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Pran Central

Pran Central is a heritage-listed seven storey Edwardian Baroque style former department store, built in 1915 for Read, comprising a shopping centre with apartments above. The building is located on the corner of Chapel Street and Commercial Road in the well-known retail precinct of Prahran, a suburb in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The shopping centre occupies the lower ground, ground floor and first floor mezzanine, with approximately 30 specialty stores along with a food court. History The 1915 seven-storey building is notable for its Edwardian baroque architecture, parapets and dual domes. The National Trust of Australia (Victoria) has listed the building as being of regional architectural, historical and social importance. Jacob Wayman Read operated a successful drapery business in Chapel Street from 1886. In 1903 he partnered with the prosperous Adelaide retailer Charles Moore and Company, establishing a shop just south of the Commercial Road intersection next to the Prahran Hotel on the south west corner. Moore appears to have combined their names into Chas M. Read's. The business rapidly expanded with a larger three level building, then expanded to the south and took over part of the hotel by 1909. The business then took over the hotel and built the current large building, opening late 1914. Designed by Sydney Smith & Ogg, it was intended to replace the earlier store to the south with a matching extensions, but this was never built. The building housed what was reputed to be the largest suburban department store in Australia in 1956. After the store closed, the lower storeys were converted into a shopping centre named Prahran Central in 1978 as part of a major redevelopment effort by John Gandel and Maurice Alter. It then became Pran Central after further redevelopment in 1999. Some grand columns and coffered ceilings of the interior were retained. Lang Walker acquired the property in 1999 for $22 million, and carried out a $60 million upgrade. The shopping centre was refurbished and the upper six floors converted from office space into luxury apartments, including two added floors under a curved roof. SJB Architects won the 2004 City of Stonnington Urban Design Award for Best Heritage Design, Alterations and Additions/Restoration for the upgrade to the Pran Central Apartments. In 2006 the shopping centre was purchased by Precision Group, from Lang Walker for $34.5 million. Gallery See also Charles Moore and Co. References External links Official website Beyer, Emil (1905). Prahran Hotel and Read's first store (image). Picture Victoria. Government of Victoria.
The Rocks, Albany

The Rocks, also referred to as Government House or Government Cottage, is a residence in Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The building was constructed in 1882 for William Grills Knight, a prominent local identity, and his family. Knight later served as mayor of the City of Albany from 1886 to 1888 and the family remained at the property until 1910, the last owner being his daughter, Mary Knight. The building was sold to Mr Dymes who sold to Mr Butcher in 1910, who made various improvements on the building. The building is set on 8,196 square metres (88,221 sq ft) of manicured gardens situated on the side of Mount Melville and overlooks the town of Albany and Princess Royal Harbour. The Government of Western Australia acquired the property in 1912 to utilize as a summer cottage for vice regal dignitaries. During World War I the house was used as a convalescent home for wounded servicemen up until 1921 when the government started using the building again for vice regal visits. By 1937 the governor no longer required the building and it then served several purposes including being used as a school, maternity and general hospital. During World War II it was once again used by returned servicemen, and became a private hospital again in 1941. In 1944 it became a private residence and then in 1950 the building was used as a hostel for girls attending Albany Senior High School, with 30 girls taking up residence; this was later increased to 40. The Country Women's Association were managing the enterprise. The building was classified by the National Trust in 1977, and placed on the register of the National Estate in 1980. In the early 1990s it was once again briefly used as a hospital. The property is used as tourist accommodation and is the only five star heritage accommodation in Western Australia. The house is important as an example of the restrained architecture typical of Albany and of a large house of the period. It has a federation filigree style with seven bedroom, eight bathrooms, billiard room, library with Victorian styling and jarrah floorboards. In 2005 the building received a A$50,000 grant from the state government to assist with the cost of conservation work including the replacement of the aluminium windows and doors with jarrah frames. See also List of places on the State Register of Heritage Places in the City of Albany References
Mount Clear College

