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    Union House - East Elevation c.1950
    (1950)
    Union House and lawns taken from near Monterey Cypress in late 1940s. Copy of photograph included in the 1993 UMSU exhibition "Union House: An Architectural History" in the George Paton Gallery. Exhibition wall text reads: "This photograph shows some of the building additions made in 1936, particularly to the North end which housed the new Union Theatre stage. The new Union boasted facilities unequalled by other Australian universities. 'It was the Victorian Arts centre in embryo', historian Marjorie Tipping [wrote]. 'The Union Theatre and common rooms were available for experimental drama, string orchestras, jazz bands, Russian ballet, recitals, art films, lectures, debates, musical recitals and recordings on the new Carnegie gramaphone ... Radical and conservative philosophies on the arts were discussed with passionate dedication, and these discussions were often related to contemporary political and religious issues.'"
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    Union House - East Wing
    (1938)
    Copy of photograph of the eastern view of Union House c.1938; copied from the program of the Official Opening of the Union House, 6 April 1938.
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    Union House - Oriel Window
    (1938)
    Copy of photograph of the Oriel Window in Union House c.1938; copied from the program of the Official Opening of the Union House, 6 April 1938.
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    Union House - West Wing
    (1938)
    Copy of photograph of the western view of Union House c.1938; copied from the program of the Official Opening of the Union House, 6 April 1938.
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    Union House, c 1954
    (1954)
    This photograph shows the central tower at the entrance and the steps to the stage door of the Union Theatre. Wilson Hall can be seen in the background. A copy of this photograph was included in the 1993 UMSU exhibition "Union House: An Architectural History" in the George Paton Gallery.
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    Union House from the North-West (North Court), c 1958
    (1958)
    The central block is part of the 1936 Union House design. The women's cloakroom was on the ground floor and the women's lounge on the first floor. To the left of the photograph is part of the West elevation of the Union Theatre which was formerly the National Museum. A copy of this photograph, taken in late 1988, was included in the 1993 UMSU exhibition "Union House: An Architectural History" in the George Paton Gallery.
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    Haunts of the Dons: A Postcard c 1895
    (1895)
    A copy of this postcard was included in the 1993 UMSU exhibition "Union House: An Architectural History" in the George Paton Gallery.
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    The National Museum - East elevation c 1870
    (1870)
    A copy of this photograph was included in the 1993 UMSU exhibition "Union House: An Architectural History" in the George Paton Gallery. Exhibition caption card reads: "Today only a fragment of the 1863 Museum survives. On the outside a pointed window of the east elevation can be seen, at the north end by the stage dook entrance to the theatre, and inside, the upper part of some of the pointed windows of the east elevation can be seen, and touched, within the duplicating room off the first floor Farrago office."
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    Princesses at play (The fantasy)
    Vincent, Alfred (1897)
    The cartoon derives from a complaint made by Professor Harrison Moore about noise made by members of the Princess Ida Club. The potential for rowdy activity in the small parlour is obviously limited but the mystery surrounding this early ancestor of our Women's Room would have been tantalising. A copy of this cartoon was included in the 1993 UMSU exhibition "Union House: An Architectural History" in the George Paton Gallery.
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    Princess Ida Parlour, 1897 (The reality)
    (1897)
    The Princess Ida Club, formed in 1888, was for 28 years the heart of University social life for women. The name of the club was taken from the popular Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Princess Ida which told the story of a university which no man could enter. A copy of this photograph was included in the 1993 UMSU exhibition "Union House: An Architectural History" in the George Paton Gallery.