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Made of locally produced red, brown and clinker bricks this substantial Mock Tudor villa in the Melbourne suburb of Coonans Hill, would have been for a larger sized middle-class family.
This house with its high gabled roof line features wonderful brick detailing across its facade. The decorative nogging in the ornamental niche in the chimney breast, geometric designs around the windows and vents and the stepped design beneath the eaves all pay homage to the craftsman who built the villa. Even the chimneys feature ornamental lines around them.
The Mock Tudor or Tudorbethan style, was most popular between the two World Wars throughout Britain and her dominions, especially in the new garden suburbs and ribbon developments that appeared during this period.
This style of house would have appealed to the newly moneyed middle-classes who could finally afford to leave the inner city buy their own homes in the burgeoning suburbs. Comfortable and very English, it would have shown respectable and not inconsiderable wealth.
Standing amid a well maintained garden of exotics and standard roses with a well clipped lawn, this substantial 1920s Art Deco villa in the Ballarat suburb of Wendouree, would have been for a larger sized upper-class family.
Built of honeyed clinker bricks with red and brown feature brick detailing, this sprawling house with its high gables is far simpler than some of its older Federation Queen Anne style neighbours, extolling the clean lines of the Art Deco movement so popular across Britain and her dominions during the 1920s and 1930s. Built in the years after the Great War (1914 - 1918), you can start to see the transition from Edwardian villa to the popular Californian Bungalow of the early 1920s. The overall design is very in keeping with the Arts and Crafts Movement. However, decoration typical of the "Metroland" Art Deco period are starting to appear in the design: most notably in the window design which features leadlight glass, rather than stained glass, in geometric patterns. This is most noticable in the centre bay window.
This style of house would have appealed to the moneyed upper-classes of Ballarat whose money came from either the Nineteenth Century gold rush, or from the wool or farming industries that developed post the boom. Comfortable and very English, it would have shown respectable and not inconsiderable wealth.
Standing well back from the street on a very large block behind its original fence, this impressive Reformist (Arts and Crafts) style villa would have been built in the decade after Australian Federation in 1901.
The wonderful terracotta tiled roof is very Arts and Crafts inspired, as is the choice of a plain rough cast stuccoed rendering on the walls with minimal detailing. Red and brown brick detailing fans out above the arched upper gable windows, highlight the curves in the chimney nook and appear in a thick band around the base of the house. The curving of the chimney is also reflected in the entrance pillar and and unlike its more stylised Queen Anne neighbours, this villa has no stained glass in any of its windows, only leadlight panels set in large diamonds in the upper panes.
Arts and Crafts houses challenged the formality of the mid and high Victorian styles that preceded it, and were often designed with uniquely angular floor plans. This villa appears to be no exception to the rule, with the entrance to the house to the right hand side of the building.
This style of house would have appealed to the moneyed upper-classes of Ballarat whose money came from either the Nineteenth Century gold rush, or from the wool or farming industries that developed post the boom. Comfortable and very English, it would have shown respectable and not inconsiderable wealth.
After the Great War (1914 - 1918), higher costs of living and the "servant problem" made living in the grand mansions and villas built in the Victorian and Edwardian eras a far less practical and attractive option for both those looking for new housing, and those who lived in big houses. It was around this time, in answer to these problems, that flats and apartments began to replace some larger houses, and became fashionable to live in.
By the 1930s, stylish Art Deco flats like these, would have suited those of comfortable means who could afford to live in Essendon (the suburb in which these flats are located), and dispense with the difficulties of keeping a large retinue of staff. This block of four flats, featuring two dwellings above the others with an interconnecting staircase would have suited a small family, or perhaps a newly married couple for whom this would have been their first home.
This chic Streamline Moderne style building with its flat roof, white stuccoed brick walls, Functionalist windows, speed lines, rounded feature wall and stepped entrance follow the less cluttered lines of Metroland Art Deco architecture that came out of England after the war.
Essendon was established in the 1860s and became an area of affluence and therefore only had middle-class, upper middle-class and some very wealthy citizens.
