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Lands and Treasury Building, Adelaide, South Australia
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Lands and Treasury Building, Adelaide, South Australia
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Lands and Treasury Building, Adelaide, South Australia c. 1905. This Building on the corner of King William Street and Flinders Street was once part of a complex of buildings which served as Adelaide's chief government offices. The Building was constructed in 1839, but much modified over subsequent years, and designed by George Strickland Kingston. Only one portion of wall from the original 1839 building is still standing. The vaults below the Treasury Building were constructed in 1850 and predate the existing building. It is thought that gold discovered by South Australian diggers in the Victorian Goldfields was stored and smelted at the Treasury Building vaults. The tunnels contain a furnace and a well, but these date from after the goldrush era.

A tunnel entrance at the northern end of the Treasury vaults is thought to lead under Flinders Street to the Torrens Building on the corner of Wakefield Street and Victoria Square, however, it has been blocked for many years.
Date circa 1905
date QS:P571,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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The History Trust of South Australia
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GN00898
Source The History Trust of South Australian, South Australian Government
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