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Old Treasury Building
20 - 70 Spring Street and 2 and 3 Treasury Place,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B0071
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The Treasury Building was erected by the Public Works Department (PWD) from 1857-62. The contractor was R Huckson. It consists of three floors with basement and is faced with Bacchus Marsh freestone. The building as we know it is not identical to that designed by J J Clark in 1857. Austerity measures in the P W D initiated by Wardell in 1859 resulted in the removal of the attic floor and roof balustrade. The terraces and approaches were constructed in 1867.
Despite alterations to
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B0071
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