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Mount Gambier - The Main Corner with The Riddoch, The Institute and The Town Hall. South Australia

The modern addition at the Main Corner was completed in 2011.

 

The three Historic State Heritage listed buildings (from the Corner) are

 

Riddoch Art Gallery, where the foundation stone was laid 1906 by the Hon Thomas Price, Premier of South Australia. The architect was Thomas Hall.

 

The Institute with a foundation stone laid by John Riddoch of 'Yallum Park', Penola, in 1868. William Thomas Gore was the architect.

 

The Town Hall built in 1882 to the design of architect J J Barrow and William Webber contractor.

Thomas Chute Ellis, of Benara Station, donated the clock and tower which were added in 1883.

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Uploaded on July 22, 2024
Taken on May 4, 2019