the hotel's renovation in 1920, and by sketches of motor cars in the foreground.
Creator/Author/Artist
Sodersten, Emil Lawrence, 1901-1961
Name
Menzies, Robert, Sir, 1894-1978
Subject
Hotels--New South Wales--Sydney.
Topic
hotels & taverns
streetscapes
cars
Place
Australia Hotel (Broadway, N.S.W.)
Castlereagh Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)

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