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HOUSE, RILEY ROAD 27

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1961

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B & W copy a) Front and side view of house and front garden. A building known as 'The Camp' can be seen behind the house on right of photograph. b) view looking from front garden of 27 Riley Road across the road includes street trees, front fence and he

Historical information

The Camp' a shack probably used during the 1910s and early 1920s as the kitchen for Public Works Department employees while they installed gas pipeline and other amenities in the surrounding streets. House built for Mary Douglas (Bennecke after her marriage) by her father William Douglas.

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cwa-org-28--5-294-a,b

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Year

1961

Geotag

-31.989534796891, 115.79093775423

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