KUOMINTANG BUILDING
109 LITTLE BOURKE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
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Statement of Significance
This place is included on the Victorian Heritage Inventory, for its potential to contain historical archaeological remains associated with the settlement and growth of early Melbourne. Under the terms of the Heritage Act 2017 there is protection for all historical archaeology sites and objects in the state.
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KUOMINTANG BUILDING - History
The Melbourne Kuomintang was one of the most important Chinese community organisations that accepted numerous Chinese people in Victoria in a time of prejudice and isolation. The Kuomintang Club Building at 109 Little Bourke Street is the physical manifestation of the organisation’s importance to this part of Chinese-Australian history.Heritage Inventory Description
KUOMINTANG BUILDING - Heritage Inventory Description
1888 - one storey building on site. Nos. 107 and 109 are a pair of shops and residences designed by Nahum Barnet for merchant CH Cheong and built by JW Atkinson 1903-04. No.109 originally occupied by cafes and importers. 1905 - three-storey building. 1921 occupied by Chinese Nationalist Club, alterations by architect W Burley Griffin.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Extant building: built for and occupied by Chinese, becoming Chinese club-house. Associated with prominent Chinese merchant C H Cheong. Focus of street fighting among local Melbourne Chinese during the Boxer Rebellion in China.
Archeological Potential: Potential (area)
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FORMER CARLTON AND UNITED BREWERYVictorian Heritage Register H0024
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ROSAVILLEVictorian Heritage Register H0408
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MEDLEY HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0409
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