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1 RIVERVIEW TERRACE BELMONT, GREATER GEELONG CITY |
Kardinia House is located on Wadawurrung Country.
Kardinia House, a two-storey brick and stone house, constructed in various stages. The name “Kardinia” is from the Wadawurrung language meaning ‘morning’ or ‘sunrise’. The house is a two-storey masonry dwelling with a central portion flanked by two wings, with bay windows and a verandah. The house
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FORMER CASTLEMAINE COURT HOUSE
POLICE RESIDENCE
7 GOLDSMITH CRESCENT CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE |
The enormous influx of people to the Victorian central goldfields in the 1850s resulted in the rapid establishment of law enforcement instrumentalities and the erection of many public buildings. In 1851 a Commissioner's Camp was established at the junction of Barkers and Forest Creeks in Castlemaine and a police office was erected there the following year. Public Works Department Colonial Architect Henry Ginn authorised and supervised the works. Built of brick and laid on a ... more | ||
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EUROA COURTHOUSE
99 BINNEY STREET EUROA, STRATHBOGIE SHIRE |
The former Euroa Court House, constructed in 1892, was designed by JT Kelleher and shows the clear influence of AJ Macdonald, both of the Public Works Department. The building is an outstanding and essentially intact example of a small number of buildings designed at a time when the Public Works Department was experimenting with new styles while exploring the idea of a uniquely Australian architecture. The former Euroa Court House is one of a group of buildings responding to the ... more | ||
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CHARLEVILLE
292 COTHAM ROAD KEW, BOROONDARA CITY |
Ross House, formerly called Charleville, was built as a two-storey mansion in 1889 for Charles Donaldson. It was designed in the Italianate style by the architect H Shallers and built by G Ginham. Dr Tom King, surgeon purchased Charleville from Donaldson in 1939 and renamed it Ross House.
Ross House is of historic and architectural significance to the State of Victoria
Ross House
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247-249 COLLINS STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY |
The Newspaper House Mosaic was designed by Napier Waller in 1932. Waller was the leading neo-classical mural painter of the period. The mosaic was commissioned as part of a new facade for the original 1884 building. The new facade was designed by architects Stephenson & Meldrum for the Herald and Weekly Times Limited, who had recently acquired building. The theme of the mosaic was suggested by Mr. Theodore Fink, a director of the company, with the text, 'I'll put a girdle ... more | ||
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RMIT CAPITOL THEATRE
109-117 SWANSTON STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY |
Capitol House, Swanston Street was built in 1921-24 to house a theatre and shops and a ten level office tower. It was designed by Walter Burley Griffin and his wife Marion Mahony, in association with Peck and Kemter, and incorporated Melbourne's first picture palace. Threatened with demolition in the 1960s, the building was retained, however it was extensively altered. In the early 1920s, this block in Swanston Street was at the heart of the city ... more | ||
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79-87 FOSTER STREET SALE, WELLINGTON SHIRE |
Sale Court House is a complex of rendered brick buildings constructed in stages by the Public Works Department of Victoria in 1863, 1874, 1889, 1920, and 1986. JJ Clark designed the original 1863 Court House which featured three arched openings and a gabled court room with a hipped roof over the main offices. The public entered through the middle arch which led directly to the central court room, flanked by a Barristers' Room, Jury Room, Clerks Office, Judge's Room and ... more | ||
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WALTER BURLEY GRIFFIN HOUSE
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JEFFRIES HOUSE
7 WARWICK AVENUE SURREY HILLS, BOROONDARA CITY |
The Julian St Jefferies House at Surrey Hills was designed for St Jefferies and his wife in 1924 by Walter Burley Griffin. The house utilises the 'knitlock' construction system patented by Griffin in 1917, a precast concrete block and roof-cast system. The Julian St Jefferies House is of historic, architectural and technological significance to the State of Victoria. The Julian St Jefferies House is of historic importance to Victoria because of its ... more | ||
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12 PIPER STREET YARRAWONGA, MOIRA SHIRE |
The subject land is the Yarrawonga Court House situated on Piper Street next to the Fire Station in a residential area. The Court House was built in the early 1890's and forms part of the early history of Yarrawonga. It is a single storey solid red brick building with a timber framed with corrugated iron roof and timber verandahs. There are double entry doors and verandahs on each side of the main entrance. Whilst the building is structurally sound, some ... more | ||
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352 - 358 LONSDALE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY |
Mitchell House was designed by the architect Harry Norris and built in 1936-37. It was built for Thomas Mitchell & Co, a leading and long-established local firm of brushware manufacturers. The company had owned land in Lonsdale Street since the 1890s and acquired the adjacent site of the Commonwealth Hotel on the corner of Elizabeth and Lonsdale Streets in c1912. In 1936 the company commissioned Norris, then Melbourne's leading designer of modern, ... more |
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