Castlemaine Historic Market Building
Castlemaine Historic Market Building
Castlemaine Historic Market Building
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วิคตอเรีย, ออสเตรเลีย61,856 ผลงาน
ก.ย. ค.ศ. 2021
The northern, or Central Market building in Castlemaine was built in 1862 to the plans of William Benyon Downe -the town surveyor. It was originally designed to sit between two smaller market buildings: the Eastern Market building, demolished in 1917 to make way for the Castlemaine Technical School (which was in turn converted to a supermarket and mall in the early 1990s), and the Western Market building, also demolished in 1917 and replaced in 1920 by the RSL clubrooms, which still stand.
Following the building’s restoration in 1973, it was used as a museum until, in 2000, it was converted to a tourist information centre and exhibition space.
It has a gorgeous history... and the building most certainly stands as a testament to another time where money was no issue. You can't but help notice it's lines and it's features if you visit Castlemaine.
Following the building’s restoration in 1973, it was used as a museum until, in 2000, it was converted to a tourist information centre and exhibition space.
It has a gorgeous history... and the building most certainly stands as a testament to another time where money was no issue. You can't but help notice it's lines and it's features if you visit Castlemaine.
เขียนเมื่อ 1 ตุลาคม ค.ศ. 2021
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Peter S
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Review of Historical Market Building, Castlemaine, Victoria
Leaving the house late morning it had taken an hour to drive around Melbourne CBD and pick up the M79 freeway for Bendigo. We had taken a coffee stop just north of the city – at the first fuel/services that we had found; there had been this giant BP sign with the various food places listed to one side of the road and a car park that was overflowing – it was that time of the morning and … ‘great minds’ had clearly come into play. Then it was back on the road heading for Bendigo where we had an Airbnb place booked for much of the week. We looked forward to being ‘first-timers’ in the city and surroundings.
But you can’t drive straight there and not take a loop through the hinterland where, 170 years ago, what turned out to be the richest source of gold on the planet had been discovered and was on the brink of being exploited; all that history. The stories of those times have become the legends that have provided the basis for modern Australia. Well, there’s only so much time in the week and this was day #1 and Castlemaine was just a few kilometres off the freeway; a loop through Chewton – where the first pre-Castlemaine tented encampment really began – was a logical choice. In reality, however, Chewton deserves more than a drive through, even when going slowly; this enables you to capture the first of the permanent buildings from those times that remain through to the present day. Images of those early BxW photos from the history books but scattered along the Pyrenees Hwy; amongst the trees that have repaired the scarred landscape that resulted from mining for alluvial gold - the bright sunshine of the day, brilliant colours everywhere and the modern vehicles and properties contrasted with the first photos (and paintings) of those times.
And, not just Chewton, but also Castlemaine for we did little more than ‘drive through’ with our visit to the town – it was originally a town, then designed a city in the mid-1960s as the population continued to grow, only to revert to town status 30 years later following civic re-organization across the districts. The national 2016 census shows a modern-day population of c. 5,700 which places the gold-mining rush of the 1850s in context. Gold was first discovered in mid-1851; by September there were >8,000 diggers working the local creeks around Chewton and, by year’s end, there were an estimated 25,000 at work. A local administration/government camp was established close by, which eventually became the new township of Castlemaine.
The commercial centre of Castlemaine is small - it is a walker’s delight with wide streets and sheltered pavements on either side, plentiful parking and, during our visit, it was relatively empty mid-day. Issues of the Covid-19 pandemic had clearly reduced tourist traffic across the heritage goldmining country of Central Victoria which – two months later – continues to impact the local economies notwithstanding the pristine images that you capture by walking and/or driving around the town and into the local heritage park based upon the diggings. The town contains a collection of prestigious – mainly Victorian era - buildings that resulted from the investment of the townsfolk celebrating the civic pride of the community that had been established from what had once been empty country – sheep runs, squatters, shepherds and the few people who serviced them.
Check out a handful of the original privately-owned buildings - A. Verey & Co.’s Royal Studios, Cumberland Hotel, Imperial Hotel and Theatre Royal (reputedly the oldest in the country); and then do the same for selected civic buildings. The Art Gallery & Museum (closed during our visit), Post Office, Jail, Town Hall, St. Mary’s Hall, School of Mines & Industry and the historical Market Building. Wander the CBD and take in those historical images of streets/corners with shops that date back >140 years.
Take note of the nature of alluvial goldmining of those days – surface only; there was none of the subterranean quartz reefs to exploit (that gave rise to the wealth, for example, of Bendigo). This emphasized the transient nature of the population, as the mining population and those who serviced them quickly moved on. By the late 1870s the township had reached its economic zenith – this is what you see today; those who had not followed the search for gold into new country, who settled and began exploiting the agricultural potential of the land/soils. Which further emphasized the value of the local markets that were being established – providing space, cover, organization and commercial opportunity.
