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 Immigration Museum by ATXtraveler
General Admission
Adults $6.00
Children* and Concession Free.
Free admission to the ground floor.
Group bookings are also available.
Disabled access & facilities available.
* Children 3-16 years inclusive. Leave a Comment
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Rippon Lea is the last of Australia's great privately owned 19th century suburban estates. It was designed and built in 1868 in the Romanesque style and is now managed by the Australian National Trust.
Its a grand dame of houses, and the gardens are of international significance, with a lake, 19th century orchards, a palm garden and lawns. Many local families gather on the lawns during the summer for picnics etc..
There are tours of the house every half an hour between 10am and 4pm (worthwhile and the only way to see the house itself). Its a grand place but without being overawing - this is 19th century Australia afterall, so no excesses of Baroque and Roccoco excesses! :)
A$11 entrance (house and garden) or A$6 for just the gardens.
Open 10am-6pm. Tuesday - Sunday Leave a Comment Address: 192 Hotham St, ElsternwickPhone: 03 9523 6095Directions: Train from Swanston Street to Ripponlea - Sandringham line (approx 15 minutes). Zone 1
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 Primary School No. 2605 by eviltooth
The hipped roof central pavillion buttressed either end by slightly projecting gables. The roof now finished with terracotta tiles was most probably originally slate. The walls are polychromatic brick with limestone panels, quatrefoils to the gables, dressings, keystones and reveals as well as basalt columns and mouldings used on the main entry design elements.
After more than a century of service, this building still functions as a school but has been renamed Carlton Garden Primary School. Leave a Comment Address: 215 Rathdowne Street, Carlton
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 A different use for stained
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 The splendour of Rippon Lea by iandsmith
Built in 1868, this baronial Romanesque-styled is secreted inside classic VIctorian-styled gardens so typical of England. They are of international significance.
When Sir Thomas Bent acquired the property in 1904, the year after Sargood's death, he disposed of 35 allotments from the estate. In 1911, Benjamin Nathan, owner of the Maples chain of furniture stores, acquired the property and it was kept as a family home until his daughter willed it to the National Trust in 1963. By then the Australian Broadcasting Commission had purchased 0.8 of a hectare (1954) for its televisions studio and other land had been sold in the 1940s. In 1972 the Trust took over the property with its well preserved residence and undertook refurbishment of the gardens, fernery and other horticultural outbuildings. Leave a Comment
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 How romantic by iandsmith
Personally, I only counted 299, but it is possible I may have missed one!
The fernery is located just south-east of the main residence at Rippon Lea. Leave a Comment
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 A part of the pleasure garden by iandsmith
His wealth was due to his success as a merchant and politician in the latter half of the 19th century.
The gardens pictured here are the work of Adam Anderson who was their head gardener (over 7 others) for nigh on 20 years. Leave a Comment Address: 192 Hotham St, ElsternwickDirections: Train to Ripponlea Station or tram number 67 from Swanston Street to stop 42 or bus 216 or 219 from Bourke and Queen Streets, Melbourne.
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 Just like a market by iandsmith
As they were also giving away free samples (about 1 1/2 spoonfuls) of pasta, Rosemarie and I took advantage and dipped into the cuisine. I don't remember what it tasted like, just that I enjoyed watching the world go by opposite Flinders St. Station for ten minutes. Leave a Comment
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 Windsor Hotel's grand entrance by Yasmine03
Windsor Hotel is on Spring Street right across the Parliament House, the Old Treasury Building, a block away from the Princess Theatre and a walking distance to the Treasury Garden.
I suggest that taking a walk on the spring street is a must for any tourist to see the elegant Victorian heritage of the 19th century Melbourne. Leave a Comment Address: 103-115 Spring Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000Directions: Opposite the Parliament House Victoria.Website: www.thewindsor.com.au
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 Parliment's front facade by Yasmine03
Guided tours are conducted free when Parliament is not in progress.
Public tours available:
10.00am, 11.00am, 12.00pm, 2.00pm,
3.00pm and 3.45pm from the vestibule. Leave a Comment Address: 157, Spring Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000Phone: (03) 9651 8568Directions: At the intersection of Spring and Bourke Street.Website: www.visitaustralia.com
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