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LOCATION
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Address North Terrace ADELAIDE
Locality
Accuracy H - high level confidence
Council Area ADELAIDE Council
Polygon Type B - Building footprint
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Art Gallery of South Australia Auditorium (former Government Supplies Store, later Military Store, sometime South Australian Archives, sometime Historical Museum)
Registered Name Historical Museum
Significance Built in 1867 as a store for the Mounted Police, the building is associated with the nearby former Mounted Police Barracks (registered place 10872) and former Armoury (registered place 13667). 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.
Subject Index Government - Store [Government]; Recreation and entertainment - Museum; Military - Ordnance Store
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 24-JUL-1980
REFERENCE
LGA Adelaide
State Heritage ID 10876
Heritage Number 1539
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CR 5759/863 H105100 S562

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