Name/TitleUniversity of Melbourne: Quadrangle Building: Law School, c. 1900
About this objectThis photograph of the Quadrangle, the first major building to be constructed at the University of Melbourne campus, has been taken from the north-east. Due to the unfinished building of the south wing of the Quadrangle, photographs tended to show the back of the building, the north wing, enhanced by the lake and ornamental gardens in the foreground.
The architect, Francis Maloney White, based his design on contemporary British university buildings which favoured the Tudor Gothic style to denote ties to traditional seats of learning, but with an absence of ecclesiastic features, to indicate modernity and secular ideas.
The foundation stone was laid in 1854 by the first Chancellor, Sir Redmond Barry, and the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Charles Hotham.
The imposing North Wing was constructed in 1857 after the east and west wings, and included two theatres for science lectures and demonstrations. There was also a museum on the first floor, and a library installed in an 1875 extension.
A creek was dammed to create the lake, and gardens of native and exotic plantings and meandering paths were landscaped around the Quadrangle.
One of the many glass slides purchased from retailers or specifically made for illustrated lectures given by Isaac Selby between c. 1930 and c. 1955 to raise money for the Old Pioneers Memorial Fund.
For more information about this image contact Royal Historical Society of Victoria.
Measurements8.2 x 8.2 cm
Period1890-1900
Object TypeGlass slide
Subject and Association KeywordsSelby, Isaac, 1859-1956
Subject and Association KeywordsUniversity of Melbourne (Parkville, Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsBarry, Redmond, Sir, 1813-1880.
Subject and Association KeywordsHotham, Charles, Sir, 1806-1855.
Subject and Association KeywordsWhite, Francis Maloney, 1819-1888
Subject and Association KeywordsArchitecture
Subject and Association KeywordsHistoric buildings and sites
Subject and Association KeywordsCarlton (Vic.)
Named CollectionImages collection
Object numberGS-BCS-44
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