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Shadowood (or Shadow Wood), Burradoo, 1934 / photographer unknown
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Title:
Shadowood (or Shadow Wood), Burradoo, 1934 / photographer unknown
Date:
[1934]
Format:
1 photoprint, mounted on card : b & w ; 6.5 x 10.5 cm (mounted size: 10.8 x 15.4 cm)
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso of mount: Greetings from us and Shadow Wood / Xmas 1934.
Subject:
Shadowood (Burradoo, N.S.W.)
Spanish Mission architecture
driveways
Wilkinson, Leslie, 1882-1973.
Series:
June Wallace papers
Description:
This house, Shadowood or Shadow Wood, was designed by architect Leslie Wilkinson for Alexander Robert Macgregor (1872-1933), grandson of Jessie Thorburn of Meroogal near Nowra. The house was begun in 1929. Alec Macgregor died in September 1933 and this photograph was sent as a Christmas greeting by his widow Eva, and their daughter Eve. Mrs Macgregor had another Shadowood (also designed by Wilkinson) built in Links Road Bowral in 1936. The Burradoo house was renamed Bibury in 1936 when it became the home of Miss M M Dangar.
Provenance:
Estate of June Wallace (1917-2010)
Source:
Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection ; June Wallace papers: JMW/13
Rights:
You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact Museums of History NSW to request permission.
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
40151
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