Colonial Mutual Life Building
The carved stone blocks assembled here as 'Colonial Square' are a reminder of one of the richest periods in Melbourne's architectural history.
The blocks of granite are from the former Colonial Mutual . . . — — Map (db m304391) HM
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To Commemorate the laying of the
Foundation Stone of this Building on
February 19th 1879 this plaque was unveiled by
His Excellency
The Honourable Sir Henry Winneke,
K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O, O.B.E., K.St.J., Q.C.
on February . . . — — Map (db m305355) HM
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Exhibition Building
Great Hall
Built 1878-80
Architect Reed & Barnes
Builder David Mitchell
Classified "A"
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The National Trust Plaque
was unveiled on May 24th, 1973, by
Sir Harold Gengoult . . . — — Map (db m305345) HM
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1880 - 1980
Her Majesty the Queen
Conferred the Title Royal
on the Exhibition Building
on October 1st 1980
The Centenary of its opening for
The Melbourne International Exhibition 1880-81
The Exhibition . . . — — Map (db m305348) HM
The exhibition fountain was commissioned for the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880. This was the sixth exhibition the city had staged and the grandest by far.
Australia's isolation gave these exhibitions an importance it is difficult . . . — — Map (db m304328) HM
This pillar of stone quarried from Stawell was placed here on the insistence of
The Hon. John Woods, M.P.
(born Liverpool England November 5th 1822, died Brighton Victoria April 2nd 1892; engineer, politician and inventor, commissioner . . . — — Map (db m70636) HM
In 1880 the Exhibition Building was completed in time for the Melbourne International Exhibition. The surrounding gardens were re-designed to provide a dignified and attractive setting. The new gardens featured axial pathways, lakes, grand fountains . . . — — Map (db m299549) HM
Melbourne architect Joseph Reed designed the magnificent Exhibition Building in 1879. It is built of brick, on a bluestone base, with rich interior decoration. Reed drew on European building styles, including Gothic and Classical forms, for his . . . — — Map (db m304336) HM
This building was erected for the Melbourne International Exhibition, 1800-81. As a 'Palace of Industry', it displayed the technologies of the mechanised age. Huge temporary halls housed exhibits of the latest products from more than thirty nations. . . . — — Map (db m305538) HM
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To Commemorate
One Hundred Years Administration
of the Royal Exhibition Building
by
The Exhibition Trustees
This plaque was unveiled by
The Chairman of the Trust
F.R.G. Strickland, O.B.E.
on September 30th, 1981 . . . — — Map (db m304889) HM
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H.R.H. Princess Alexandra,
The Honourable Mrs. Angus Ogilvy
on 1st October, 1980
unveiled this plaque to commemorate the
centenary of the opening of
the Exhibition Building for the
Melbourne International Exhibition . . . — — Map (db m304895) HM
In 2004 the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens were inscribed upon the World Heritage List of the UNESCO 'Convention concerning the Protection of the
World Cultural and Natural Heritage'.
Inscription on this list confirms the . . . — — Map (db m305541) HM