A dedicated location for a market/meeting place was included in the initial survey of the proposed town, which led directly to the construction of two marketing halls during the latter part of the 1850s. The larger and more substantial Marketing Building – the one that has remained through to the current day - was built between them during the 1860s. The three buildings have led a precarious existence at times; the earlier two buildings were demolished during the 1920s and replaced, respectively by school, supermarket, RSL Centre and parkland. The site which houses the remaining/existing Marketing Building has, at various times, been proposed for a swimming pool, offices and showroom; proposals that were subsequently defeated with a public referendum for retaining the building notwithstanding its unsuitability as a marketing centre into the modern era.
Enter the National Trust, the establishment of a Committee of Management, fund raising and strong community support - and the building was rescued/restored as an historical civic centre; it now provides an Information Centre and hosts all kinds of civic, social and private events. During the time of our visit, it contained a floor-standing art display. This is a gorgeous period building with an interesting design; central hall featuring exposed wooden roof tresses, high level windows beneath the eaves of the roof - light and airy – and, beneath the windows, a series of arches on either side that front arcades in which market stalls would once have been located.
Perhaps, best of all the front of the building has a unique entrance comprising central Romanesque portico with matching stand-alone towers on either side. Atop the portico is a figurine of Ceres the Roman goddess of agriculture/food (and hence the word ‘cereals’). The entrance suggests a designer from the 1860s with imagination and flair. Contemporary reporting links the design to the Mistley Towers – all that remain of the Georgian Church of St Mary & St Michael in Mistley, Essex, England that was demolished during the mid-1860s. The Victorian church that replaced it was built 250 m away. The towers now stand alone either side of the entrance into the original cemetery.
Cross Mostyn Street and take in the facade of the entrance in all its elegant design. Then, loop through Victory Park passed the WW1 field guns outside the RSL and return to the other end of the Market Building. Stand on the ramp leading into the rear entrance of the building – overlooking the ‘You are here’ map of the town – and take in the car park and the service buildings across the Pyrenees Hwy (sure, hardly an iconic view); appreciate the original marketplace, the people and their livelihoods that this space once represented >160 years ago.
Peter Steele
24 June 2021
Leaving the house late morning it had taken an hour to drive around Melbourne CBD and pick up the M79 freeway for Bendigo. We had taken a coffee stop just north of the city – at the first fuel/services that we had found; there had been this giant BP sign with the various food places listed to one side of the road and a car park that was overflowing – it was that time of the morning and … ‘great minds’ had clearly come into play. Then it was back on the road heading for Bendigo where we had an Airbnb place booked for much of the week. We looked forward to being ‘first-timers’ in the city and surroundings.
But you can’t drive straight there and not take a loop through the hinterland where, 170 years ago, what turned out to be the richest source of gold on the planet had been discovered and was on the brink of being exploited; all that history. The stories of those times have become the legends that have provided the basis for modern Australia. Well, there’s only so much time in the week and this was day #1 and Castlemaine was just a few kilometres off the freeway; a loop through Chewton – where the first pre-Castlemaine tented encampment really began – was a logical choice. In reality, however, Chewton deserves more than a drive through, even when going slowly; this enables you to capture the first of the permanent buildings from those times that remain through to the present day. Images of those early BxW photos from the history books but scattered along the Pyrenees Hwy; amongst the trees that have repaired the scarred landscape that resulted from mining for alluvial gold - the bright sunshine of the day, brilliant colours everywhere and the modern vehicles and properties contrasted with the first photos (and paintings) of those times.
And, not just Chewton, but also Castlemaine for we did little more than ‘drive through’ with our visit to the town – it was originally a town, then designed a city in the mid-1960s as the population continued to grow, only to revert to town status 30 years later following civic re-organization across the districts. The national 2016 census shows a modern-day population of c. 5,700 which places the gold-mining rush of the 1850s in context. Gold was first discovered in mid-1851; by September there were >8,000 diggers working the local creeks around Chewton and, by year’s end, there were an estimated 25,000 at work. A local administration/government camp was established close by, which eventually became the new township of Castlemaine.
The commercial centre of Castlemaine is small - it is a walker’s delight with wide streets and sheltered pavements on either side, plentiful parking and, during our visit, it was relatively empty mid-day. Issues of the Covid-19 pandemic had clearly reduced tourist traffic across the heritage goldmining country of Central Victoria which – two months later – continues to impact the local economies notwithstanding the pristine images that you capture by walking and/or driving around the town and into the local heritage park based upon the diggings. The town contains a collection of prestigious – mainly Victorian era - buildings that resulted from the investment of the townsfolk celebrating the civic pride of the community that had been established from what had once been empty country – sheep runs, squatters, shepherds and the few people who serviced them.
