File:Old Ballarat Post Office 1.jpg
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English: Old Ballarat Post Office, corner of Sturt and Lydiard streets, Ballarat. Built in 2 stages (1) opened on
28 November 1864, (2) in 1871. Stage 3 was added in 1885. Stage 1 features Italianate palazzo style. Stage 2 was a telegraph office and treasury (on the Lydiard Street frontage (north). Stage 3 was a clock tower and offices, including a carriageway entrance. Registered by Heritage Victoria [1018] and the National Trust (Victoria) [B289]. The third building on the site since 1858 (this one, under William Wardell, Inspector-General and Chief Architect of the Public Works Department, replaced a timber predecessor, and was the largest Victorian building of its kind outside the Melbourne General Post Office). Current use: Federation University Australia Arts Academy and Gallery. The Arts Academy was opened at the Camp Street Campus in 2002. Federation University was formerly the University of Ballarat. |
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| Author | Trischa Mann |
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| current | 08:27, 30 September 2018 | | 5,472 × 3,080 (4.59 MB) | Trischa | User created page with UploadWizard |
