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Bluestone

Image
Royal Auto, Dec 2011/Jan 2012 Open full image ↗
Acquisition number
1370
Catalogue number
emdf0247
File name
DF0247
File location
Digital archive

Newspaper clipping about the extensive use of bluestone in Melbourne. In East Melbourne it is commonly seen in lanes, foundations, kerbstones and gutters as well as some fine early buildings such as St. Patrick's Cathedral. In Melbourne's earliest days bluestone was quarried in what is now the Fitzroy Gardens.

Item type
Digital file
Author
Jenny Brown
Date of publication or creation
2011-12
Publisher
The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria
Copyright owner
The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria

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