MELBOURNE ATHENAEUM

184 - 192 COLLINS STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

The Melbourne Athenaeum began as Melbourne's original Mechanic's Institute in 1842. The three-storey section facing Collins Street has a stuccoed facade with pilasters, label moulds, a…

MECHANICS INSTITUTE

27-29 CARLISLE STREET WUNGHNU, MOIRA SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The first Wunghnu Mechanics Institute was opened on 5 June, 1887, a brick building with a two storey section at the front. This building was not to last long, for soon after the front section…

MECHANICS INSTITUTE AND FREE LIBRARY

CORNER KING STREET AND COWEN STREET TOONGABBIE, LATROBE CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

The Toongabbie Mechanics Institute and Free Library was built in 1883. No architect is known to have been involved. The builders were Messrs Hollingsworth & Bosisto, carpenters. The…

FORMER BAIRNSDALE MECHANICS INSTITUTE

20 SERVICE STREET BAIRNSDALE, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The former Bairnsdale Mechanics Institute is an Italian Renaissance styled, red brick building constructed in 1888-89. Although Thomas Swan, a local architect won an architectural competition…

THEATRE ROYAL AND MECHANICS INSTITUTE

216-226 MANIFOLD STREET CAMPERDOWN, CORANGAMITE SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The combined Theatre Royal and Mechanics' Institute (former Free Library) Camperdown, make a significant contribution to the culture and architectural character of the town. The Mechanics'…