Classroom School of MinesBendigo Victoria
The Classroom School of Mines in Bendigo is a group of four separate buildings, all of which have been individually classified or recorded and were designed by W C Vahland and built between 1864 and 1891. Although situated quite close together they are quite different in character, size and style. The first building was completed in 1865 for the Mechanics Institute and Free Library and a two-storey extension for the School of Mines were added in 1873. In 1879 Vahland added a new facade linking these two buildings on the McCrae Street frontage and at the same time the first part of the single storey Chemical and Metallurgical Laboratory at the rear was completed. The next building to be completed was the classrooms and workshops block which faces onto Hargreaves Street. This was completed in 1884 and the classrooms were used for geometry, architectural drawing and building construction which were taught by Vahland. In 1890 a new three-storey extension to the McCrae Street building was completed and in 1891 major alterations and additions were carried out to the laboratories. Address: Hargraves Street, Bendigo, in grounds of Bendigo Technical College |
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