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Loreto Chapel, Ballarat
This photograph is of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, also known as the Children’s Chapel and Loreto Chapel. The building is part of Loreto College in the rural Victorian town of Ballarat. The chapel was built between 1898 and 1902 and…
(Former) Ballarat City Fire Station
The Ballarat City Fire Station on Sturt Street was designed by H.R. Caselli and built in 1860. The bluestone building features a prominent five-storey tower and crenellation. The fire station operated until the 1980s and is now owned by the Country…
Loreto Chapel, Ballarat
This photograph is of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, also known as the Children’s Chapel and Loreto Chapel. The building is part of Loreto College in the rural Victorian town of Ballarat. The chapel was built between 1898 and 1902 and…
‘The Towers’ building, Hobart
‘The Towers’ building is in the Hobart suburb of Newtown and lends its name to Tower Road. It was designed by English-born convict architect James Blackburn in c. 1845 as a grand domestic building built around an internal courtyard. The…
National Mutual Life Building, Hobart, Tasmania
Completed in 1906, the elaborate National Mutual Life Building in Hobart, Tasmania, was designed by Hobart-born architect Alan Cameron Walker (1864-1931). It is a mixture of Romanesque and Gothic architecture and features semi-circular windows with…
Colonial Mutual Life Building, Hobart, Tasmania
The Colonial Mutual Life Building in Hobart, Tasmania, was designed by Sydney architects Hennesy & Hennesy and completed in 1936. It is in the Stripped Classical style with Art Deco elements, whilst the sculptural embellishments are reminiscent of…
Royal Engineers Building, Hobart, Tasmania
The Royal Engineers Building on Macquarrie Street in Hobart was built in 1846-7 and was the headquarters of the Royal Engineers Regiment until 1876. The two-storey stone building was built in the late medieval Tudor style and features two-storey bay…
Caretakers House, Hobart, Tasmania.
The Caretakers House (for the nearby shot tower) in the Hobart suburb of Bonnet Hill, Tasmania, has the appearance of a medieval fortified house. It was originally built for Joseph Moir from 1855 as a domestic dwelling. The two-storey stone building…