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Name	Detail	File number	Level
School Of Mines & Industries Lydiard Street,, BALLARAT CENTRAL VIC 3350 - Property No B0284	A typical two-storey red brick educational building of the turn of the century. It is substantially intact, apart from the paintwork (the front elevation has been sand blasted), the entrance door and the removal of the roof finials. It provides an important streetscape element to this section of Lydiard Street and is in good condition. It is of local interest as the School of Mines has had a long history and has played an important part in the spread of mining expertise to elsewhere ... more	B0284	State
School Of Mines Former Law Courts Lydiard Street South, BALLARAT VIC 3350 - Property No B1916		B1916	Demolished
FormerSchool Of Mines - Castlemaine Historic Area 27 Lyttleton Street,, CASTLEMAINE VIC 3450 - Property No B5268	The foundation stone of the School of Mines, Castlemaine was laid on 18/12/1889 on the site of the old police court which had previously been used for classes. The architect was WC Vahland of Bendigo and the builder a Mr Dunstan. The school was built at a time when interest in applied science was high and its establishment also reflected the strong tradition of Mechanics Institutes and mining schools many British migrants had brought to Victoria. Schools of mines were ... more	B5268	State
School Of Mines Building - Group Classification McCrae Street,, BENDIGO VIC 3550 - Property No B5052	Individual Statement of Significance: The first building on this site was a single storey timber and canvas Sandhurst Mechanics' Institute which was erected in the early 1850s. The first part of the existing building was designed by Vahland and Getzschmann in 1863 for the Mechanics Institute & Free Library and was built by Hassall , Daly and Harlow. In 1873 a two-storey extension designed by W C Vahl and and built by G Adams was erected for the School of Mines. In 1879 there ... more	B5052	Regional
Ballarat School Of Mines System Garden Allotment 9A, Section Ixa, Parish Of Ballarat, County Of Grenville Lydiard Street, BALLARAT VIC 3350 - Property No G13138	The former Ballarat School of Mines (now Ballarat University) is an institution of great historical significance for its role in mining education in one of Victoria's most important mining centres. The site has been developed over many years and includes many significant buildings, including the former Wesleyan Church (1858), former gaol (1859-63), former Supreme Court (1868), Administration building (1899), Arts Building (1914-16) and former plumbing and wiring classrooms ... more	G13138	State
Former Supreme Court The Ballarat School of Mines & Industries Lydiard Street,, BALLARAT CENTRAL VIC 3350 - Property No B4182	The former Supreme Court, Ballarat was erected in 1866/7 by the Public Works Department. The contractors were Wright and Smith. Soon after its opening the building, which was suffering from subsidence, was relinquished by the Law Department to the School of Mines. This is a comparatively large provincial court house and exhibits an unusual massing with pavilion forms flanking a recessed central arcade. The facade decoration is austere and relfects the architectural principles of ... more	B4182	Local
Former James Oddie Observatory Ballarat School of Mines Observatory , Ballarat Municipal Observatory Cnr Magpie & Cobden Street,, BALLARAT CENTRAL VIC 3350 - Property No B5629	The Ballarat Municipal Observatory is perhaps the only surviving nineteenth century private observatory in Victoria. Scientifically, it is important for its instruments, several of which were built on site by Henry Evans Baker, including the 26 inch reflector telescope in 1888, which was the first large telescope built in Australia. Some of the observatory's other equipment was donated to the Commonwealth observatory where it made an important contribution in the founding of Mt ... more	B5629	State