Designed by local architectural firm Terry and Oakden, the former Wesleyan Church of Ballarat was constructed between 1883 and 1884. Built on the corner of Lydiard and Dana Streets, on the crest of a steep hill, the former Wesleyan Church is architecturally significant as an important and essentially intact example of the work of the prominent firm of architects Terry and Oakden.
The Gothic design of the former Wesleyan Church, which skilfully handles a difficult site, is important as a striking example of polychromatic brickwork. The elongated windows of the former Wesleyan Church, with geometric tracery, are also of significance for their notched brickwork diaper patterns, together with the horizontal wall banding the lozenge motifs.
The buildings are of historical significance as a symbol of faith and identity of the Wesleyan community in Ballarat, which was, at the time of construction, was one of the wealthiest cities in Victoria, indeed Australia, at the time.
The buildings are significant in their ability to indicate the aspirations and values of Wesleyans in the colony in the Nineteenth Century. Whilst Wesleyans typically constructed austere chapels, it is probable that this elaborate church at Ballarat was intended to be a symbol of the faith of Ballarat Wesleyans.
"Riawena" is a wonderfully stylised Streamline Moderne Art Deco Villa in the Melbourne suburb of Thornbury. Its name is taken from the Australian Aboriginal word for "fun" or "sport", which is an unusual choice in the 1930s, when so many people were naming their houses after English or American places.
Standing on the corner of a busy main thoroughfare and a much quieter side street, this well proportioned stand alone villa is extremely large and sprawling, with its original garage next to it behind a high wall. The clean uncluttered lines of the house, the speed lines around the pedement of the rounded portico, feature bricks in geometric patterns and the overall low slung design of the house are very Streamline Moderne in design.
The whole property is surrounded by a low fence with plain pillars and wrought-iron swirls inserts and a gate featuring a geometric Art Deco pattern.
The tree in blossom in this photograph is a prunus; a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. This is an ornamental variety, which burst into blossom almost a month before usual owing to an unusually warm spell of weather just prior to the photograph being taken.
I decided to do some monotone embroidery in a departure from my more usual colorful embroidery. This iPhone 4 cozy is embroidered in ivory cotton on gray wool felt
Oscar’s Hotel and Café Bar is a beautiful Art Deco, boutique hotel in the heart of the Victorian provincial city of Ballarat. Located at 18 Doveton Street, it is the perfect base when sightseeing around the city, as it is so close to many beautiful and historical Ballarat buildings.
Oscar’s, when it was first built in the 1860s was originally the Criterion Hotel, a popular venue in the gold rush days. However, as the Gold Rush dwindled and was replaced with wealth generated through grazing and agriculture in the surrounding area, so the Criterion Hotel changed.
In the 1930s, it was completely refurbished inside. It is this interior with its Streamline Moderne liner style staircase, acid etched frosted glass windows and skyscraper style fireplaces that you see today after a recent restoration.
On a personal note as someone who has stayed there, Oscar’s offers a stylish and comforatable hotel experience at a reasonable price. It also has great food and excellent service.
Loreto College Ballarat, a Catholic school for girls was established in 1875 by Mother Gonzaga Barry (1834 – 1915) a member of the order of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary whose members are commonly known as the Sisters of Loreto; a courageous woman with a truly visionary approach that saw her create educational opportunities for girls never before considered in the society of that day. The Loreto Sisters arrived in Australia in response to a request by the Bishop of Ballarat, Bishop O'Connell. The group of ten sisters from Ireland, led by Mother Gonzaga Barry, set up a convent in Ballarat, Victoria and their first girls school, known as Mary's Mount, which today is known as Loreto College.