Mount Clear College, formerly known as Mount Clear Secondary College and Mount Clear Technical High School, is a public high school in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It was established after two secondary colleges, Ballarat Boys' Technical School and Ballarat Girls' High School amalgamated in 1981. The college is located in Mount Clear, seven km (4.3 mi) from Ballarat's central business district. History Ballarat Technical School was founded as a boys' school in 1913, and was officially opened in July 1915 by Sir Alexander Peacock. In 1976, following the successful amalgamation of the Ballarat Technical School and the Ballarat Girls' High School (est. 1951), Mount Clear Technical High School opened as a school for years 7 to 10 students. Both of those schools had a rich tradition that started in 1874. The Technical school, known as ”Central Tech", was located in Lydiard St South in the CBD and the High School, known as the "Girls School", was located in Barkly Street, Ballarat East. In 1977, four mini schools were established. One was for students at the Lydiard Street campus. It was known as Lalor Mini School. Students at the old Girls High site were part of the Barkly Mini School. In that year all new year 7 students were based at the Mount Clear campus. Two new mini schools, Canadian and Currawong were also added. In October 1981, a new building designed around the concept of the mini schools was completed. Students from Lalor Mini School were the first to move into the new building. By the end of that year all students had moved to the new site which was immediately to the east of the Mount Clear Recreation Reserve and just north of the former Mount Clear Railway Station. In the mid-1980s, in response to school community concerns, year 11 and 12 began to be taught at the school. The names of the mini schools have been retained in the forms of the house names, and on the logo. In 2002 the official name of Mount Clear College was adopted. Curriculum Students in Year 6 can apply for the ASPIRE (formerly known as the SEALP program) . Houses Barkly – named for Barkly Street, the former site of Ballarat Girls' School, now a campus of Ballarat Secondary College Canadian – named for the Ballarat suburb of Canadian Currawong – named for the currawong, an Australian bird Lalor – named for leader of the Eureka Rebellion and politician Peter Lalor Sport MCC is a member of the Ballarat Associated Schools (BAS). MCC has won the following BAS premierships. Boys: Badminton (2) – 2016, 2017 Lawn Bowls (1) - 2026 Girls: Badminton – 2015 Basketball – 1977 Volleyball (2) – 1976, 1977 Notable alumni Darren Cheeseman, former Member of the Australian Parliament for the Division of Corangamite Dan Golding, writer, composer, broadcaster, and academic See also Education in Ballarat List of schools in Ballarat List of schools in Victoria, Australia List of high schools in Victoria External links Mount Clear College website Archived 30 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine References
Prairiewood High School

Prairiewood High School is a government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school located in Wetherill Park, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1984, the school caters for approximately 1,200 students from Year 7 to Year 12, including 74 percent of whom come from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education. Campus Prariewood High School is one of the only High Schools in Sydney to have an observatory, alongside an Astronomy elective. Inside the observatory is a 12" Meade LX200 Schmidt–Cassegrain Telescope on a computerised German Equatorial Mount. Prariewood High School has an agricultural facility, which houses livestock and various fruit and vegetables. Notable alumni Elie Abwi (Toneshifterz) – Hardstyle DJ and music producer, attended Prairiewood High School from 2000 to 2006. Widely regarded as the face of Australian Hardstyle, he has performed at major festivals worldwide including Defqon.1, Tomorrowland and Electric Daisy Carnival, produced multiple official festival anthems, and pioneered the "PSYSTYLE" fusion of hardstyle and psytrance. See also List of government schools in New South Wales List of selective high schools in New South Wales References
Worawa Aboriginal College

Worawa Aboriginal College is a private boarding school for Aboriginal girls in Healesville, Victoria, Australia. History The school was established by Hyllus Maris in 1983. It was shut down in December 2007 for failing to meet minimum registration requirements, but was re-opened in May 2008. Description Worawa is an all-girls boarding school catering for young Aboriginal women in Years 7 to 12. Ambassadors As of 2021, ambassadors for the college include Angela Bates, Executive Producer of NITV Current Affairs; actor Deborah Mailman; lawyer Abigail Burchill; and AFL umpire Glenn James. In 2015 Anita Heiss became an ambassador for the school, but she is not listed on the Ambassadors' web page. References External links Official website
Collège aborigène de Worawa

