Victoria Billiard Saloon
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Victoria Billiard Saloon is situated on Stirling Terrace in
Toodyay, Western Australia Toodyay (, nys, Duidgee), known as Newcastle between 1860 and 1910, is a town on the Avon River in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, north-east of Perth. The first European settlement occurred in the area in 1836. After flooding i ...
and is one of the few remaining billiard saloons in the state. It was purpose built as a billiard saloon in the mid-1890s adjacent to the Victoria Hotel. The builder was H. Davey and the building originally comprised two shops with the saloon at the rear. It is of brick construction with corrugated iron roof gable roof. The front façade is rendered with a decorative parapet with finials, columns and
pilaster In classical architecture Classical architecture usually denotes architecture which is more or less consciously derived from the principles of Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity, or sometimes even more specifically, from the ...
s. In the 1930s the premises was used as a betting shop. Later it was a barber's shop before returning to use as a billiard room.


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Buildings and structures in Toodyay, Western Australia Stirling Terrace, Toodyay {{Australia-struct-stub