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    Dimora

    Apr 10, 2023 2 minutes

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    uilt in 1882, Dimora’s design and construction was commissioned by one of Adelaide’s most prominent socialites of the time, Harry Lockett Ayers. Son of Sir Henry Ayers, the eighth premier of South Australia who served five terms between 1863 and 1873, Harry Ayers and his brother, Arthur Ernest Ayers, were part of Adelaide’s elite.

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