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MacRobertson Girls’ High School
The MacRobertson Girls’ High School buildings are a series of Heritage register, heritage-listed buildings constructed on the site of the Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, located on the Kings Way, in , South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The single-sex education, girls' school and the campus is named in honour of Macpherson Robertson, Sir Michael Macpherson Robertson after MacRobertson donated £100,000 to the State of Victoria, £40,000 of which was spent to construct the school. Norman Seabrook of Seabrook and Fildes architecture practice, designed the building after winning the state-wide design competition with his functional and modern design entry in the Australian non-residential architectural styles#Inter-war Functionalist & Moderne, Inter-war Functionalist & Moderne style. Constructed in 1934 during 1934 Centenary of Melbourne, centenary celebrations of Victoria, MacRobertson was vital to the progress of modernist architecture in Australia and essential in the stron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
