Deco Decay - Sturt Street, Ballarat
Ballarat is a provincial Victorian town established during the Australian Gold Rush. For many years it was an extremly prosperous town which demonstrated its wealth through architecture on a grand scale. As a result, there are buildings and public infrastructure from different decades and even different centuries right alongside one another. Although not famous for its Art Deco architecture, the city does have some fine examples of interwar and post war architecture when the gold boom was replaced with wealth generated through grazing and agriculture.
This wonderful Art Deco facade (circa 1930) with geometric designs and minimalist detailing belongs to a shop built in Ballarat's main shopping thoroughfare, Sturt Street. Sadly, years of weathering and neglect have left it marked, cracked and decaying.
Deco Decay - Sturt Street, Ballarat
Ballarat is a provincial Victorian town established during the Australian Gold Rush. For many years it was an extremly prosperous town which demonstrated its wealth through architecture on a grand scale. As a result, there are buildings and public infrastructure from different decades and even different centuries right alongside one another. Although not famous for its Art Deco architecture, the city does have some fine examples of interwar and post war architecture when the gold boom was replaced with wealth generated through grazing and agriculture.
This wonderful Art Deco facade (circa 1930) with geometric designs and minimalist detailing belongs to a shop built in Ballarat's main shopping thoroughfare, Sturt Street. Sadly, years of weathering and neglect have left it marked, cracked and decaying.