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Royal Victorian Institute For The Blind

557 -563 St Kilda Road,, MELBOURNE VIC 3004 - Property No B4840

Designed in 1867 by the notable architects, Crouch and Wilson, the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind building is significant for its pioneering role in the history of the welfare of the blind and also its fine design in the institutional Gothic Revival style. The school was the first of its type in Australia and is associated with a period in the 1850s and 1860s when many of Melbourne's major educational, health and social welfare institutions were established. The ... more

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