A Place Across the River: They Aspired to Create the Victorian Arts Centre

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Macmillan Education AU, 2002 - Architecture - 320 pages
Vicki Fairfax's account of the struggle to build an Arts Centre for all Victorians located in the heart of Melbourne makes for very exciting reading. Set against problems ranging from identifying and securing a site to seeing it completed and in operating mode many years later, the story provides insights into the generosity, creativity and vision of the many people involved. This book, with its hundreds of historic photos, plans and drawings will interest arts academics and architectural enthusiasts alike.
 

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Section 1
35
Section 2
40
Section 3
43
Section 4
74
Section 5
78
Section 6
151
Section 7
162
Section 8
165
Section 10
196
Section 11
198
Section 12
202
Section 13
256
Section 14
262
Section 15
296
Section 16
298
Section 17
300

Section 9
175

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