Hobart. Dinner table set for function in Government House. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Hobart. Dinner table set for function in Government House. / denisbin
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-改変禁止 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Government House Hobart. The first “Government House” erected in the penal settlement of Van Diemans Land was a simple wooden hut in 1805 in Barrack Square near Sullivan’s Cove. The one roomed hut was soon expanded to three rooms. The second Government House, a residence of 14 rooms and two storeys high, was built in Macquarie Street where Franklin Square now exists. It was built in 1817 of brick and wood but was in a perilous structural state by 1825. Between 1829 and 1831 a solid sandstone extension was added. From 1831 to 1841 it also housed the Van Diemans Land parliament. It was demolished in 1858 to create Franklin Square and because the new grand Government House in the Domain had accepted its first Governor and family in 1858. Long before the completion of Government House an earlier attempt was made to construct a grand house adjacent to the Tasmanian Royal Botanic Gardens and the Queens Domain. In 1842 convict architect of NSW James Blackburn accepted a commission and using convict labour and sandstone from the grounds work began on the third Government House. But Lieutenant Governor Sir John Franklin did not have permission for this to happen and his replacement Sir John Eardly-Wilmot had the walls already erected pulled down and the cellar filled in! In 1853 Blackburn’s architectural plans were modified and altered by Tasmanian architect William Porden Kay and convicts began work on the grand Gothic house again in 1855. Although Governor Sir Henry Fox Young moved his wife and family into the residence in early 1857 it was 1859 before internal furnishings and finishes were all completed. A couple of years after the house was beautifully finished Sir Henry Fox Young resigned. In 1861 he returned to England where he died in 1870. Sir Henry Fox Young was the first Governor to live in the mansion. He was also the fifth Governor of South Australia from 1848 to December 1854. He married Augusta Marryat in London in 1848 before taking up his appointment in Adelaide. Sir Henry Fox Young left SA after the successful steam trip up the River Murray in August 1854 to establish the river boat industry. He arrived in Hobart on 2 January 1855 and took up his post from 6 January 1855. The fine residence was made in sandstone quarried from the 30 acres of grounds. One quarry is now Quarry Pond near the main house and the other is the smaller Japanese Pond near the main entrance gates. The house is highly regarded for its sandstone carvings, its gargoyles, the stone mullion windows, the carved chimneys, the bas-relief above the porte cochère and clock tower. Inside the house are impressive painted ceilings in the ballroom and elsewhere, a grand staircase, elaborately decorated state rooms and some fine furniture, most of which was sent out from England in the late 1850s. |
| 撮影日 | 2024-02-08 10:42:24 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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| カメラ | DSC-HX90V , SONY |
| 露出 | 0.033 sec (1/30) |
| 開放F値 | f/3.5 |