The Loreto Chapel, or Children’s Chapel as it is known, was built between 1898 and 1902. The architect was William Tappin and the builder George Lorimer. It is built in an English Gothic style with French influences. The stone from which it is constructed is Barrabool Hills sandstone taken from a quarry near Geelong. It also features white stone detailing from Oamaru in New Zealand. Building was interrupted through lack of funds, but the project was finally completed with a large bequest from the German Countess Elizabeth Wolff-Metternich, who had arrived at Ballarat unannounced in 1898, was captivated by the post Gold Rush city and decided to teach German to the Loreto students. A direct descendent of St Elizabeth of Hungary, Countess Elizabeth later found that she loved the peace and simplicity of the Mary's Mount cloister, and informed Mother Gonzaga that she wished to be accepted as a novice. The Mother Superior urged the young woman to return to Germany to discuss her future with her family prior to making a decision. Sadly, Countess Elizabeth was never to return to Ballarat: tragedy struck the RMS India, in the Straits of Messina en route Europe, when Countess Elizabeth died suddenly in April 1899, possibly from cholera, as she was nursing sick passengers on board the ship during its journey. When her will was read, it was found that Countess Elizabeth had left a generous 16,000 pounds to the astonished Mother Gonzaga to `be used as she thought fit'. Funds were once again available to finish the Children's Chapel, but there was to be another, seemingly impenetrable, obstacle: Germany had instituted a law forbidding money to be sent out of the country, so the funds remained frozen in Germany indefinitely. However, Countess Elizabeth's relatives contacted their distant relative, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany (eldest grandson of England's Queen Victoria and Prince Albert) to petition that the funds be released for the Australian convent. It was only through the direct intervention of the Kaiser that the law was waived in this particular case. The Children’s Chapel was officially opened in December 1902.
The inside of the Children’s Chapel is decorated in soft pastel colours with artwork and statuary donated to the Sisters of Loreto by families in Ballarat and back in Ireland. The Rose Window over the Organ Gallery depicts Saint Cecilia the patron saint of music, surrounded by symbols of the four Evangelists, Matthew Mark Luke and John. The windows over the alter depict the instruments of the Passion of Christ. The marble alter features the Nativity scene as was requested by the girls attending Loreto at the time.
This impressive Reformist (Arts and Crafts) style villa with its original brick fence may be found in the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Essendon.
Built between Federation (1901) and the Great War (1914), the choice of red brick to construct the villa with is very in keeping with the Arts and Crafts Movement, as is the shingling of the bargeboard underneath the gable. What makes this villa stand out from its neighbours is its unusual hipped roof, picked out geometric brick patterns and its sloping sides. The leadlight glass windows featuring a geometric pattern are also Arts and Crafts influenced.
Arts and Crafts houses challenged the formality of the mid and high Victorian styles that preceded it, and were often designed with uniquely angular floor plans. This house appears to be no exception to the rule as it has a side entry and an enclosed balcony that overlooks the street, which suggest a less traditional layout.
Essendon was etablished in the 1860s and became an area of affluence and therefore only had middle-class, upper middle-class and some very wealthy citizens. Not as large as its neighbours, a villa like this built in one suggests that it was built for an aspiring middle-class family . This villa would have required a live in maid to help her mistress, and probably the assistance of a "daily" woman to do all the harder chores.
This splendid Reformist (Arts and Crafts) style villa is situated in one of the finer areas of the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Essendon. Built on the crest of a hill, it affords splendid views from its bay windows, across to the Melbourne city skyline.
Built between Federation (1901) and the Great War (1914), the shingled barge board beneath the eaves of the gable is very Arts and Crafts inspired, as is the choice of red brick to build the villa with. The leadlight glass windows featuring geometric patterns are also in keeping with the Arts and Crafts movement. The builder has shown his admiration for the Arts and Crafts movement by making the bricks real features in their design and layout across the differing sections of the facade.
Arts and Crafts houses challenged the formality of the mid and high Victorian styles that preceded it, and were often designed with uniquely angular floor plans. This is an example of a more traditional floor plan, featuring a central hallway off which the principal rooms were accessed.
Essendon was etablished in the 1860s and became an area of affluence and therefore only had middle-class, upper middle-class and some very wealthy citizens. A large villa like this built in one of the finer pockets of the suburb suggests that it was built for an aspiring upper middle-class family of some means. This villa would have required a small retinue of servants to maintain. Today it serves a nw purpose in life - as a dentist's surgery.
