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FORMER BALLARAT EAST FREE LIBRARY
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The Former Ballarat East Free Library is of significance for architectural, historical and social reasons. Established in 1862 it was amongst the earliest of Ballarat's social and educational…
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You must log in to shortlist items.50-56 VIEW STREET BENDIGO, Greater Bendigo City
The former Masonic Hall was constructed in View Street, Bendigo in 1873-1874 for both public and private use. Designed by prolific Bendigo architects, Vahland and Getzschmann, the building…
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You must log in to shortlist items.408 WARRENHEIP STREET BUNINYONG, Ballarat City
The former library at Buninyong was donated to the town by Robert Allan and erected for him prior to 1862 at a cost of £385 (including earthworks and two bridges). Allan, an engineer,…
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You must log in to shortlist items.2 LYGON STREET and 172 VICTORIA STREET CARLTON, MELBOURNE CITY
Trades Hall was constructed in some ten stages, the most significant period of building being that between 1874 and 1925. It was during this period that the imposing classical facade to…
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ROYAL EXHIBITION BUILDING AND CARLTON GARDENS (WORLD HERITAGE PLACE)
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The Royal Exhibition Buildings and Carlton Gardens were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on 1 July 2004 The site was inscribed under Criterion (ii) of the Operational Guidelines…
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CRESWICK TOWN HALL AND FORMER MUNICIPAL OFFICES
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The Creswick Town Hall and Municipal Offices were constructed as one building in 1876, thirteen years after the creation of the Borough of Creswick. The design of the building was the subject…
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You must log in to shortlist items.428-430 ALBERT STREET EAST MELBOURNE, Melbourne City
William Massey built the Victorian Artists Society at 430 Albert Street in 1892 to the design of architect Richard Speight. The building, constructed of brick with a tile roof, is in the…
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You must log in to shortlist items.524-530 HIGH STREET ECHUCA, CAMPASPE SHIRE
The former Echuca Town Hall and Courthouse was built in 1869 to a Classical design by the Bendigo architects William C. Vahland and Robert Getzschmann, who were both German born. James…
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You must log in to shortlist items.201 NAPIER STREET FITZROY, YARRA CITY
The Fitzroy Town Hall was erected in two stages. The hall wing and a tower were designed by W.L. Ellis and built in 1873 by Nation Company. The second stage, designed by G. Johnson and…
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You must log in to shortlist items.30 GHERINGHAP STREET GEELONG, GREATER GEELONG CITY
The Geelong Town Hall, including the original 1855 (southern) wing fronting Little Malop Street, consisting of a bluestone building with freestone facade set on a rusticated podium; 1917…
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GUILDFORD HOTEL MUSIC HALL AND STABLES
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The Guildford Hotel was built in 1855-6 for Joseph Sherer on a main corner site in the town. A combined music hall and stables building was added on the adjacent site by 1863, but possibly as…
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FORMER MICKVEH YISRAEL SYNAGOGUE AND SCHOOL
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The Former Mickveh Yisrael Synagogue and Hebrew School was constructed in 1859 to a design by the architects Knight and Kerr. It was used as such until 1877 when a new Synagogue was built in…
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You must log in to shortlist items.200-202 LITTLE BOURKE STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City
Num Pon Soon Society Building is a two storey stuccoed brick building built in 1861 to the design of notable architects Knight and Kerr. It was built as a clubhouse for the Sam Yup Society…
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You must log in to shortlist items.304-328 SWANSTON STREET and 179-181 LATROBE STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City
The trustees for Melbourne's new public library were appointed in July 1853 and on 3 July the following year the foundation stone for the first section of building was laid. Opened in 1856,…
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MELBOURNE TOWN HALL AND ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
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Construction of the existing Melbourne Town Hall began in 1867 on the site of the first Town Hall at the corner of Swanston and Collins Streets. Architects Reed and Barnes won a competition…
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You must log in to shortlist items.2-8 LA TROBE STREET and 1-9 VICTORIA STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
WORLD HERITAGE ENVIRONS AREA OF GREATER SENSITIVITY The Royal Society of Victoria, located on a triangular site at the northern edge of the city opposite the Carlton Gardens. The main…
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You must log in to shortlist items.31-33 VICTORIA STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City
The Horticultural Hall was established on the current site when the Victorian Horticultural Improvement Society erected an iron shed in 1859. The original shed was replaced in 1873 by the…
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You must log in to shortlist items.999 BUCKLAND GAP ROAD MURMUNGEE, WANGARATTA RURAL CITY
The Old School, Murmungee, was erected in 1869 by the local residents for use as a school, hall and church. School fees are recorded as being one shilling per week for the first two children…
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You must log in to shortlist items.75 CLIFF STREET PORTLAND, GLENELG SHIRE
The foundation stone of the original Portland Town Hall was laid by William Learmonth on 21st September, 1863 following a competition and subsequent public controversy over the permitted…
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You must log in to shortlist items.170-172 CECIL STREET SOUTH MELBOURNE, Port Phillip City
The building at 170-172 Cecil Street, south Melbourne was built in 1857 as the Emerald Hill Mechanics Institute and designed by architects Knight & Kerr, the designers of Victoria’s…
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You must log in to shortlist items.254 - 256 FERRARS STREET SOUTH MELBOURNE, Port Phillip City
The Freemason's Hall was built in 1876 at a cost of £2000 for the Yarra Yarra Lodge by the contractor Leonard Heffner, from the designs of two local Emerald Hill architects, R Adamson…
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FORMER LITERARY & SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE
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The building at 54 Longfield Street, Stawell West, in fact has never been a Mechanics' Institute. It was known as the Lliterary and Scientific Iinstitute and stood on its own institute…
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You must log in to shortlist items.69-71 COMMERCIAL ROAD TARNAGULLA, LODDON SHIRE
The former Victoria Hotel and Theatre, now known as the Tarnagulla Public Hall, is an externally intact complex built in 1861-1862 for George Barlow. The hotel was licensed until 1916 and…
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You must log in to shortlist items.2328 BEECHWORTH-WANGARATTA ROAD TARRAWINGEE, WANGARATTA RURAL CITY
"Carinya", a two-storey brick residence and general store with an adjoining public hall, was built between 1862-67 for Thomas Taylor Ladson. The builders were Thos. Sheils and Jack Oliver.…
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You must log in to shortlist items.113-121 STURT STREET BALLARAT CENTRAL, BALLARAT CITY
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Ballaarat Mechanics Institute in Ballarat was built in two main stages, in 1860-61 and in 1869-70. The Institute had first met unofficially in 1854, with space…
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