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184 - 192 COLLINS STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0501The 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…
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MECHANICS INSTITUTE AND FREE LIBRARY
CORNER KING STREET AND COWEN STREET TOONGABBIE, LATROBE CITY
VHR H0544The 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…
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27-29 CARLISLE STREET WUNGHNU, MOIRA SHIRE
VHR H0518The 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…
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FORMER BAIRNSDALE MECHANICS INSTITUTE
20 SERVICE STREET BAIRNSDALE, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
VHR H1284The 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…
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THEATRE ROYAL AND MECHANICS INSTITUTE
216-226 MANIFOLD STREET CAMPERDOWN, CORANGAMITE SHIRE
VHR H1415The 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'…
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corner Winter and Pilleau Streets COLERAINE, Southern Grampians Shire
The Coleraine Mechanics Institute is a single storey rendered brick building located at the corner of Winter and Pilleau Streets, two blocks south of the central activities area of…
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MECHANICS INSTITUTE AND MEMORIAL HALL
Glendinning Street BALMORAL, Southern Grampians Shire
The Balmoral Mechanics Institute is a single storey, symmetrical red brick hall, built in 1888, with various 20th century brick extensions and additions. It is located in Glendinning Street,…
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Hamilton-Port Fairy Road BYADUK, Southern Grampians Shire
The Byaduk Mechanics Institute and Free Library is located on the Hamilton-Port Fairy Road Byaduk, some 100 metres south of the intersection with the Byaduk-Penshurst Road. The Mechanics…
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MECHANICS INSTITUTE HALL (FORMER)
McNicol Street BRANXHOLME, Southern Grampians Shire
The former Mechanics Institute in McNicol Street, Branxholme is a large timber building incorporating the main hall, stage and lobby, a reading and a meeting room, the supper room and…
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13 McLennan Street GLENTHOMPSON, Southern Grampians Shire
The Glenthompson Library and War Memorial Hall located in McLennan Street in the centre of the township is a prominent local landmark. The architect was W J Muntz and the builder was G C…
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PUBLIC HALL & MECHANICS INSTITUTE
off Strathkellar-Tarrington Road STRATHKELLAR, Southern Grampians Shire
The Strathkellar Public Hall located off the Strathkellar-Tarrington Road began as the local Mechanic's Institute after 1905 when the district was subdivided for closer settlement. No…
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12-14 Stirling Street DUNKELD, Southern Grampians Shire
The former Mechanic's Institute is located in the north-east corner of Sterling Street and Martin Streets, two blocks south of the Glenelg Highway in the township of Dunkeld. The building…
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LOCH MECHANICS' INSTITUTE HALL
16 SMITH STREET, LOCH, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
The Loch Mechanics' Institute Hall, at 16 Smith Street, Loch, designed by A.C. Smart and opened in September 1891, is significant. It is a simple gabled weatherboard Victorian Hall with an…
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STONY CREEK MECHANICS' INSTITUTE & FREE LIBRARY
31 MAIN STREET, STONY CREEK, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
The Stony Creek Mechanics' Institute Hall, designed by R. Owens and constructed by W. Benn in 1894 and extended by F.W. Morris in 1911, at 31 Main Street, Stony Creek. Why is it…
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RIVER DRIVE, TARWIN LOWER, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
The Tarwin Lower Memorial Hall, constructed in 1890 and extended between 1926-33, at River Drive, Tarwin Lower. Why is it significant?The Tarwin Lower Memorial Hall is of local historic,…
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20 VALLEY ROAD, MIA MIA - PROPERTY NUMBER 205813, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
The Mia Mia Hall site, including all the fabric of the 1907 gable roofed hall with timber frame, is significant. How is it significant? The Mia Mia Hall is of historic, aesthetic and social…
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14 BURKE STREET, SANDFORD, GLENELG SHIRE
The Mechanics Institute is located at 14 Burke Street, in the centre of the 'village' of Sandford opposite the site of the former State School. It sits adjacent ot the Forester's Hall, at 16…
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Mechanics Institute; Free Library & Athenaeum Theatre (Former)
39-41 Castella Street Lilydale, YARRA RANGES SHIRE
The region's oldest and most elaborate civic building, for many years the centre of social activities in Lilydale. Its facade is of an interesting architectural design. Included with the…
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