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	CRESWICK TOWN HALL AND FORMER MUNICIPAL OFFICES 70-72 ALBERT STREET CRESWICK, HEPBURN SHIRE	The Creswick Town Hall and Municipal Offices were constructed as one building in 1876, thirteen years after the creation of the Borough of Creswick. The design of the building was the subject of an architectural competition, the winner of which was the architect WRH Creber. The builder was a J Boulton. The building is of two storeys with a corner tower and is constructed of rendered brick on a bluestone plinth with a slate roof. The design of the ... more
	FORMER ROBERTSON'S RESIDENCE AND OFFICE SITE 1A RAIL STREET WANDONG, MITCHELL SHIRE	The site demonstrates there is the likelihood for historical archaeological features, deposits and/or artefacts that may inform on the Robertson residence and commercial activities of Robertson’s Seasoned Timber operations, sawmilling activities at Mt. Disappointment, and the Victorian Terra Cotta Lumber Company. Robertson’s Office and Store are of local historical significance as an integral part of the sawmilling operations of Wandong Timber Company 1884-1892 and then the Australian Seasoned ... more
	FORMER MONEY ORDER POST OFFICE AND SAVINGS BANK OLD FEDERAL CHAMBERS 318 LITTLE BOURKE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY	The former Money Order Post Office and Savings Bank was constructed in 1890 to relieve the overcrowded facilities at the nearby General Post Office. It is a six storey building designed by prominent Public Works Department architect Peter Kerr. Other notable work by Kerr included the interior work for Parliament House and additions to the General Post Office in Elizabeth Street. Kerr’s son H.J. Kerr collaborated with him on the design, and the drawings bear his signature ... more
	STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICES, GEELONG GEELONG STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICES , VICTORIAN STATE OFFICES , UPSIDE-DOWN BUILDING , STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICES , STATE PUBLIC OFFICES 30 LITTLE MALOP STREET GEELONG, GREATER GEELONG CITY	The State Government Offices, Geelong, a six-storey Brutalist concrete building designed by the Public Works Department in conjunction with Buchan, Laird & Buchan in c.1974/75 and completed in 1978. It is popularly known as the ‘Upside-down building’ and has a highly distinctive form that resembles an upturned pyramid or ziggurat. This effect is produced by the progressively broader cantilevering of the upper floors and is emphasised by regularly ... more
	FORMER WALHALLA POST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE MAIN ROAD WALHALLA, BAW BAW SHIRE	The former Walhalla Post Office and the Post Master's residence incorporated with it were built in 1885. The contractor was John Richmond. The design was prepared in 1884 for the Public Works Department by J R Brown under John Thomas Kelleher who was the supervising architect for Gippsland at that time. The Walhalla Post Office and Residence is typical in its form and planning. The designer has taken advantage of the necessity of timber construction by ... more
	FORMER BALLARAT STAR OFFICE SITE 53 BRIDGE MALL BALLARAT CENTRAL, BALLARAT CITY	The area is first mapped as allotment 17 and 18 of Section C in detail in the 1857 Revised Town Plan of Block A.B. C. D. The site was likely occupied prior as part of the first phase of the Ballarat Main Street development, due to its proximity to Ballarat West and the Gravel Pit alluvial fields. The site shows 1.5-2.0m of fill across the site, likely capping early gold rush deposits. The site is of historical and ... more
	PARKVILLE POST OFFICE AND QUARTERS 69-73 FITZGIBBON STREET AND 27-37 BAYLES STREET PARKVILLE, MELBOURNE CITY	The Parkville Post Office and Quarters was designed in the neo-Gothic style by Public Works Department architects SE Brindley and SC Brittingham. The builder was JG McLean and the building was completed in 1889. The Parkville Post Office and Quarters is a two storey polychrome brick building on a bluestone plinth. It is sited on a corner location with facades to Fitzgibbon Street and Bayles Street. Each of the street facades is composed of three bays, with the centre ... more
	FORMER ‘ROBERT HARPER DEPOT’, ‘BURKES BRITISH HOTEL’ AND THE ‘PUBLIC VACCINATION OFFICE’ SITE DOVETON STREET NORTH BALLARAT CENTRAL, BALLARAT CITY	The site is first mapped as Allotment 5 and 6 of Section 5 on the 1852 Municipality of Ballarat Plan with the occupied being purchased by G Abel and Mc Innery. The 1861 Gold Fields Plan shows one structures across the site, likely to be the Public Office for Vaccinations. The site contained the British hotel (est. 1862) and another commercial premises to the north. The site was redeveloped c. 1922. There is a -1m to 1m elevation change between 1858 and ... more
	BENDIGO TRAM SHEDS, OFFICES AND POWER STATION 75 HARGREAVES STREET AND 4 LANSELL STREET BENDIGO, GREATER BENDIGO CITY	The Bendigo Tramshed, Tramway Offices and Powerstation were built in 1903 for the Electric Supply Co of Victoria, a subsidiary of The British Insulated Wire Co of Prescot, England. The electric tram system came after years of limited success using electric battery (1890) then steam traction (1892-1903). The buildings constructed include the tram offices, the depot, workshops and the power station adjacent. The infrastructure built at the same time by the same company included ... more
	FORMER PERMEWAN WRIGHT OFFICES 624-626 HIGH STREET ECHUCA, CAMPASPE SHIRE	The former Permewan Wright offices were built in 1866-70 of local red brick as a pair of single storeyed offices for James Shackell who leased them to various occupants. The upper level of the building was added in 1872 and included a verandah which has since been removed. Occupants of the building included shipping and forwarding agencies, the Millewa Club and the Echuca Recreation Club. The former Permewan Wright offices are of architectural, historical, and ... more

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