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Summary
A ceremonial arch built on the Causeway to welcome Prince Alfred (second son on Queen Victoria) who it was thought would visit Perth in 1867. In the event the Prince did not come to Perth in that year. The Perth Gazette reports its readers' disappointment that their city, its decorations in place, had not been included in the tour. Prince Alfred finally visited Perth in January 1869 after this photograph had been put into Fanny's album (see Court & Camera : the life & times of A. H. Stone by J. O'Brien & P. Statham-Drew (2012), p.221.)The newly built second Causeway Bridge built by convicts and opened on Monday 17 July 1865 (The Inquirer and Commersial News, 19 July 1865, p.2). This replaces the original bridge built in 1843. Taken by Stone with a stereoscopic camera. The stereograph required a viewer (stereoscope) which would have given a 3D view.
Warnings and disclaimer
Title is caption in album in the photographer's hand. From an album A.H. Stone gave to his daughter Fanny on 30th October 1868 as a parting gift before she and her new husband left W.A. on 14 November 1868.
Subjects
- Royal visitors -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Ceremonial arches -- Western Australia -- Perth -- Photographs.
- Bridges -- Western Australia -- Perth -- Photographs.
- View more on SLWA catalogue
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