Le Worawa Aboriginal College est un internat privé pour jeunes filles aborigènes situé à Healesville, dans l'État de Victoria, en Australie. Histoire L'école a été fondée par Hyllus Maris en 1983. Très mécontente de sa propre scolarité, qui ne mettait pas en évidence le rôle des Premières Nations dans l'histoire de l'Australie, elle forme le rêve d'une école aborigène. Hyllus Maris préside alors la Green Hills Foundation, qui contribue en 1983 à la création du collège, la première école aborigène indépendante enregistrée de Victoria. L'école ouvre ses portes à Frankston et déménage par la suite à Healesville. Elle est fermée en décembre 2007 pour non-respect des exigences minimales d'inscription, mais est rouverte en mai 2008. Description Worawa est un internat pour jeunes filles aborigènes non-mixte de la 7e à la 12e année, entièrement autogéré par la communauté aborigène. Lois Peeler, la sœur de Hyllus Maris en est la directrice en 2017. Elle a grandi sur la réserve de Cummeragunja, d'où sont aussi venues des personnalités comme Margaret Tucker, William Cooper (en), Jack Patten (en), Douglas Nicholls, Bill Onus (en). Sa propre mère Geraldine Briggs en vient aussi. Lois Peeler, est devenue une des premières femmes mannequins aborigènes avant de rejoindre un groupe de jeunes femmes nommé The Sapphires, qui est parti en tournée au Vietnam et dont l'histoire est racontée dans une pièce de théâtre de Tony Briggs (en) (The Sapphires (en)) et un film de 2012, Les Saphirs. Le Worawa Aboriginal Girls College est le seul internat dans l'État de Victoria réservé aux jeunes femmes autochtones pour les aider à poursuivre leurs études tout en leur enseignant leurs traditions culturelles aborigènes. Les élèves viennent de communautés aborigènes isolées et discriminées à travers l'Australie. Le collège est situé sur l'ancienne réserve de Coranderrk. Ambassadeurs En 2021, les personnes ambassadrices du collège comptaient Angela Bates, productrice exécutive de la National Indigenous Television (en) (NITV), l'actrice Deborah Mailman, l'avocate Abigail Burchill ; et l'arbitre de l'Australian Football League Glenn James (en). En 2015, Anita Heiss est devenue ambassadrice de l'école. Références Liens externes (en) Site officiel Site officiel Portail de l’Australie Portail des femmes et du féminisme
Wongarra

Wongarra is a locality in the Shire of Colac Otway, Victoria, Australia. In the 2016 census, Wongarra had a population of 37. The Great Ocean Road runs along the coastline through Wongarra, with Sunnyside Road the only road running inland in the area. Much of the northern area of Wongarra is either state forest or lies within the Great Otway National Park. The locality contains scenic tourist destinations Cape Patton and the Carisbrook Falls. A postal receiving office opened at Wongarra from 1 October 1912. Wongarra Post Office opened on 1 July 1927 and closed on 11 December 1971. Wongarra State School opened in 1893 and closed in 1930. It operated at different times as a half-time school with the schools at Skenes Creek and Geach's Track. The 3234 postcode, which includes Wongarra and Wye River, had the tenth-highest incomes of any in the state in 2010–11. It contains the four-star Whitecrest Resort, and the Points South holiday cottages, formerly run by ex-Tour de France cyclist Phil Anderson. The well-known Otway Harvest truffle farm is located on Sunnyside Road, Wongarra. It was most recently sold in mid-2014 for over A$2,000,000. In 2012, it reportedly sold its truffles wholesale for a price of $2,500 per kilogram. Surf Life Saving Australia rates the beaches along the Wongarra coastline as either highly or extremely dangerous for swimming, although they note that sections of them are popular for rock fishing. There are two surfing breaks in the area, known as "Boneyards" and "Juniors". The former Carisbrook Mill site, located off Sunnyside Road, is listed on the Shire of Colac Otway Heritage Inventory. References
Gordon Barnard Reserve

