1890 - School of Arts, Rockley, NSW
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S 33° 41.462 E 149° 33.792
55H E 737590 N 6269151
The Schools of Arts is a Victorian Italianate hall constructed for Arthur Budden in 1890.
Waymark Code: WMP8DM
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 07/19/2015
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Although the date stones don't give the actual day they were laid the NSW Government's Office of Environment & Heritage (
visit link) give the date as 28 July 1890.
The hall was originally a Mechanics Institute but over the years has been used for grand balls, dances, war service functions, stage plays, dinners and school functions, and it was once used as a picture theatre.
Emma Brownlow (married Williams) born 1856 was a pioneer of Rockley who fled France during the Industrial Revolution.
The building is still in use as a hall for functions, dances etc & is in a reasonable state of repair.
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