"Riawena" is a wonderfully stylised Streamline Moderne Art Deco Villa in the Melbourne suburb of Thornbury. Its name is taken from the Australian Aboriginal word for "fun" or "sport", which is an unusual choice in the 1930s, when so many people were naming their houses after English or American places.
Standing on the corner of a busy main thoroughfare and a much quieter side street, this well proportioned stand alone villa is extremely large and sprawling, with its original garage next to it behind a high wall. The clean uncluttered lines of the house, the speed lines around the pedement of the rounded portico, feature bricks in geometric patterns and the overall low slung design of the house are very Streamline Moderne in design.
The whole property is surrounded by a low fence with plain pillars and wrought-iron swirls inserts and a gate featuring a geometric Art Deco pattern.
The tree in blossom in this photograph is a prunus; a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. This is an ornamental variety, which burst into blossom almost a month before usual owing to an unusually warm spell of weather just prior to the photograph being taken.
1911-1922, Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia --- Sitting Room in Ennejma Ezzahra --- Image by © Massimo Listri/CORBIS
This light is above the elevator doors on the second floor of the Leon County Public Library in downtown Tallahassee.
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Hand formed brass ovals have been embellished with a geometric beaded pattern. I then added a faceted picasso bead in the middle for a pop of shine and color.
Standing well back from the street on a very large block behind its original fence, this impressive Reformist (Arts and Crafts) style villa would have been built in the decade after Australian Federation in 1901.
The wonderful terracotta tiled roof is very Arts and Crafts inspired, as is the choice of a plain rough cast stuccoed rendering on the walls with minimal detailing. Red and brown brick detailing fans out above the arched upper gable windows, highlight the curves in the chimney nook and appear in a thick band around the base of the house. The curving of the chimney is also reflected in the entrance pillar and and unlike its more stylised Queen Anne neighbours, this villa has no stained glass in any of its windows, only leadlight panels set in large diamonds in the upper panes.
Arts and Crafts houses challenged the formality of the mid and high Victorian styles that preceded it, and were often designed with uniquely angular floor plans. This villa appears to be no exception to the rule, with the entrance to the house to the right hand side of the building.
This style of house would have appealed to the moneyed upper-classes of Ballarat whose money came from either the Nineteenth Century gold rush, or from the wool or farming industries that developed post the boom. Comfortable and very English, it would have shown respectable and not inconsiderable wealth.
Collection: Cornell University Collection of Political Americana, Cornell University Library
Repository: Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214 Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Cornell University
Title: Cleveland-Hendricks Portrait Handkerchief
Political Party: Democratic
Election Year: 1888
Date Made: ca. 1884
Measurement: Handkerchief: 18 x 19.5 in.; 45.72 x 49.53 cm
Classification: Textiles
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/603g
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Standing well back from the street on a very large block behind an ornate wrought iron fence, this impressive Reformist (Arts and Crafts) style villa would have been built in the decade after Australian Federation in 1901.
The wonderful stepped central gable is very Arts and Crafts inspired, as is the shingling under the gable and the choice of a plain rough cast stuccoed rendering on the walls with minimal detailing. Unlike its more stylised Queen Anne neighbours, this villa has no stained glass in any of its windows, only leadlight panels set in large diamonds in the upper panes. This villa features a large, rounded vestibule canopy which is overgrown with ornamental creepers, giving the impression that the balcony on the upper floor is floating above the treetops.
Arts and Crafts houses challenged the formality of the mid and high Victorian styles that preceded it, and were often designed with uniquely angular floor plans. This villa appears to be no exception to the rule, with the main entrance to the house to the right hand side of the building.
This style of house would have appealed to the moneyed upper-classes of Ballarat whose money came from either the Nineteenth Century gold rush, or from the wool or farming industries that developed post the boom. Comfortable and very English, it would have shown respectable and not inconsiderable wealth.
Collection: A. D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
Accession Number: 15/5/3090.01477
Title: Bitonto Cathedral. Side Entrance
Photographer: Fratelli Alinari (Italian, 1852-present)
Building Date: ca. 1175-ca. 1200
Photograph date: ca. 1865-ca. 1883
Location: Europe: Italy; Bitonto
Materials: albumen print
Image: 14.9606 x 11.0236 in.; 38 x 28 cm
Style: Romanesque
Provenance: Gift of Willard Fiske
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5tpq
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This rag quilt has lots of bright and fun fabrics in spunky patterns with a punch here and there of some funky black and white polka dots.