Gordon Barnard Reserve is a park in the suburb of Balwyn North, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is primarily used for sporting purposes on its two ovals but also contains a significant amount of native vegetation and gravel paths. History The site of the reserve was originally part of the creekbed for Glass Creek, being situated in a valley. It then became the municipal rubbish tip for the former City of Camberwell in the 1950s as the area rapidly developed. The Northern Pool, now Boroondara Sports Complex, was built in 1962 at the southern end of the area adjacent to Belmore Road. The date for the closing of the tip and its conversion to the present-day reserve is unknown. The reserve is named for a former curator of the City of Camberwell, Gordon Barnard. Access Cars may access the reserve through a small carpark off Balwyn Road in the west or a larger carpark adjacent to the sports pavilion and Boroondara Sports Complex in the south. Street parking is also available on Tuxen and Tovey Streets to the north. There is no through access between carparks for vehicles. Balwyn Road features the 285 bus service with a stop directly servicing the reserve near the Balwyn Leisure Centre building. The park is also indirectly accessible from Belmore Road bus routes 302 and 304. There is an extensive network of gravel and sealed paths throughout the park connecting various points inside the reserve. A primary circuit path follows the boundaries of most ovals which is suitable for walking, jogging or cycling. Paths also run through to Jacka Street Reserve in the east, Belmore Road to the south and Tovey Street to the north. Hislop Park is also accessible across Balwyn Road. Sporting clubs The following sporting clubs use the park: Balwyn Cricket Club Old Camberwell Grammarians Football Club Greythorn Football Club Canterbury Junior Football Club See also Hislop Park Macleay Park Balwyn North References
Mentone Beach

Mentone Beach is a beach located in Mentone, on Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia, 21 kilometres south from the Melbourne City Centre. Mentone beach is the northern section of a beach that extends alongside Beaumaris Bay from the cliffs at Rickett's Point in Beaumaris to Frankston in the south on the eastern shoreline of Port Phillip Bay. Mentone Beach is one of the Port Phillip Bay beaches associated with the Heidelberg School of Australian artists. Geology Mentone Beach was formed when Port Phillip sunklands in southern Victoria were inundated to form Port Phillip Bay. The inundation was triggered in part by the Selwyn Fault on the east and the Rowsley Fault on the west side of the bay. The Beaumaris Monocline is a geological feature which is expressed in the cliffs near Beaumaris and Rickett's Point at the northern end of Mentone Beach. This structure controls the coastal indentation, and therefore the Mentone and Mordialloc beaches, which lie due south of Rickett's Point. Seagull rock is a large rock in the shallow water off the beach. It is home to albatrosses, cormorants and seagulls. OzCoast, the Geoscience Australia Online Coastal Information Database, describes Mentone Beach as: Aboriginal history Prior to European settlement the area around Mentone Beach was the land of the Bunurong people of the Kulin nation. Between 1839 and 1849 the Bunurong people and the area around Mentone Beach came under the control of the Port Phillip Protectorate. European history In the summer of 1886 and 1887 Tom Roberts and Frederick McCubbin who had formed the Heidelberg School of painting set up a painters camp at Mentone to paint outdoors. It was here they first met Arthur Streeton painting at Rickett's Point. Roberts later described the meeting and his first impressions of Streeton, "'He was standing out on the wet rocks, painting there, and I saw that his work was full of light and air. We asked him to join us and that was the beginning of a long and delightful association." A number of significant and important Australian painting resulted from the Heidelberg School camps in and around Mentone Beach. In the late 1800s Mentone was founded as a resort town with the beach as one of the main attractions. The Mentone railway station, opened in 1881, provided access from the city of Melbourne. In 1884 an enclosed sea baths were built at Mentone Beach by the National Land Company to attract holiday makers and to boost real estate sales. Men and women used the sea baths at different times with coloured flags, white for women and red for men, indicating which gender was allowed to use the facilities. Between 1891 and 1964 there was also a pier located at the bottom of Naples Road that stretched over 100 metres out to sea. The Mentone Lifesaving Club was formed in 1920 when the newly created City of Mordialloc (now the City of Kingston) donated two bathing boxes to the newly formed Mentone Swimming and Life Saving Club on the site to the south of the former Mentone Pier. References
Willoughby Bus Depot

Willoughby Bus Depot is a bus depot in the Sydney suburb of Willoughby operated by Busways. History Willoughby Bus Depot opened on 1 July 1958 on the site of a former tannery. It operated routes, which were a combination of tram replacement routes and existing services operated by North Sydney Bus Depot. In January 2022 it was included in the transfer of Region 7 from State Transit to Busways. In 2023, the bus depot was planned to be converted to electric charging technology to accommodate a new fleet of electric buses as part of the Zero Emissions Bus Program. As of April 2026, it has an allocation of 122 buses. References External links Service NSW
Forbes Primary School

