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Name	Detail	File number	Level
John Courcelle Pipe Organ - Church Of Christ La Trobe Terrace,, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No B7331	The pipework, action, windchests, wind system, console and casework of the pipe organ built in 1858 by John Courcelle. The organ is significant for historic and aesthetic reasons at a regional level The pipe organ at the Church of Christ, Geelong is significant for the following reasons: - It retains its original mechanisms and wind system - It retains its original casework - It retains all of its original pipework, except for one rank, later replaced by ... more	B7331	Regional
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
Hill, Norman & Beard Pipe Organ - Baptist Church Peace Memorial Pipe Organ , Baptist Church, Footscray, Pipe Organ 60 Paisley Street,, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 - Property No B7353	The pipework, action, windchests, wind system, console and casework of the pipe organ opened 7 August 1949. The organ is significant for historic and aesthetic reasons at a regional level The pipe organ at the Baptist Church, Footscray is significant for the following reasons: -- It retains its original console, mechanisms and wind system -- It retains its original architect-designed casework, of excellent design -- It retains all of its original pipework -- It ... more	B7353	Regional
St George's Anglican Church & Robert MacKenzie Pipe Organ 55 Lucknow Street, TRAVANCORE VIC 3032 - Property No B2890	Church Statement: An architecturally remarkable, if not wholly felicitous church-cum-hall built in 1925-6 to the design of Louis Williams. It is distinguished externally by the jerkin-head gable projecting over the bell and by the rectilinear fenestration below. Internally the hammer-beam trusses and exposed brickwork evoke the English Arts & Crafts while the extraordinary form of the pew-ends gives them the appearance of teetering over backwards. Classified ... more	B2890	Regional
George Fincham & Sons Pipe Organ - St Andrew's Uniting Church Lyons Street,, CRESSY VIC 3322 - Property No B7359	The pipework, action, windchests, wind system, console and casework of the pipe organ built in 1947. The organ is significant for historic and aesthetic reasons at a regional level The organ is significant for the following reasons: -- It retains its original console, mechanisms and wind system -- It retains its original casework -- It retains all of its original pipework -- Its tonal design unusually focusses upon colourful unison sounds -- It is one of the ... more	B7359	Regional
Second Church Of Christ Scientist & Hill, Norman & Beard Pipe Organ 41 Cookson Street,, CAMBERWELL VIC 3124 - Property No B4985	An austere brick building of monumental proportions, designed by Bates Smart & McCutcheon and built in 1937, comprising a church, Sunday school and offices at various levels. The exterior consisits of overlapping cuboids of banded cream brickwork with patterned cornices and three large wrought iron entrance doors. The church interior, with louvered ceiling, focusses upon a large rostrum screen with geometric patterns. This building is of importance as a distinctive local ... more	B4985	State
George Fincham Pipe Organ - Uniting Church Kangaroo Road,, HUGHESDALE VIC 3166 - Property No B7365	The pipe organ built in 1868 by George Fincham, of Richmond, for Christ Church Anglican Church, Warrnambool was the earliest known pipe organ in western Victoria, west of Ballarat and Geelong. It was moved to the Congregational Church, Warrnambool in 1891 and to its present location in 1940. The instrument is significant as the second earliest Fincham instrument to survive essentially intact. The lower Gothic casework incorporates unusual trefoil arcading, this extending across the ... more	B7365	Regional
Andreas Svensson Pipe Organ - St Peter's Anglican Church 371 Neerim Road,, MURRUMBEENA VIC 3163 - Property No B2571	The pipe organ is the only example of an instrument built by leading Melbourne cabinet maker Andreas Svensson, possibly for his home in Kent Street, Richmond. The organ is significant for historic, aesthetic and technical reasons at a regional level. The Svensson pipe organ at St Peter's Church is significant for the following reasons: . It is the only identifiable example of its builder's work . It is a rare example of an organ built by a Melbourne cabinet maker ... more	B2571	Regional
Stephen Laurie Pipe Organ, St Paul's Anglican Church Clifton Street,, EUROA VIC 3666 - Property No B7385	The pipe organ built in 1958-59 by Stephen Laurie was the first new instrument that he built. Trained in England with the noted firm of John Compton, Steve Laurie went on to build or rebuild a large number of instruments in five Australian states. The Euroa organ was built upon the extension principle and the earliest example by its builder of a genre that became popular in the 1960s. The organ is significant for historic, aesthetic and technical reasons at a local level ... more	B7385	Regional
Pipe Organ - St Albans Anglican Church Melrose Street, NORTH MELBOURNE VIC 3051 - Property No B4706	This organ is an example of English organ-building circa 1850-1860. Its early history is unknown but thought to be of English origin. Apart from additions made in 1931 by C W Andrewartha it remains in substantially original form. The pipework, being made up of secondhand odd lots, is older than the organ. Owing to the poor condition of the organ it is very difficult to assess if its sound is original. The attractive organ case is marred by deterioration and the finish is ... more	B4706	Local

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