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Name	Detail	File number	Level
Former Kensington Property Exchange Office Shop & Residences Islington 168 Bellair Street,, KENSINGTON VIC 3031 - Property No B3404	An elaborate building of 1891 ingeniously designed for a corner site, with two pedimented Corinthian pavilions flanking a corner doorway which has mannered pilaster-brackets cantilevering out to support an arch, above which is further cantilevered a polygonal oriel window which transforms above parapet line into an octagonal tower of distinctive and pleasing design. Inside is a correspondingly elaborate pressed ceiling and deep cornice. Classified: 21/03/1974	B3404	State
Commonwealth Offices 4 Treasury Place,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B2692	The Commonwealth Offices building designed by J.S. Murdoch and built in 1912-14, is of aesthetic, architectural, historical, technical and social significance at a NATIONAL level. The Commonwealth Offices building is aesthetically and architecturally significant as an outstanding example of Edwardian Baroque design in Victoria, and an important early Commonwealth work by John Smith Murdoch, Australia's first Commonwealth Government Architect. The six storey Renaissance ... more	B2692	National
Shire Offices/Court House Museum High Street,, DRYSDALE VIC 3222 - Property No B0409	Classified: 12/05/1958	B0409	Local
Post Office - Group Classification - Mortlake Historic Area Shaw Street,, MORTLAKE VIC 3272 - Property No B5373	Group Statement of Significance: A distinguished group of three small civic buildings, now abandoned, consisting of Court House, Shire Offices and Post Office, built between 1864 and 1880. Construction is of basalt ashlar with the dominant, centrally placed, Court House in the formal plumb bond and the flanking buildings in ramdom work. Roofs are gabled and slated with plain timber barges and trim. Verandahs are of corrugated sheeting with timber posts and framing except for the ... more	B5373	Local
Offices- Warrnambool Historic Area 62-66 Liebig Street,, WARRNAMBOOL VIC 3280 - Property No B4540	Designed by Andrew Kerr and built as offices in 1878 for Alfred Coulstock the attractive unaltered first floor facade is spoilt by ground floor alterations which include a modern cantilevered canopy. Classified 16/08/1979 Part of Warrnambool Historic Area. . See B4538	B4540	Local
Officer House 55 Outlook Drive, EAGLEMONT VIC 3084 - Property No B3281	Group Statement with Annear & Chadwick Houses. A group of three houses is set out along a steeply sloping hillside at Eaglemont; each was to the design of Harold Desbrowe Annear and built during the first few years of the twentieth century. By 1918 H D Annear was to become one of the early Australian Architects to design after the new European Functionalism in his plans for Broceliande in Orrong Road, Toorak; at Eaglemont, in the years 1902-3 however, he seems to have been ... more	B3281	Local
Government Offices 3 Treasury Place,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B6656	This four-storey Victorian public building is constructed of cement-rendered brick with a hipped slate roof and designed in a conservative classical style complementary to the adjacent No 2 Treasury Place building. It is a significant contributor to the Victorian character of the Government precinct. Classified: 06/06/1994	B6656	Regional
Harold Freedman - 'Geelong Regional History' Mosaic Mural - State Offices Cnr Fenwick and Little Malop Streets,, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No B6710	The mural is important for its local history and the changing lifestyle of the people of the region. It describes pictorially and in detail The Beginnings, The First Settlers, Gold, The Builders, Turn of the Century, 1914-18 War, Science and Technology and the Computer Age. This sociological history includes recurring themes such as the role of women in society, science, agriculture,industry, sport and fashion. The mural is unique in Australia. It is the first ... more	B6710	Regional
Former Post Office- Port Fairy Historic Area Former Borough Chambers , The Saltra Restaurant 20 Bank Street,, PORT FAIRY VIC 3284 - Property No B0333	The former Borough Chambers were erected originally as a post office in 1865. The Borough acquired the building in 1881 and after alterations, met in the building from August 1882. The Council had previously met at the Merrijig Inn (one of the earliest buildings surviving in Port Fairy) and in the stone building south of 'Seacombe House'. The Borough Chambers is an interesting example of architectural design in the Conservative Classical Revival style, almost universally used ... more	B0333	Local
Former Harrow Shire Offices Blair Street,, HARROW VIC 3317 - Property No B3620	Built 1867-8 of local iron stone in random coursed rubble with squared quoins and arch-headed windows, stable under at lower rear level and street frontage obscured by later undistinguished additions. Classified: 07/10/1975	B3620	Local

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