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historic building

Physical description

National Trust Collection: 12 pages with 24 sketches of buildings in Sandhurst (Bendigo), circa 1888. The book has been dismantled and the pages mounted on paper.
The book was produced by Schutze, Steffens and Company, 272 Little Collins Street, Melbourne (refer 3084.101H).
The book contains B&W high quality sketches of Sandhurst / Bendigo.
3084.101A & 3084.101B Cover of the book has been affixed to the paper no longer accessible. The two sketches, along with the two sketches on 3084.101B, provide a "general bird's eye view" of the development of Bendigo around 1888 across Rosiland Park
3084.101C Seven sketches - Sandhurst Savings Bank, Wesleyan Church, Congregational Church, S. Paul's Church, All Saints Church, Roman Catholic Bishop's Palace, & Roman Catholic St. Killian's Church
3084.101D Four sketches - Sandhurst Mechanic's Institute and School of Mines, Masonic Hall, Sandhurst Benevolent Asylum & Sandhurst State Scholl (Camp Hill PS)
3084.101E Three sketches - Alexandra Fountain and Pall Mall from Charing Cross, The Mining Exchange & Sandhurst Hospital
3084.101F Two sketches - Sandhurst Post office and Telegraph Offices, & Town Hall
3084.101G Four sketches - The Fernery in the City Reserve, The City Family Hotel, The New Chum Line of Reef, & Pioneer Battery at Long Gully. Also includes a newspaper cutting showing the redevelopment of the ANZ Bank site (Williamson Street & Pall Mall) which incorporates the wrought iron balustrade from the prior building on the site
3084.101H Messrs Schutze , Steffens & Company, 272 Little Collins Street Melbourne (the company produced the "Album of Sandhurst Views" book)