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Ballarat Victoria Australia The Ballarat Post Office (1864) was the largest Victorian building of its kind outside the Melbourne General Post Office. Originally built as a centre of communications, it is now the centre of an art school - the University of Ballarat Arts Academy, and functions as the Post Office Gallery. It was built during William Wardell's tenure as Inspector-General and Chief Architect of the Public Works Department and designed Italianate palazzo style. More Info

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ICDR_31053

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ICDR_31055

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ICDR_31058

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Ballarat Victoria Australia The former Mining Exchange building is of architectural significance as an important example of 'boom style' classicism employed in the 1880s. Its planning and form are almost unique and the detailing of the exchange is unusual and highly distinctive. It is an example of the work of local architect, C. D. Figgis, who designed a variety of buildings in Ballarat. More Info

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ICDR_31060

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ICDR_31064

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Ballarat Victoria Australia The Ballarat Fine Art Gallery is important as the first - and probably the most celebrated - of Australia's provincial galleries. This is appropriate given the city's strong tradition of philanthropy in the arts. The Ballarat fine art gallery remain one of the most tangible and enduring expressions of the cultural aspiration of Ballarat citizens past and present. More Info

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ICDR_31066