kulturnik's photos with the keyword: unimelbourne

James Gilbert’s Atlantes, the pair of massive stone classical male figures supporting the western entrance to the underground car park, was originally part of the Colonial Bank of Australasia Building on the corner of Elizabeth and Little Collins Streets. The bank donated them to the University in 1932 following the demolition of that elaborate 1880s city building. uninews.unimelb.edu.au/articleid_1440.html

Picture of the day for 9/24/07 in "Look at this!!!" group.

The bronze sculpture known as Charity being kind to the poor, now located at Melbourne Uni's Parkville Campus, on the lawn outside the Baillieu Library, was originally the ‘crowning piece’ of the massive entrance portico of the Equitable Life Assurance Society headquarters in Collins Street. The building was demolished in the late 1950s and the owners presented the sculpture to the University. Created by architect Edward W. Raht and sculptor Viktor Tilgner ( de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Tilgner ) at the Imperial Art Foundry in Vienna in about 1893, the substantially-scaled Charity, sheltering a huddled family, is a clear statement on the advantages of buying life insurance. Originally situated at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning’s Mount Martha site, it was relocated to its present location in 1981. cf. uninews.unimelb.edu.au/articleid_1440.html

Melbourne Uni, Electrical and Electronical Engineering building, new extension

Melbourne Uni, John Medley Building