Spring Street, Marvellous Melbourne

From south-end to north-end
Part 1

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To my mind, Melbourne is the queen city of the south; Africa, South America and Oceania cannot boast a city as beautiful as this.
Fernando Villaamil 1893

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Part2

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the crappy extension to the Bourke & Spring intersection just isn't so 'grand' though collector!

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regardless, great thread!

More great photos, Collector! Well done as usual.

Looks like we wandered the same path recently....here's the pic I took of the Princess Theatre last week! I was lucky to have the historic electric sign lit when I went past...
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Cheers! :cheers2:

Spring street is such a great place to go snapping. Very eclectic architecture with lots of good vantage points.

Top stuff Collector. :okay:

awomse shots, melb looks like a tolly hot city imo

Great pics man. I never knew that Melbourne had all these great buildings and walk ways and such. From this Chicago native I really hope to get there one day. Why does it have to be so far!!!!!!

Thank god this thing didn't get built there.


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Yikes.

hahaha that thing is awesome! Looks like a transformer or something :D

:lol: Transformer. Great one Dan...now there's an idea. Hmm. Great work once again Collector. What will you do next?

Great pix! Melbourne shore has some nice older architecture.

Some great old postcards of Spring Street, enjoy! :)

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Text from Walking Melbourne
The National Trust guide to the historic and architectural landmarks of central Melbourne

Parliament House
Spring Street

Melbourne’s grandest public building is located in a position terminating the long vista up Bourke Street; the early date and monumental scale of the design indicates the huge aspirations of the young colony. Following furore about blocking views of St. Patrick’s, and a competition that failed to generate a winner, the initial design was developed in 1855 by Peter Kerr and J G Knight. Construction in stages was immediately started, with the two parliamentary chambers opening in 1856, followed by the rear library and then Queen’s Hall, but their rough bluestone exterior walls remained visible for many years because the grand street façade was not completed until 1892, following a search for a suitable Victorian stone. This imposing classical colonnade atop massive stairs, designed by Peter Kerr alone in 1877, is more grandiose than the original design (and is strikingly similar to the smaller Leeds Town Hall in the UK, completed in 1858). The delightful gardens and the ornate cast iron fence and lamps were added by 1892, but the north and south wings have never been completed, nor has the tall dome, the most well-known architectural statement in Melbourne never to have materialized. The craftsmanship and detailing throughout the building is of extraordinarily high quality, and the interiors are spectacular, particularly the plush Upper House, one of the finest spaces built in 19th century Australia, Queens Hall and the vestibule. Commonwealth Parliament sat here from Federation in 1901 until its move to Canberra in 1927.

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What Parliament house would look like if it is ever completed.

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Parliament House in the 1960s.

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The Vestibule.

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Queen's Hall.

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Queen's Hall ceiling.

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Legislative Assembly.

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Legislative Council showing ceiling.

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Legislative Council.

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From the balcony, Legislative Council.

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Parliament Library.

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Recent postcard of Parliament House.

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A recent shot of mine.

Parliament House, a good spot to photograph trams

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All shots below, my own.

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The National Trust guide to the historic and architectural landmarks of central Melbourne

Princess Theatre

163-181 Spring Street

The first theatre on this site opened in 1854, and the present theatre was designed by William Pitt for the theatrical entrepreneurs Williamson Garner & Musgrove, and opened in 1886 with the Australian premier of The Mikado. It is considered an exemplar of the French Second Empire style, complete with multiple mansard domed roofs topped by cast iron crowns; the delightful leadlight windowed ‘winter garden’ foyer at the first floor was added in c1901 and the auditorium was rebuilt in 1922 in the ‘Adam’ style by theatre specialist Henry White. Facing an uncertain future in the 1980s, it was extensively restored in 1989 by Allom Lovell & Associates, and is now the Flagship of Melbourne’s ‘theatreland’. The Princess backs onto the rear of the former Palace Theatre, giving rise to the urban rumour that chorus girls would appear in one show, then run across the back lane to appear in another!

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Princess Theatre, above and below, before balconies were filled in to create the ‘winter garden’ foyer in 1901.

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An old aerial.

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One of my own.

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Princes Theatre at night.

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nice. you should see perth's spring street atm :lol: its so laughable that it makes me cry :(

Bump. :applause:

Any visitor to Melbourne should always take in Spring Street and the inside of Parliament House which is just stunning.

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I don't know if the edit of my photo is any good, but might as well post it anyway while I look for the original photo.

EDIT: I posted this picture because it had the Parliament house at the end of Bourke Street. I hope that is fine, if it is not, I would happily remove it.

Great shots!

EDIT: I posted this picture because it had the Parliament house at the end of Bourke Street. I hope that is fine, if it is not, I would happily remove it.

You need to stop being so unsure!!!
Your photos like this are AMAZING, so post wherever the hell you want and dont worry about it! :)
keep them comming planks!

^^ Planks & Sticks is showing some courtesy (often lacking in others).
Since this is a thread about Spring Street and the shot is of Bourke Street, it was right for him to ask!
The fact it does show Parliament House which relates to Spring Street, makes it fine to leave on this thread. :)

Old Treasury Building
Spring Street

The Old Treasury is regarded as one of the finest 19th century public buildings in Australia, a superb example of Renaissance Revival.
Restored and opened to the public as a museum in 1994, the City Museum as it is now called provides an ideal orientation to Melbourne for visitors wishing to understand and explore the city's history, architecture, art and contemporary life.

The outstanding attraction of the building is the evocative gold vaults housing a dynamic contemporary exhibition "built on gold".

The Old Treasury was designed by a nineteen year old architect J J Clark in 1857 and completed in 1862. This much loved Melbourne landmark is a reflection of the vision that Melburnians of the 1850s gold rush era had for their future city.

As well as being built to store the colony's gold, the Old Treasury provided offices for the leaders of the young colony. The Governor, the Premier, the Treasurer and the Auditor General all had offices within the magnificent Old Treasury.

Whilst the building is now a public museum, the Old Treasury continues its unbroken history of governance in the affairs of the state. The Governor of Victoria continues to meet weekly with the Executive Council to sign off legislation in the magnificent Executive Council Chamber situated on the first floor.

The City Museum houses three permanent exhibitions ("built on gold", "melbourne: a city built on gold", "growing up in old treasury") and a rotating program of temporary exhibitions. A comprehensive educational program is offered.

The City Museum
Old Treasury Building
Spring Street (top end of Collins Street)
Melbourne
Telephone 9651 2233

The Website:

http://www.oldtreasurymuseum.org.au/

Opening times:
9am to 5pm Monday to Friday
10am to 4pm Saturday, Sunday and public holidays

Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Good Friday

Admission: Adult $8.50, concession $5.00, family $18.00


Below, three postcards of The Old Treasury.

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The following are a few of my own photographs.

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^^^^Just love this building a must for all visitors to see and understand Melbournes fabulous Gold Rush history.

I have actually been upstairs of the treasury building, they have a board room upstairs for the Governor of Victoria and the Queen. I can't remember much now, but the board room was completely decked out with rare woods, tapestries and (obviously) gold.

The treasury building is a fine piece of building, same advice from me, the tourists of Melbourne should give it a visit.