Collection: Cornell University Collection of Political Americana, Cornell University Library
Repository: Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214 Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Cornell University
Title: Socialist Party Ribbon
Political Party: Socialist
Date Made: ca. 1900-1920
Measurement: Ribbon: 4 3/4 x 2 in.; 12.065 x 5.08 cm
Classification: Costume
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/60d2
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Collection: Cornell University Collection of Political Americana, Cornell University Library
Repository: Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214 Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Cornell University
Title: 1888 Republican National Convention Admission Tickets
Political Party: Republican
Election Year: 1888
Date Made: 1888
Measurement: Ticket: 2 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.; 6.985 x 12.065 cm
Classification: Ephemera
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/619p
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Collection: Cornell University Collection of Political Americana, Cornell University Library
Repository: Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214 Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Cornell University
Title: Garfield-Arthur Portrait Textile, ca. 1880
Political Party: Republican
Election Year: 1880
Date Made: ca. 1880
Measurement: Handkerchief: 19.25 x 21.5 in.; 48.895 x 54.61 cm
Classification: Textiles
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/600w
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This neat Reformist (Arts and Crafts) style bungalow may be found in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon.
Built in the years just before the Great War (1914), you can just start to see the transition from Edwardian villa to the popular Californian Bungalow of the early 1920s. The overall symmetrical design with its gabling is very in keeping with the Arts and Crafts Movement. However, decoration typical of the "Metroland" Art Deco period are starting to appear in the design: most notably in the feature brick detailing in geometric patterns around the portico entrance and the windows. Other features of this period include the low slung roofline, the striped black and white awings and the leadlight glass panes, which feature stylised geometric patterns more reminiscent of the Art Deco movement.
Arts and Crafts houses challenged the formality of the mid and high Victorian styles that preceded it, and were often designed with uniquely angular floor plans. This house's floor plan appears to be more traditional than others, with a central hallway off which the principal rooms were located.
Essendon was etablished in the 1860s and became an area of affluence and therefore only had middle-class, upper middle-class and some very wealthy citizens. A more modest bungalow like this built in one of the finer pockets of the suburb suggests that it was built for an aspiring middle-class family. The mistress of this bungalow would have required the assistance of a "daily" woman to help her maintain it.
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"Riawena" is a wonderfully stylised Streamline Moderne Art Deco Villa in the Melbourne suburb of Thornbury. Its name is taken from the Australian Aboriginal word for "fun" or "sport", which is an unusual choice in the 1930s, when so many people were naming their houses after English or American places.
Standing on the corner of a busy main thoroughfare and a much quieter side street, this well proportioned stand alone villa is extremely large and sprawling, with its original garage next to it behind a high wall. The clean uncluttered lines of the house, the speed lines around the pedement of the rounded portico, feature bricks in geometric patterns and the overall low slung design of the house are very Streamline Moderne in design.
The whole property is surrounded by a low fence with plain pillars and wrought-iron swirls inserts and a gate featuring a geometric Art Deco pattern.
The tree in blossom in this photograph is a prunus; a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. This is an ornamental variety, which burst into blossom almost a month before usual owing to an unusually warm spell of weather just prior to the photograph being taken.
Collection: A. D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
Accession Number: 15/5/3090.01651
Title: Murano. Cathedral of Santa Maria and San Donato
Photographer: Carlo Naya (Italian, 1816-1882)
Building Date: ca. 1100-ca. 1150
Photograph date: 1875
Location: Europe: Italy; Murano
Materials: albumen print
Image: 10.5118 x 13.7402 in.; 26.7 x 34.9 cm
Style: Romanesque
Provenance: Transfer from the College of Architecture, Art and Planning
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5tvp
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This is a wonderfully stylised Art Deco 1920s villa on Eglington Street in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
Well proportioned, this neat, stand alone villa uses a mixture of facade treatments: red and brown brick banding, and stuccoed bricks painted in cream. The gable over the enclosed vestibule (which has now been converted into a small room with the inclusion of a matching stained glass window) has wonderful brick nogging on it. The villa also features pretty stained glass windows featuring geometric patterns.
