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Archibald Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park, Elizabeth Street Sydney, 1930s

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Unique IDA-00014762SeriesSydney Reference Collection (SRC) - PhotographsDateBetween 1st January 1930 and 31st December 1939Date qualifierdecade onlyFormatPublication - PostcardDescriptionShowing groups of men and women viewing the fountain. Showing trees, avenue and lamps as well as buildings in Elizabeth Street including T&G Building at 201-211 Elizabeth Street, Manchester Unity Building (MUIOOF) at 183-187 Elizabeth Street and Great Synagogue (1878) at 187A Elizabeth Street.

The Archibald Memorial Fountain. A gift to the Citizens of Sydney under the will of the late J. F. Archibald. 14th March, 1932.
Alderman S. Walder Lord Mayor of Sydney.
This fountain is the gift of the late J.F. Archibald to his fellow countrymen and is intended in terms of his will to commemorate the association of Australia and France in the Great War 1914-1918. It was erected in 1932 and in the work of Francois Sicard, Sculptor, Paris.LanguageNo linguistic content - Not applicable (zxx)Geographic location^[1]^[2]

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Address

Street number110Street nameElizabethStreet typeStreetSuburbSydneyPostcode2000StateNew South WalesCountryAustralia

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External linksArchibald Memorial FountainPublic access statusRestricted original (digital copy available)

Identification

Source system ID035\035723Alternative IDSRC9320