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Name	Detail	File number	Level
Tony Trembath - The Fences Act, 1968 - Entrance to Edendale Community Farm Off 30 Gastons Road,, ELTHAM VIC 3095 - Property No B6746	The Fences Act 1968 is a major installation work by Tony Trembath, created over a lengthy period but officially dated 1996. It was commissioned by the Eltham Council as a gateway to mark the boundary of a significant community facility in the area, Edendale Community Farm.The work is rustic and both large and informal, comprising a series of tree trunks with metal caps, suggesting groups of people talking, and other components suggesting buildings. The installation has particular ... more	B6746	Regional
George Fincham Pipe Organ - All Saints Uniting Church Forest Street,, BENDIGO VIC 3550 - Property No B7217	The surviving remnants of the pipe organ built in 1867 by George Fincham, of Richmond, for the Wesleyan (Methodist) Church, Forest Street, Bendigo, and later enlarged and placed in the present church in 1877 The organ is significant for historic and aesthetic reasons at a local level The pipe organ at Wesley Uniting Church, Bendigo is significant for the following reasons: . It was one of the six earliest examples of George Fincham's Australian work; . The ... more	B7217	Local
Fincham & Hobday Organ - Uniting Church 163 Chapel Street,, ST KILDA VIC 3182 - Property No B6113	A two-manual organ of nine stops built in 1891 by Fincham & Hobday, remaining largely unaltered. The instrument retains its mechanical action, detached console, tonal scheme, and attractive casework incorporating diapered pipework. Classified: 14/12/1989	B6113	Local
Berry United Gold Mining Co Mine & Machinery Site SMEATON VIC 3364 - Property No B6003	This was one of the last mines to be opened on the lead system. The plant was installed and operational by 1903 and consisted of 2 compound condensing steam engines (one of 275 horsepower) driving 22 inch pumps. In 1906 it was discharging 6 million gallons per day and this made it the most powerfull plant in the area. Winding and puddling plant were installed in 1908. The site provides evidence of the level of technological sophistication in deep lead mining towards the end of ... more	B6003	State
Henry Willis Organ - Wesley Uniting Church 8 Oxford Street,, BOX HILL VIC 3128 - Property No B5415	This organ was built in 1877 by the major English organ builder, Henry Willis, for Findon, Kew, the mansion of the Hon. Henry "Money" Miller. Here it stood at the end of a large ballroom where it was depicted in Victoria and its Metropolis (1888). No expense was spared in the construction of the organ, with superlative materials and lavish finishes being freely employed. The instrument well exemplifies the domestic aspirations of a notable resident on Marvellous Melbourne. It ... more	B5415	State
Fincham Organ - Horsham Uniting Church Roberts Avenue,, HORSHAM VIC 3400 - Property No B4850	A two-manual organ of 15 speaking stops built in 1912 by George Fincham & Son and remaining intact, retaining its original tubular-pneumatic action, stopkey console and pipework. The instrument is of particular interest for its wide and shallow case, containing diapered pipes. Classified: 22/10/1990	B4850	Regional
Aeolian Organ - Scots Uniting Church In Scotts Uniting Church Burgundy Street,, HEIDELBERG VIC 3084 - Property No B6313	A two-manual organ of 16 speaking stops believed to have been built about 1929 by the Aeolian company, New York for the residence of W A Raymond, Heidelberg and installed in its present location in the 1940s. Apart from the removal of the original roll-playing mechanism, and the addition of a new rank of pipes, the instrument remains largely intact, retaining its original action, console and pipework, and is the only example of the firm's work in Victoria to remain largely ... more	B6313	State
Former Uniting Free Methodist Church Congregational Church 72 Peel Street,, WINDSOR VIC 3181 - Property No B0548	The only known surviving Uniting Methodist Free Church in Victoria, built in 1858 with a pilastrated Stuccoed facade distinguished by the use of a Greek Revival parapet block composition in place of the more usual pediment. The facade is largely intact but most of the Georgian windows have been replaced and the porch appears to be an afterthought; possibly dating from 1872 when the building was taken over by the Congregationalists. Classified: 27/11/1986	B0548	Local
St Matthew's Uniting Church 13 - 15 Scallan Street, STAWELL VIC 3380 - Property No B1699	A striking brick church built in 1868-69 to the design of R A Love, with centrally-placed octagonal tower and spire and broad nave focussing upon a pipe organ by J E Dodd, Adelaide. Recorded: 07/05/1964 Revised: Classified: Local: 02/10/2008	B1699	Local
Alan Sumner Stained Glass- Uniting Church Cnr Lower Heidelberg Road and King Street,, IVANHOE EAST VIC 3079 - Property No B6517	Stained Glass "Scenes from Life & Ministry of Christ". The four "4-panel" sections of the South Wall and the windows now installed in the porch are the major featues of the rather unattractive and poorly constructed (yet apparently much cared for) cream brick building (1961). In toto they represent works created by the artist over a period of more than 3 decades and during several when the art of stained glass in Austrlia had sunk into decline. On reviewing them recently ... more	B6517	Regional

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