This style of house would have appealed to the newly moneyed middle-classes who could finally afford to leave the inner city buy their own homes in the burgeoning suburbs. Comfortable and very English, it would have shown respectablity and moderate wealth without undue showiness.
This villa features a cottage garden of camelias, roses and hydrangeas amongst other plants. It is all enclosed by its original stuccoed brick fence and metal gate.
Moonee Ponds, like its neighbouring boroughs of Ascot Vale and Essendon, was etablished in the late 1880s and early 1890s. However, unlike its neighbours, it was an area of affluence and therefore only had middle-class, upper middle-class and some very wealthy citizens.
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Christmas mat designed and worked by Ulla Kockum, Stockholm, 1948. Cotton embroidery on a cotton ground. The design of this festive cloth is based on snowflakes. 35.5 cm square.
Standing behind a neat picket fence, this Reformist (Arts and Crafts) style Edwardian villa would have been built in the decade after Australian Federation in 1901.
The wonderful stepped central gable is very Arts and Crafts inspired, as is its half timbered treatment. What is unusual is the choice of weatherboard for the construction, as most Arts and Crafts style homes tended to be built of brick. Unlike its more stylised Queen Anne neighbours, this villa has no stained glass in any of its windows, only leadlight panels set in rather geometric pattern in the upper panes of the bay window. It does however feature stylised Art Nouveau stained glass of flowers in an unusually shaped panel on the front door.
Arts and Crafts houses challenged the formality of the mid and high Victorian styles that preceded it, and were often designed with uniquely angular floor plans. This villa appears to have a more traditional floor plan, with a central hallway with the principal rooms off it to either side.
This style of house would have appealed to the merchant middle-classes of Ballarat whose money came from supporting the Nineteenth Century gold rush through commerce and industry well into the Twenthieth Century. Comfortable and very English, it would have shown respectable and not inconsiderable wealth.
The facade of a pretty stylised cream stuccoed brick Art Deco villa in the north eastern country town of Alexandra.
This villa with its low slung tile roof, cream stucco work, and windows of geometrically patterned leadlight glass windows were very popular amongst the newly moneyed middle-class who could finally afford to buy their own homes. Comfortable and cottage like in the Metroland style of interwar Art Deco architecture so popular in Australia during the late 1920s, this house and many others like it represented stability and respectability, without being showy. It has a neighbouring sister villa painted in primrose yellow with slightly different windows, but the exact same layout.
Alexandra is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located at the junction of the Goulburn Valley Highway (B340) and Maroondah Highway (B360), 26 kilometres west of Eildon. The town was settled in the late 1860s, with a Post Office opening on 15 March 1867 (known until 24 April 1867) as Redgate. The town was originally known as Redgate, or Red Gate Diggings. The current name either derives from Alexandra of Denmark (Queen’s Consort to King Edward VII of England) when given a stature of her to the shire; or from three men named Alexander (Alesander, McGregor, Alexander Don, and Alexander Luckie) who discovered gold in the area in 1866. Charles Jones born Herefordshire also discovered Gold on the Luckie Mine in 1866. He bought a Hotel with John Henry Osborne and was the proprietor of the New York and London Hotel Grant Street Alexandra. The railway to Alexandra arrived in the town via Yea from Tallarook in 1909, and closed on November 18, 1978. The Rubicon Tramway connected Alexandra with the village of Rubicon, at the junction of the Rubicon and Royston Rivers. Today many tourists pass through Alexandra on their way to the Mount Buller ski resort from Melbourne. The town contains the Timber Tramway and Museum (located at the Alexandra Railway Station), and the National Trust classified post office and law courts. There is a local market on the second Saturday of each month from September to May, an annual art show at Easter, an agricultural show and rose festival in November, and the annual Truck, Rod and Ute Show in June.
