Hogan Street 1955 floodtatura, buildings, historic

The Queen Victoria Monument by Australian Sculptor Sir Bertam MacKennal has a granite plinth with 4 bronze picture plates and granite bowl. The work was once a drinking fountain with decorative bronze spouts and taps set into the columned granite base. Queen Victoria died 22 January 1901, this work was commissioned and gifted to the City of Ballarat by the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. This work marked the end of her long reign on the English throne and as Empress of the British Empire including Australia. This magnificent statue commemorates the reign of Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901), and is located in Sturt Street, Ballarat, just outside the Town Hall. Listed on the Victorian Heritage Database (B7272), the Queen Victoria Monument is significant to the people of Victoria. The Queen Victoria Monument, Ballarat, is a key component of Sturt Street in Ballarat, a notable streetscape of the late Victorian era. It represents a pivotal element in the extensive series of public art forms erected during the late nineteenth century in the heyday of Ballarat and added to during the twentieth century. The Queen Victoria Monument is an over life size statue mounted on a freestone pedestal containing four bronze relief interpretive plaques. It is situated in front of the Ballarat Town Hall, a prominent position on the wide notable picturesque boulevard of Sturt Street. The presence of the monument in the notable Sturt Street gardens precinct together with other significant statues is of importance. The Queen Victoria Monument at Ballarat is historically significant as a fine example of a tribute to the reigning monarch, initiated by citizens, on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee, prior to her death. It reflects the fervour of the citizens of the town that played an important role in the development of the State of Victoria during the latter half of the nineteenth century. The Monument is important for its aesthetic characteristics in that it displays a combination of excellent examples of the artistry and technical skills of the sculptor E.B. MacKennal. These elements are evident in design, carving, and in casting of relief modelling.Sicilian marble statue of Queen Victoria with hand outstretched holding the Sovereign's Orb with small gold angel figure. Includes granite plinth with 4 bronze elements and granite bowl. Victoria Dei Gratia Britt Regina Fid. Def. Ind. Imp. 1900. Incorporates four fine bronze scenes from her life; Accession to the Throne (1837), Coronation (1838), Diamond Jubilee (1897) and Signing of the Constitution of the Australian Commonwealth (1900).queen victoria

Upper Main Street looking East. Poppet Heads in Background. Oriental Bank second on left then Quartz Reef Timber Yards. Intersection is Layzell St Main Street. Advertiser Office on right in front of Earlier Mechanics Institute. Part of a collection of Photographs by Mr. O.G. Armstrong as commissioned by the Shire of Stawell for the Inter-colonial and Paris Exhibition in Melbourne in 1866.Upper Main street with Poppet Heads in the background, the Oriental Bank second on left & then Quartz Reef Timber Yard 1867 Advertiser Office on right and earlier Mechanics Institute.Upper Main Street Reefs 1867stawell mining streetscape

Main Street. On Right is London Chartered Bank. W Muir Produce Dealer. Bank of Victoria. Part of a collection of Photographs by Mr. O.G. Armstrong as commissioned by the Shire of Stawell for the Inter-colonial and Paris Exhibition in Melbourne in 1866.stawell businesses streetscape

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Three photographs of Band Competition. Street March 1969 in front of Town Hall and McCracken's Main Street. Borthwicks. The Commercial Bank. Post Office and Foodland Visible.stawell streetscape

Three photographs of procession Main Street 1962. Showing Wall Bakers. C H Hansen. Commercial Bank. Post Office. Coles. Taken from Town Hall Hotel verandah. stawell streetscape

Procession Main Street c1915 across Wimmera Street Intersection looking East towards Post Office.stawell soldiers ww1 streetscape

Bull & Mouth Hotel Main Street Stawell Built 1907 c 1921 with cars in front.stawell streetscape

Victoria Coffee Palace & Stawell Coffee Palace formerly Castlemaine Hotel, Main Street from Victoria Street 1945stawell streetscape

Main Street Looking East c1930. From area of war memorial. Valentine Series No 1078stawell streetscape

Main Street Looking East 1938 or 1939 Valentine Series No 4005stawell streetscape

Main Street Looking East c1940 Valentine Series No 4006stawell streetscape

Street view Glenorchy Post Card taken from railway line. On right M.W. Edwards & Son. General Storestawell, streetscape

Main Street Stawell McClure's garage Post Office State Savings Bank on Right. 1930 looking East from St Georges Streetstawell businesses streetscape

Upper Main Street Looking East 1886. From left J Allingham Drapers. J Chadwick & Co Drapers. Bank of Victoria partly obscured, Commercial Hotel, Oriental bank, Punchard's Furniture. On right is the side of Mechanics Institute obscured. B.S. Dawson Chemists & Wadsworth Watchmaker. English Scottish & Australian Bank . Upper Main Street scene with people standing in roadway, Side of cart visible on left. c 1880stawell streetscape

Main Street Looking East. Post Office 1980'sstawell streetscape

Main Street Stawell. Crowd Scene with Army WW1 Tank. 1919. In front of C.C. McDonald Tobacconist. E.J. Copley Post Office Hotel. stawell streetscape ww1

Main Street looking East from Newtons Butchers 1906stawell streetscape

Main Street Looking East c1940 Valentine Series No 4006stawell streetscape

7098: Showing two houses looking up toward the courthouse. 7098a Same as 7098 but taken from a different angle looking down Patrick Street

This photograph is of Main Street Stawell lookingwest around c 1930's. The photo was taken from the Bull and Mouth Hotel whis is on the left side and other business. On the road are a few people and cars.Black and white Postcard Rose Series 1639 Looking down Main St From the Bull and Mouth Hotel Partially visable on the left. The Rose series, P 1639 Main Street, Stawell, Victoriastawell business shops streetscape

Main St. looking West from area of Doyle Lane. c1916stawell business streetscape

Scallan St - Mrs McClureColour photograph showing a red brick house, with tiled roof and with red brick fence with painted top. The house is hidden by treet and plants. Town hall to the left of house.streetscape

7103 - House with auction removal sign. -1 The view across the road to central park -2 View from the side showing seedling house and Stawell Bowling club -3 Showing the house on the truck looking towards the cab of the truck. -4 Looking back towards the house on the truck -5 The house on the truck just before turning a corner6 colour photographs showing the parks and gardens superintendents house streetscape

Stawell Civic Store, Senghpa's, Commercial Hotel, Oriental Bank/Bank of Australasia, ES & A Bank Upper Main Street Taken from higher up with cars in Main Street looking eastThe removal of verandahs from shop frontsstreetscape

Lower Main Street looking West towards the Unicorn Hotel later the Coffee Palace. c1882 formerly the Castlemaine Hotel and before then the Royal Hotel. Bullock wagons and horse drawn buggies in street. Railway Goods Shed and Railway Station and Church of Christ visible in distance. Anglican Church roof on right, J & A Price Grocer and Spirit Merchants.B/W. Main Street opposite where the Town Hall is now. Stawell Coffee Palace is in the centre and the Anglican Church on the right. The date is about 1880.?stawell business streetscape