The former Clunes Post and Telegraph Office was constructed in 1879 by Messrs Lewis and Roberts to a design by the Public Works Department.
Now privately owned as a residence, it is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register for its preserved example (Renaissance Revival style) of the design of the era. It replaced the original post office, a much smaller building, erected in 1861.
The former Clunes Post and Telegraph Office
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The Clunes Town Hall and Court House, designed by Percy Oakden, was constructed by William Cowland in 1872-3. It is a distinctive Victorian Free Classical style building.
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The photo I am featuring in this post is of Southern Cross Station, a major railway station in the city of Melbourne, which is the capital city of the state of Victoria, Australia.
Southern Cross Station is the terminus for Victoria’s regional rail services and for interstate trains from Sydney in New South Wales and Adelaide, South Australia.
As I was waiting for my train, I saw that during the arrival and departure times of the trains, a calmness descended on the station.
It was that calmness I tried to capture in this photograph.
Southern Cross Station, situated in Spencer Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The photo was shot using Kodak Tri-X 400 film loaded in a Nikon camera.
The Bendigo Town Hall is considered one of the finest Victorian-era Second Empire buildings in Australia. It was originally designed by the town clerk, George Avery Fletcher in 1859.
Bendigo Town Hall, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
1866: Council chamber was added.
1871-1872: The Corn Exchange (a hall for the trading of grain) was added, also.
1878: Architect William (Wilheim) Vahland was engaged to convert the town hall into something worthy of Bendigo’s leading position of being the “City of Gold”.
Vahland engaged Otto Waschatz to design the town hall’s interior which featured decorative plaster adorned with 22-carat gold leaf, reflecting the opulence of the “city built on gold”.
1885: The end result, was considered one of Vahland’s most significant works and has been considered the finest “boom style” building of its kind in Victoria.
2003: Extensive works undertaken returned the Bendigo Town Hall to its 19th century splendour.
Bendigo Town Hall, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
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I respect and acknowledge the Gulidjan people as the First Peoples and Traditional custodians of the land and waterways on which I live.
The Pombo Mart is an iconic building on the Princes Highway at Pomborneit between Colac and Camperdown in Victoria, Australia. The building began life as a Creamery operated by the Camperdown Cheese and Butter Factory in 1892, and was of timber construction.
The Pombo Mart on the Princes Highway at Pomborneit North, Victoria, Australia
In 1908, Bacchus Marsh Concentrated Milk Co. Ltd. purchased the Creamery and produced Lifeguard Milk. The Nestle Anglo Swiss Company acquired the building in 1917 and the company replaced the timber construction with the current iron building.
The Pombo Mart on the Princes Highway at Pomborneit North, Victoria, Australia
In 1936, the building was re-purchased by the Camperdown Cheese and Butter Factory who operated there until its closure in the mid 1950s.
The Pombo Mart on the Princes Highway at Pomborneit North, Victoria, Australia
The Pombo Mart faces west, and the colour of the setting sun reflected on the buildings.
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It is described as one of the most recognisable and historic buildings in the Warrnambool region of Victoria, Australia.
Thomas Proudfoot had applied for a jetty licence near the mouth of the Hopkins River for the purpose of running a boating business in 1885. However, in 1900, just after the building had been completed he died suddenly. His widow, with two young children, took over the boathouse tearooms and accommodation and ran it for the next 30 years.
The Hopkins River, looking towards the mouth of the river, with Proudfoots Boathouse, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
Warrnambool, on the Great Ocean Road, situated in south west Victoria, Australia, has a population of about 35,200. It is a popular tourist destination with the Logan Beach Whale Watching Platform on many tourist “to do” list.
Proudfoots Boat House on the Hopkins River, Warrnambool, Victoria, AustraliaProudfoots Boat House, Warrnambool, Victoria, AustraliaProudfoots Boat House, Warrnambool, Victoria, AustraliaHopkins River, looking up stream, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
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Now home to the real estate office of Ray White, this building, on the corner of Ryrie Street opposite the Post Office was designed by the architectural firm of Alexander Davidson and Co. It was commissioned in 1878 by local grocer, Richard Clarke.
86 Ryrie Street, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
It was built in 1880, on the south-west corner of Ryrie and Gheringhap Streets, which was the former site of Clement Nash’s monumental mason’s yard.
The local newspaper, the Geelong Advertiser, described the premises as an “imposing structure”.
“The building, which is to be erected after the Byzantine style of architecture, is to be of brick on bluestone foundations, the outside to be cemented, and there will be pressed cement enrichments in the cornices and string cause. The front of the store is to have an ornamental cement parapet, and there will be two mansards in the roof fronting Ryrie-street.”
86 Ryrie Street, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
From here, Richard Clarke, who had arrived in Victoria from England in 1851, conducted his wholesale and retail business. He sold groceries, wines and spirits, not just in Geelong, but in the surrounding country districts. Business began at the new store in early 1879.
Source: Trove: The book of Geelong its people, places, industries and amusements
In 1900, William Leggo, began his association with the store at 88 Ryrie Street, Geelong.
This site had previously been owned by Thomas Barber Hunt whom, it appears, to have established the Australian Produce stores from this location before 1874. In 1911, William Leggo purchased the property from Thomas Hunt’s Estate.
In 1922, in anticipation of admitting his son James to entering a partnership with him, William Leggo engaged Geelong architects Laird and Buchan. They designed a new two storey brick shop with the name of the family business, W. Leggo & Son, Grocers, emblazoned on the building’s parapets.
Ironically, Leggo never operated his grocery from his new building. The business was sold to Robert Dawson and Arthur Skirrow. Leggo retained ownership of the building and it became widely known as Leggo’s Building.
W. Leggo & Son Grocers Building, Ryrie Street, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Source:About Corayo: A Thematic History of Greater Geelong
The following photographs were taken yesterday on a short visit to the Williamstown Botanical Gardens. The official start to Spring is still a few days away, however, if one kept out of the chilly breeze, one would think it had started a little early.
Flowers, Botanic Gardens, Williamstown, Victoria, Australia
By chance, the entry I used had me walking towards the sun. A lot of what I saw was backlit; not a bad thing.
Continuing from a previous post, Using Expired Film, the following photographs are of some of the historic buildings which are found in the small country town of Camperdown. In an ever-changing world, many small towns use their past history as a means of attracting tourists to their area.
Old Leura Hotel, Camperdown, Victoria. Built 1857-59
The Leura Hotel is the earliest hotel in Camperdown, built for P. Douglas and J. Stevenson in 1857-59. Bluestone stables were added in 1860 by a new owner D.S. Walker and used by Cobb and Co. as a coach terminal and office.
Masonic Hall, Camperdown, Victoria, Australia
The Masonic Hall of Camperdown is built of rubble blue-stone. It was designed by one of the lodge members, John Young. It was constructed in 1867-68 and is one of the oldest surviving, continuously used purpose-built Masonic Lodges in Victoria.
Old I.O.O.F Hall, Camperdown-built 1896
Once the meeting place of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the hall is now the home of the Camperdown Historic Society.
Mechanics Institute, Camperdown, VictoriaHampden Hotel, Camperdown, Victoria
The above photographs were taken using Kodak Black and White 35mm print film. The camera was a Nikon EM SLR.
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