"Riawena" is a wonderfully stylised Streamline Moderne Art Deco Villa in the Melbourne suburb of Thornbury. Its name is taken from the Australian Aboriginal word for "fun" or "sport", which is an unusual choice in the 1930s, when so many people were naming their houses after English or American places.
Standing on the corner of a busy main thoroughfare and a much quieter side street, this well proportioned stand alone villa is extremely large and sprawling, with its original garage next to it behind a high wall. The clean uncluttered lines of the house, the speed lines around the pedement of the rounded portico, feature bricks in geometric patterns and the overall low slung design of the house are very Streamline Moderne in design.
The whole property is surrounded by a low fence with plain pillars and wrought-iron swirls inserts and a gate featuring a geometric Art Deco pattern.
The tree in blossom in this photograph is a prunus; a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. This is an ornamental variety, which burst into blossom almost a month before usual owing to an unusually warm spell of weather just prior to the photograph being taken.
The Ballaarat Club was established as a gentleman’s club along traditional London lines in 1872. Its founding members included some of Ballarat’s leading identities of the time such as Judge Robert Trench, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Rede (the army commander that put down the Eureka Rebellion), William Collard Smith (a mining entrepreneur and a mayor of Ballarat), and T. D. Wanliss (the proprietor of local newspaper the Ballarat Star). At the heart of the club was a desire to encourage social interaction between gentlemen from a similar social class. In the main, members of the club came from the professional, civic and pastoral elite. Many of Ballarat’s more established families have been well represented on past membership lists.
Early on in its life, the Ballaarat Club was housed in a variety of hotels in central Ballarat (including Craig's Royal Hotel) until its membership raised enough money to build its own clubhouse, which was completed in 1889.
The Baallarat Club clubhouse at 203 Dana Street is designed in Victorian Free Classical style. It features bay windows upstairs and down, a red brick facade with stonework detailing, large sash windows, archways and Italianate ballustrading. The clubhouse, which has only seen a few changes to its building and grounds over the years, remains largely intact and is one of the few buildings in Ballarat that still retains most of its past majesty. Interestingly, the clubhouse is a rarity in as much as the building was designed and purpose built as a clubhouse.
Ballarat is a Victorian provincial city built on the fortunes made through the mining of gold in the surrounding area, and at the time this house was built, Ballarat was one of the wealthiest cities in Australia, if not the world. Much work was done to build magnificent civic buildings, but the extravagance extended to domestic architecture and buildings for private functions such as the Ballaarat Club as well. This building would have been just such a statement of wealth and exclusivity, built on a grand scale and situated well back from the road.
Designed by local architectural firm Terry and Oakden, the former Wesleyan Church of Ballarat was constructed between 1883 and 1884. Built on the corner of Lydiard and Dana Streets, on the crest of a steep hill, the former Wesleyan Church is architecturally significant as an important and essentially intact example of the work of the prominent firm of architects Terry and Oakden.
The Gothic design of the former Wesleyan Church, which skilfully handles a difficult site, is important as a striking example of polychromatic brickwork. The elongated windows of the former Wesleyan Church, with geometric tracery, are also of significance for their notched brickwork diaper patterns, together with the horizontal wall banding the lozenge motifs.
The buildings are of historical significance as a symbol of faith and identity of the Wesleyan community in Ballarat, which was, at the time of construction, was one of the wealthiest cities in Victoria, indeed Australia, at the time.
The buildings are significant in their ability to indicate the aspirations and values of Wesleyans in the colony in the Nineteenth Century. Whilst Wesleyans typically constructed austere chapels, it is probable that this elaborate church at Ballarat was intended to be a symbol of the faith of Ballarat Wesleyans.
Collection: Cornell University Collection of Political Americana, Cornell University Library
Repository: Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214 Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Cornell University
Title: Cleveland-Thurman "Public Office A Public Trust" Portrait Handkerchief
Political Party: Democratic
Election Year: 1888
Date Made: ca. 1888
Measurement: Handkerchief: 21.25 x 24.5 in.; 53.975 x 62.23 cm
Classification: Textiles
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/600f
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