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194694

Intersection - Burwood & Glenferrie Road- Historic Area

Cnr Burwood & Glenferrie Roads, HAWTHORN VIC 3122 - Property No B3751

Historic Area: Intersection of Burwood & Glenferrie Roads, Hawthorn. Following the Gothic stylistic precedent set by Crough and Wilson's Church of the Immacualte Conception in 1869, two commercial and one ecclesiastical gothic revival designs were added along Burwood Road over the next 35 years to create a stylistically harmonious group. Together with similarities of style and materials, the group includes important individual designs of the former E.S. & A. Bank by Terry ... more

B3751

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Burwood Drive-In Site

Burwood Skyline

Burwood Highway,, BURWOOD VIC 3125 - Property No B7374

Inspired by a visit to the USA in the early 1950s, Hoyts' Southern Division manager George Griffith Jnr, formed a syndicate to build Australia's first Drive-in. They found a site in Burwood on the rapidly growing eastern fringe of Melbourne's bourgeoning suburban sprawl and commissioned a design from architects A C Leith Bartlett & Partners, in conjunction with RCA Australia. Construction proceeded through the latter half of 1953 and it opened on 17 February 1954 as the ... more

B7374

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