page_title: Victorian architecture
section_title: Australia
hierarchical_section_title: Victorian architecture / International spread of Victorian styles / Australia
caption_attribution_description: Collins Street, Melbourne CBD
context_page_description: Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century. Victorian refers to the reign of Queen Victoria, called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian were used in construction. However, many elements of what is typically termed "Victorian" architecture did not become popular until later in Victoria's reign. The styles often included interpretations and eclectic revivals of historic styles. The name represents the British and French custom of naming architectural styles for a reigning monarch. Within this naming and classification scheme, it followed Georgian architecture and later Regency architecture, and was succeeded by Edwardian architecture.
context_section_description: The Victorian period flourished in Australia and is generally recognised as being from 1840 to 1890, which saw a gold rush and population boom during the 1880s in the states of Victoria and New South Wales. There were fifteen styles that predominated:
  Victorian Georgian
  Victorian Regency
  Egyptian
  Academic Classical
  Free Classical
  Filigree
  Mannerist
  Second Empire
  Italianate
  Romanesque
  Tudor
  Academic Gothic
  Free Gothic
  Rustic Gothic
  Carpenter Gothic
  The Arts and Crafts style and Queen Anne style are considered to be part of the Federation Period, from 1890 to 1915.
caption: Modern skyscrapers on Collins Street, Melbourne, have been deliberately set back from the street in order to retain Victorian-era buildings.
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