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67950

Percival Ball - Francis Ormond Statue

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

124 Latrobe Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B7119

The statue is a tribute to Francis Ormond's major contribution to further education in Australia, and, in particular, to the education of working men in Victoria. His commitment to education is also commemorated by a portrait at Ormond College, University of Melbourne and a bust at the Gordon Institute, Geelong. The statue's location at the main entrance of RMIT University, is a fitting reminder of the debt owed by the citizens of Victoria to the foresight and generosity of this ... more

B7119

State
185889

Ormond College

49 College Crescent,, PARKVILLE VIC 3010 - Property No B4768

A collection of collegiate buildings of exceptional quality, designed by the most eminent Victorian architects of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, set in extensive landscaped grounds. With its tower forming a notable landmark from both the University of Melbourne and the Melbourne Cemetery, Ormond dominates the row of colleges enclosing the university along Royal Parade, College Crescent and Swanston Street, not only physcally but also in terms of the variety of forms, all of ... more

B4768

State
187491

Point Ormond - Knoll

Point Ormond, ELWOOD VIC 3184 - Property No L10018

L10018

File only
67945

RMIT Building 1 - Group Classification

Francis Ormond Building

124 Latrobe Street, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B2773

Individual Statement of Significance: A building of importance in the history of working class education in Victoria, testifying to the enlightenment and philanthropy of Francis Ormond; designed by Nahum Barnet and Percy Oakden in the Gothic manner with steep pitched roof and elaborate wrought iron cresting and finials; the classification applies only to the exterior and the west entrance, not the remodelled interior. Group Statement of Significance: This group consists ... more

B2773

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