Forbes Primary School is a public coeducational primary school located in the Adelaide suburb of South Plympton, South Australia. It is administered by the South Australian Department of Education, with an enrolment of 210 students and a teaching staff of 21, as of 2023. The school caters to students from Reception to Year 6. History The school opened on Friday, 17 October 1952 with a puppet show being the main event. After the school's opening an auction took place to raise funds for school supplies. A windmill was one of the over 200 items sold at the auction. A fire at the school occurred in 1960, destroying seventeen classrooms. In 2017, three children broke into the school and caused significant damage, which included paint being splatted over the walls, floors, and electrical equipment. Demographics In 2023, the school had a student enrollment of 210 with 21 teachers (17.8 full-time equivalent) and 17 non-teaching staff (11.7 full-time equivalent). Female enrollments consisted of 95 students and Male enrollments consisted of 115 students; Indigenous enrollments accounted for a total of 15% and 40% of students had a language background other than English. Notable alumni Philip Tyler, politician See also List of schools in South Australia References External links Official site
Hallett Power Station

Hallett Power Station is located in Canowie, in the Mid North of South Australia, located about 210 kilometres (130 mi) north of Adelaide. It was commissioned in 2001 and opened in 2002. It was built by AGL Energy, but was sold in 2007, and is currently operated by EnergyAustralia. It has capacity of approximately 200 megawatts (270,000 hp), and connects to the National Electricity Grid. It contains 12 gas turbine generators. The company plans a 50 MW / 200 MWh battery at the site. The powerstation is fuelled by natural gas drawn from the Moomba Adelaide Pipeline System, and can also operate from a back-up supply of diesel in the event of a failure of the gas supply. It was built using second-hand gas turbines. These are all General Electric (GE) Frame 5 units, manufactured under licence by John Brown, AEG and Nuovo Pignone. References
ТЕС Халлетт

ТЕС Халлетт (Hallett) – теплова електростанція на півдні Австралії. В умовах збільшення питомої частки електроенергії з відновлюваних джерел (графік виробництва яких вирізняється нестабільністю) в Австралії почали активно споруджувати пікові електростанції. Зокрема, в 2002 році на майданчику ТЕС Халлетт ввели в дію дванадцять встановлених на роботу у відкритому циклі газових турбін розробки General Electric типу 5001 (Frame 5) загальною потужністю 203 МВт. Всі вони раніше використовувались на електростанціях Австралії, Канарських островів, Чилі та Фінляндії. Фактичними виробниками турбін були британська John Brown (5 одиниць), німецька AEG (3 одинциі) та італійська Nuovo Pignone (4 одиниці), оскільки General Electric активно продавала лицензії на випуск типу Frame 5. В 2019-му додатково змонтували газову турбіну від General Electric типу LM2500 потужністю 32 МВт. Станція працює на природному газі, що надходить по перемичці від трубопроводу Мумба – Аделаїда. Примітки
Burt Memorial Hall

Burt Memorial Hall is a hall located on the southern side of Cathedral Square on St Georges Terrace, in Perth, Western Australia. Septimus and Louisa Burt gifted it to the Anglican Church in Perth, in memory of their sons who had lost their lives in World War I, Theodore in 1917, and Francis in 1918. The site was formerly the location of an old bungalow building used as a military officers quarters before becoming a church office. The foundation stone was laid on 26 October 1917 by Sir John Forrest, and the hall was opened on 12 June 1918 by Lieutenant Governor Sir Edward Albert Stone. The hall was designed by George Herbert Parry and built by C. W. Arnott. In 1922, in memory of Septimus Burt, a stained glass window was placed in the hall. The hall was utilised for a number of activities, including proselytising for secession in the 1930s. It was also used as a venue for exhibitions and events in the 1930s, and during the Second World War. The hall was renovated in the late 1930s, with reopening celebrated in 1939. Further renovations occurred in 2010, with a 2014 completion, including a re-roofing. The hall was reopened and rededicated at Evensong on 20 July 2014. In 2017 two statues of soldiers and two plaques were set into the southern wall to commemorate the centenary of the building. References