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	Dallas Brooks Hall 300 Albert Street,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B4421	Dallas Brooks Hall, designed by Godfrey and Spowers and opened in 1969, is of state level significance for historical, social, and architectural reasons. Historically, the Dallas Brooks Hall, named after Sir Dallas Brooks, a top ranking Freemason and Victorian Governor, is significant as the headquarters of the Freemasons in Victoria, a secretive fraternal organization once reputed to have had a high level of influence in society. It has been Victoria's premier place of ... more	B4421	Demolished
	Dallas Brooks Hall Pipe Organ Facade Cnr Albert and Eades Streets,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B7164	A unique pipe organ facade, designed by the architects of the hall Godfrey & Spowers, Hughes, Mewton & Lobb and constructed by George Fincham & Sons. This consists of flue pipes (with flat rather than the customary conical feet) of random lengths and diameters placed without visible support. A central motif, of shorter pipes and brighter alloy, stands forward and provides an abstract reference to the outline of Victoria. Horizontal copper reed pipes punctuate the design. ... more	B7164	Demolished

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Dallas Brooks Hall

300 Albert Street,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B4421

Dallas Brooks Hall, designed by Godfrey and Spowers and opened in 1969, is of state level significance for historical, social, and architectural reasons. Historically, the Dallas Brooks Hall, named after Sir Dallas Brooks, a top ranking Freemason and Victorian Governor, is significant as the headquarters of the Freemasons in Victoria, a secretive fraternal organization once reputed to have had a high level of influence in society. It has been Victoria's premier place of ... more

B4421

Demolished

Dallas Brooks Hall Pipe Organ Facade

Cnr Albert and Eades Streets,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B7164

A unique pipe organ facade, designed by the architects of the hall Godfrey & Spowers, Hughes, Mewton & Lobb and constructed by George Fincham & Sons. This consists of flue pipes (with flat rather than the customary conical feet) of random lengths and diameters placed without visible support. A central motif, of shorter pipes and brighter alloy, stands forward and provides an abstract reference to the outline of Victoria. Horizontal copper reed pipes punctuate the design. ... more

B7164

Demolished