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The Garrick Theatre is the longest continual running amateur theatre group in metropolitan Western Australia, located 16 Meadow Street in Guildford, Western Australia. The original structure was built in 1853 and is considered to be one of the few intact parts of a convict depot demonstrating the way of life in the Convict Era of Western Australian - current use as a theatre was preceded by use as Commissariat Store and Quarters and later as an Infant Health Centre.〔(Heritage Council of Western Australia - Garrick Theatre Club )〕 ==Historical use== The former Commissariat Store and Quarters was among those buildings designed and constructed as part of the Guildford Convict Depot by Lieutenant Du Cane. Lieutenant Du Cane designed and supervised the construction of most of the buildings associated with the convict depot in Guildford, as well as building the first bridge over the Swan River at Guildford, at the site of the public wharf in Meadow Street. Of these works, only the Commissariat building, the Pensioner's Cottage, West Guildford, and his own house, immediately to the south of the Commissariat Store, remain. The Commissariat Quarters were intended as a dwelling for the officers in charge of the Commissariat Store. According to Lieutenant Du Cane's reports, the Commissariat Quarters were completed at the end of 1853, and the Commissariat Store was completed in 1854.〔(Library, The Convict System Vol. VII, 1855, p.145. )〕 Du Cane describes both buildings in one of his reports: 〔()〕 When Lieutenant Du Cane was transferred to Fremantle in 1855, his former house was handed over to the Director of the Commissariat Store in Guildford, Deputy Assistant Commissary-General Travers.〔(pg111. )〕 The Commissariat Store was later used as a Drill Hall by Enrolled Pensioner Guards. When the convict depot in Guildford was closed in 1878, the buildings were handed over to the municipality of Guildford,〔(A. Almanac 1879 (Inquirer edition), List of Events. )〕 which sold Du Cane's house, and the section of Allotment 45 on which it stands, to a private buyer. The Commissariat Quarters were renovated in 1951 for use as an Infant Health Centre. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Garrick Theatre (Guildford)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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