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Victoria Square [B 7299] • Photograph

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Summary

Victoria Square looking from a height across to Wakefield Street. Various church steeples can be seen over the rooftops. The octagonal tower of the Unitarian Church is visible in Wakefield Street. Horses and carriages are parked in Victoria Square. The Government Building (Torrens Building) was designed by Melbourne architect Michael Egan and built between 1879 and 1881. It held the Public Works Department and the Registrar General Department. Iron railings replaced the wooden fences in Victoria Square between 1883 and 1894.

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Physical description

Photograph; 20.4 cm x 15.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1883

Creator

Sweet, Samuel White

Collection

Part of Acre 270 Collection

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Digitisation information

Date

17/10/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,121 x 2,355 pixels (7.3 MP)

Size

22.08 MB

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