Example of what I'm talking about: https://x.com/nostalgiacore/status/2093161399564328962/photo/1
The Fountain Plaza is a shopping arcade in the town of Echuca in the state of Victoria, Australia, and it was built in 1989. It has an indoor fountain, most of which now only contains gravel and fake plants, but it used to a full load of water. There is more information about it here: https://malls.fandom.com/wiki/Fountain_Plaza,_Echuca
I've asked several groups and institutions already, such as the Echuca Historical Society, Museums Victoria, the State Library of Victoria, and the Australian Institute of Architects, but none have been able to find a photo so far. The oldest photo I've been able to find is this one in a newspaper article on Trove, and I cannot tell whether the fountain contains water or not: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/249104640
I really like the Festival Marketplace-style architecture of this shopping arcade, so I would really appreciate if someone on here could help me find a photo from when the fountain contained its full water load.
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