Victorian Period 1840-1890The Victorian Period of architecture began in 1840 one year after Queen Victoria was crowned Queen of England and the English Colonies. Australia grew during this period to become a major colony for England supplying many raw products for the growing industrial power. Victorian architecture embodied the affluence of the British Empire. At the same time architecture, furniture and art had the pretence of morality. Victorian architecture reflected back to the Renaissance stlyle and later Baroque mannerisms. Georgian symmetrical facades gave way to imposing Renaissance styles with columns, collonades, domes, pediments, and ornate masonry framed openings. The General Post Office building in Sydney by James Barnet in 1866 and Customs House by Charles McLay, architect in 1886, in Brisbane are examples of the Victorian Classical architecture. BOWRAL NSW 
Stafford Cottage in Bendooley St, Bowral, Architect and date unknown. Slate roof and decorative traceried barge boards are typical of the Rustic Gothic Victorian style (photo GBarr 2007) 
Bowral Town Hall, 1889, Bendooley St Bowral. Architect unknown. A Victorian Mannerist Style with protruding central section, unusual finials, and column motifs. (photo GBarr 2007) 
Bowral Council Building, Bendooley St Bowral. Architect unknown and date unknown. A Victorian Georgian Style with possible later Victorian addition to the entry. (photo GBarr 2007)  
St Judes Church (left) and Rectory (right), Bendooley St Bowral. part by Edmund Blacket, 1874 and by unknown architect 1887. All that remains of the original Blacket design is the bell turret, the western end of the vestry, the font, communion rails and the stone beneath the communion table. The delightfully arranged rectory was built in 1880. (photo GBarr 2007) MELBOURNE VICTORIA 
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