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It could be a Convent school at Mount Morgan, Queensland, ca.1910. Source: nla.gov.au/nla.obj-151073120/view

Mount Morgan is a rural town and locality in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. Prior to European migrants settling in the area, the area was part of the Kangulu peoples traditional lands. Mount Morgan was founded as a gold mining town in 1882. Over the years, the Mount Morgan Mine has produced gold, silver and copper. Mount Morgan Central State School opened in 1887 and grew so rapidly that it was separated into two schools on different sites the following year, forming Mount Morgan Boys State School and Mount Morgan Girls and Infants State School. The word 'Central' was added to the name of these two schools from 1911. They were amalgamated back into one school in 1929. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School opened in 1891 and closed in 1997. Mount Morgan State High School opened on 22 January 1912.[32] It was the first school of its kind to open in Queensland.[15] Maranu State School opened on 24 May 1915. It closed on 1 April 1927.[32] Upper Dee Provisional School opened in 1919. On 11 June 1923, it became Upper Dee State School. It closed circa 1929. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Morgan,_Queensland

“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.” ― Ansel Adams

"Cosima Wagner, born Francesca Gaetana Cosima Liszt (24 December 1837 – 1 April 1930), was the daughter of the Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt. She became the second wife of the German composer Richard Wagner, and with him founded the Bayreuth Festival as a showcase for his stage works; after his death she devoted the rest of her life to the promotion of his music and philosophy. Commentators have recognised Cosima as the principal inspiration for Wagner's later works, particularly Parsifal." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosima_Wagner "Marie ("Mimi") Baroness (from 1879: Countess) von Schleinitz (from 1886: Schleinitz-Wolkenstein) (22 January 1842, Rome – 18 May 1912, Berlin) was an influential salonnière of the early German Reich in Berlin and one of the most important supporters of Richard Wagner." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_von_Schleinitz Anton Karl Simon Graf von Wolkenstein-Trostburg (* 2. August 1832 in Brunnersdorf, Böhmen; † 5. Dezember 1913 in Valsugana, Trentino), Austrian diplomat de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_von_Wolkenstein-Trostburg (in German)

Of course this photo was taken long before 1915. According to commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cosima_Schleinitz.jpg it was taken around 1890 at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus (upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Festspielhaus...)

B-59, thanks for the additional information. I'll ask to add their full names to the catalog record. The building behind them is clearly not the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, but it's possible it's a building nearby. If someone can find another reference to the location we might be able to add that information.

Jon (LOC P&P) Why do you think this is not the Bayreuth Festspielhaus? It fits perfectly IMO; compare with this detail:

from this photo: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Festspielhaus...
(You can see the window better here, but the original picture is taken at the right corner of the building:

where the window is partially concealed by the awning.)

My apologies B-59. I didn't look closely enough at the entrance. I will ask to add Bayreuth Festspielhaus in the description of this photo.