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304-328 SWANSTON STREET AND 179-181 LATROBE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
Victorian Heritage Register
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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140 HIGH STREET PRAHRAN, STONNINGTON CITY
Victorian Heritage Register
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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MECHANICS INSTITUTE AND LIBRARY
81 MOLLISON STREET KYNETON, MACEDON RANGES SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
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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2-8 LA TROBE STREET AND 1-9 VICTORIA STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
Victorian Heritage Register
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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408 WARRENHEIP STREET BUNINYONG, BALLARAT CITY
Victorian Heritage Register
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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57 CONNESS STREET CHILTERN, INDIGO SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
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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FORMER BALLARAT EAST FREE LIBRARY
25-29 BARKLY STREET BALLARAT EAST, BALLARAT CITY
Victorian Heritage Register
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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THE ATHENAEUM AND MEMORIAL HALL
62 MICHIE STREET ELMORE, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
Victorian Heritage Register
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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201 NAPIER STREET FITZROY, YARRA CITY
Victorian Heritage Register
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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208-220 BANK STREET SOUTH MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP CITY
Victorian Heritage Register
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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MECHANICS INSTITUTE AND FREE LIBRARY
CORNER KING STREET AND COWEN STREET TOONGABBIE, LATROBE CITY
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H0544The Toongabbie Mechanics Institute and Free Library was built in 1883. No architect is known to have been involved. The builders were Messrs Hollingsworth & Bosisto, carpenters. The…
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140 HODDLE STREET ABBOTSFORD, YARRA CITY
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H0140Built in 1885-90 to a design of Melbourne architect, George Johnson, the Collingwood Town Hall complex comprises town hall, library, municipal offices, court house and post office, all…
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184 - 192 COLLINS STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H0501The Melbourne Athenaeum began as Melbourne's original Mechanic's Institute in 1842. The three-storey section facing Collins Street has a stuccoed facade with pilasters, label moulds, a…
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FORMER BAIRNSDALE MECHANICS INSTITUTE
20 SERVICE STREET BAIRNSDALE, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1284The former Bairnsdale Mechanics Institute is an Italian Renaissance styled, red brick building constructed in 1888-89. Although Thomas Swan, a local architect won an architectural competition…
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31-51 COMMERCIAL ROAD SOUTH YARRA, STONNINGTON CITY
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1926The Braille Library and the Braille Hall were designed by the Melbourne firm of commercial architects A & K Henderson. The library was constructed in 1918-19 and the hall in…
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STATE LIBRARY AND NATIONAL MUSEUM COMPLEX
304-328 SWANSTON STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
Victorian Heritage Inventory
H7822-1081This 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…
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Former Mechanics Institute - Port Fairy Historic Area
65 Sackville Street,, PORT FAIRY VIC 3284 - Property No B0341
National Trust
Formerly a Mechanics Institute, this building was erected on land given for the purpose by James Atkinson and is known to have been partly built in 1865. Additions were made in 1869 and the…
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Former Mechanics Institute & Free Library
35 Perkins Street,, ALEXANDRA VIC 3714 - Property No B2673
National Trust
Classifed: 29/10/1970
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Smith Street,, LORNE VIC 3232 - Property No B2303
National Trust
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148 Johnson Street,, MAFFRA VIC 3860 - Property No B4977
National Trust
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Princes Highway,, STRATFORD VIC 3862 - Property No B4973
National Trust
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Cnr James & High Streets,, NORTHCOTE VIC 3070 - Property No B4616
National Trust
The prolific designer of town halls, George R Johnson, won an 1887 competition for the Northcote Town Hall. The first stage, including a courthouse and council chamber was completed, minus…
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304 - 328 Swanston Street and 179 - 181 Latrobe Street, MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
National Trust
VHR H1497The trustees for Melbourne's new public library were appointed in July 1853 and on 3rd July the following year the foundation stone for the first section of building was laid. Opened in…
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Baillieu Library - University Of Melbourne
156 - 292 Grattan Street,, PARKVILLE VIC 3010 - Property No B6480
National Trust
The Baillieu Library (1957-1959), designed by John F D Scarborough in the period 1951-54, is of statewide significance as an innovative library design symbolising the "functionalism" of the…
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192-228 William Street and 462-498 Little Bourke Street MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
National Trust
VHR H1477The Supreme Court Library is part of a complex of buildings known as the Melbourne Law Courts, occupying half a city block; William Street between Lonsdale and Little Bourke Streets. Smith…