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Theatre Royal, Hindley Street, 1881


Photo taken 30 December 1880

State Library Catalogue Reference: B 2910

Photographer: Samuel White Sweet

Hindley Street, north side, showing the Theatre Royal. The billboard in front of the theatre advertises George Musgrove's production of Offenbach's 'La Fille du Tambour Major', starring Nellie Stewart. This production toured Australia in the early 1800s. On the right is the ornate lamp belonging to the White Hart Hotel opposite. The near side of Miller Anderson's (second store from the right) is 41 yards west of Gresham Street. The extreme left of the photograph is 2 yards east of Peel Street.

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