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	National Gallery Of Victoria 144 - 198 St Kilda Road,, SOUTHBANK VIC 3006 - Property No B6582	Statement of Significance. The National Gallery of Victoria, designed by noted architect Roy Grounds & Company Pty Ltd in 1961 and completed in 1968, is historically, architecturally and socially of State significance because: (i) it was the first major public building in Victoria for nearly 50 years, and was the first entirely new Art Gallery to be constructed in Australia in the post-war period (ii) the architectural expression is unique for its period, combining a ... more	B6582	State
	State Library Of Victoria Science Museum , Technical Museum , Museum of Victoria , National Gallery of Victoria 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 3rd July the following year the foundation stone for the first section of building was laid. Opened in 1856, this building was the first of many constructed on the site to accommodate four institutions over a period of time. These included the Public Library, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Industrial and Technological Museum and the Natural History Museum. The Chairman of Trustees, ... more	B0427	National

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National Gallery Of Victoria

144 - 198 St Kilda Road,, SOUTHBANK VIC 3006 - Property No B6582

Statement of Significance. The National Gallery of Victoria, designed by noted architect Roy Grounds & Company Pty Ltd in 1961 and completed in 1968, is historically, architecturally and socially of State significance because: (i) it was the first major public building in Victoria for nearly 50 years, and was the first entirely new Art Gallery to be constructed in Australia in the post-war period (ii) the architectural expression is unique for its period, combining a ... more

B6582

State

State Library Of Victoria

Science Museum , Technical Museum , Museum of Victoria , National Gallery of Victoria

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 3rd July the following year the foundation stone for the first section of building was laid. Opened in 1856, this building was the first of many constructed on the site to accommodate four institutions over a period of time. These included the Public Library, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Industrial and Technological Museum and the Natural History Museum. The Chairman of Trustees, ... more

B0427

National