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FORMER BALLARAT EAST FREE LIBRARY
25-29 BARKLY STREET BALLARAT EAST, BALLARAT CITY
VHR H1493The 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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408 WARRENHEIP STREET BUNINYONG, BALLARAT CITY
VHR H0488The 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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201 NAPIER STREET FITZROY, YARRA CITY
VHR H0147The 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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304-328 SWANSTON STREET AND 179-181 LATROBE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H1497The 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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2-8 LA TROBE STREET AND 1-9 VICTORIA STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0373WORLD 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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208-220 BANK STREET SOUTH MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP CITY
VHR H0217South Melbourne Town Hall, originally known as Emerald Hill Town Hall until the name of the municipality was changed in 1883, was designed by Charles Webb to house the Emerald Hill Town…
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57 CONNESS STREET CHILTERN, INDIGO SHIRE
VHR H1326The Chiltern Athenaeum and former Town Hall is a single storey brick structure in the Conservative Classical style. The combined library and municipal office building was designed by the…
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THE ATHENAEUM AND MEMORIAL HALL
62 MICHIE STREET ELMORE, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H1744The Elmore Athenaeum and Memorial Hall complex comprises the original 1869 building, the 1885 Athenaeum, the 1912 Supper Room and the 1924 Memorial Hall. The 1869 building was originally…
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MECHANICS INSTITUTE AND LIBRARY
81 MOLLISON STREET KYNETON, MACEDON RANGES SHIRE
VHR H1904In February 1855 a committee was formed to set up a mechanics institute in Kyneton. The government had reserved a 1½ acre site for a mechanics institute and experimental gardens. The first…
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140 HIGH STREET PRAHRAN, STONNINGTON CITY
VHR H0400The Prahran Mechanics Institute was established in 1854 when Prahran was a small hamlet surrounded by swampland. Mechanics Institutes were popular in their various communities as places where…
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Fitzroy Library, part Fitzroy Town Hall complex
128 Moor Street, FITZROY VIC 3065 - Property No 263060
VHR H0147This property is on the Victorian Heritage Register - H147. For more information on this property, refer to the Victorian Heritage Register information.
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Navestock, 107 Hesse Street, Queenscliff
107 Hesse Street QUEENSCLIFF, QUEENSCLIFFE BOROUGH
Statement of Significance as recorded under the Queenscliff Heritage Study 2009 Navestock is of high local historical significance as Queenscliff's first Mechanics Institute, as the site of…
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Former Library and Mechanics' Institute
408 Warrenheip Street, BUNINYONG VIC 3357 - Property No 2034043
How is it significant? Why is it significant? The Old Buninyong Library dates from circa 1859 when it was given as a gift to the citizens of the town by Robert Allen, a prominent local…
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25-29 BARKLY STREET, BALLARAT EAST - PROPERTY NUMBER 2002085, BALLARAT CITY
VHR H1493How is it significant? Why is it significant? Part of Recommended Area A4.1 No SoS provided in this citation. Please refer to the Attachments section in this place record for further information.
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