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Parliament Area – Melbourne

The Parliament Precinct on Eastern Hill is a gracious area of great historic interest. Early founders of the city noted the favorable aspect of the hill and set it aside for Melbourne’s official and ecclesiastical buildings. The streets still retain the elegance of the Victorian era; the buildings, constructed with revenue from the gold rush are among the most impressive in the city. The Fitzroy Gardens, on the lower slopes of the hill, date back to the 1850s and provide a peaceful retreat complete with woodlands, glades, seasonal plantings and magnificent elm tree avenues.

 

Distinguished points

Parliament House

The Legislative Council in this 1850s building sits in a lavish, Corinthian chamber. The crimson color scheme is copied from the UK’s House of Lords.

Treasury Building

This Renaissance Revival style building was designed by draughtsman John James Clark in 1857. Built as government offices, with vaults to house the treasury’s gold, it is now the Museum of Melbourne.

Fitzroy Gardens

Landscape gardener James Sinclair was responsible for the superb features of these formal gardens, including winding paths, a fern gully, flowerbeds and avenues of blue gums, planes and elms.

Stanford Fountain

The beautiful centerpiece of the elegant Gordon Reserve was sculpted by the prisoner William Stanford while he was serving his sentence.

The Windsor Hotel, with its long and ornate façade, was built in 1884 and is the grandest surviving hotel of its era in Australia

Cook’s Cottage

This cottage was the English home of the parents of Captain James Cook. It was shipped to Australia in 1933 piece by piece and now houses displays about Cook and 18th-century life.

Tasma Terrace is a superb example of Melbourne’s distinctive terrace houses with ornate cast-iron decoration. It is now the headquarters of the National Trust.

St Patrick’s Cathedral

This is one of the best examples of Gothic Revival church architecture in the world. It was constructed between 1858 and 1897, with its impressive spires completed in 1937.





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