Check out a handful of the original privately-owned buildings - A. Verey & Co.’s Royal Studios, Cumberland Hotel, Imperial Hotel and Theatre Royal (reputedly the oldest in the country); and then do the same for selected civic buildings. The Art Gallery & Museum (closed during our visit), Post Office, Jail, Town Hall, St. Mary’s Hall, School of Mines & Industry and the historical Market Building. Wander the CBD and take in those historical images of streets/corners with shops that date back >140 years.
Take note of the nature of alluvial goldmining of those days – surface only; there was none of the subterranean quartz reefs to exploit (that gave rise to the wealth, for example, of Bendigo). This emphasized the transient nature of the population, as the mining population and those who serviced them quickly moved on. By the late 1870s the township had reached its economic zenith – this is what you see today; those who had not followed the search for gold into new country, who settled and began exploiting the agricultural potential of the land/soils. Which further emphasized the value of the local markets that were being established – providing space, cover, organization and commercial opportunity.
A dedicated location for a market/meeting place was included in the initial survey of the proposed town, which led directly to the construction of two marketing halls during the latter part of the 1850s. The larger and more substantial Marketing Building – the one that has remained through to the current day - was built between them during the 1860s. The three buildings have led a precarious existence at times; the earlier two buildings were demolished during the 1920s and replaced, respectively by school, supermarket, RSL Centre and parkland. The site which houses the remaining/existing Marketing Building has, at various times, been proposed for a swimming pool, offices and showroom; proposals that were subsequently defeated with a public referendum for retaining the building notwithstanding its unsuitability as a marketing centre into the modern era.
Enter the National Trust, the establishment of a Committee of Management, fund raising and strong community support - and the building was rescued/restored as an historical civic centre; it now provides an Information Centre and hosts all kinds of civic, social and private events. During the time of our visit, it contained a floor-standing art display. This is a gorgeous period building with an interesting design; central hall featuring exposed wooden roof tresses, high level windows beneath the eaves of the roof - light and airy – and, beneath the windows, a series of arches on either side that front arcades in which market stalls would once have been located.
Perhaps, best of all the front of the building has a unique entrance comprising central Romanesque portico with matching stand-alone towers on either side. Atop the portico is a figurine of Ceres the Roman goddess of agriculture/food (and hence the word ‘cereals’). The entrance suggests a designer from the 1860s with imagination and flair. Contemporary reporting links the design to the Mistley Towers – all that remain of the Georgian Church of St Mary & St Michael in Mistley, Essex, England that was demolished during the mid-1860s. The Victorian church that replaced it was built 250 m away. The towers now stand alone either side of the entrance into the original cemetery.
Cross Mostyn Street and take in the facade of the entrance in all its elegant design. Then, loop through Victory Park passed the WW1 field guns outside the RSL and return to the other end of the Market Building. Stand on the ramp leading into the rear entrance of the building – overlooking the ‘You are here’ map of the town – and take in the car park and the service buildings across the Pyrenees Hwy (sure, hardly an iconic view); appreciate the original marketplace, the people and their livelihoods that this space once represented >160 years ago.
Peter Steele
24 June 2021
เขียนเมื่อ 26 มิถุนายน ค.ศ. 2021
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K C
2 ผลงาน
พ.ย. ค.ศ. 2020
Lovely historic building. Worth walking through - doesn’t take long, and learning about it’s significance when built. Interesting art work for sale on display.
เขียนเมื่อ 10 พฤศจิกายน ค.ศ. 2020
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platypus150
เมลเบิร์น, ออสเตรเลีย27,089 ผลงาน
มี.ค. ค.ศ. 2020
It is not just the building, but the setting and its use as a gallery and an information centre has been well chosen. It is cool inside in the Summer months and has an accessible ramp with public toilets close by. All is set in a beautiful park as well.
เขียนเมื่อ 12 มีนาคม ค.ศ. 2020
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Jeffry b
Essendon, ออสเตรเลีย12,868 ผลงาน
ต.ค. ค.ศ. 2019
The Historic Market Building now houses the Castlemaine tourist information centre. It's a fine old buidling, built in the 1850s, when Castlemaine was afloat on gold. Unfortunately, although the people on the desk knew what they were talking about, a number of attractions were closed for winter.
เขียนเมื่อ 8 ตุลาคม ค.ศ. 2019
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Oldjack
Greater Melbourne, ออสเตรเลีย27,425 ผลงาน
ม.ค. ค.ศ. 2019 • คู่รัก
This historical old market building was built in 1858 and housed some 22 shops selling fresh produce and it was this old market I recalled. It closed in 1967 and was taken on by the National Trust and renovated in 2000 and is now a pretty swish information center and art show. Fortuntaely the beautiful old building has been retained in all its glory and vegetables are avialble in the nearby Coles.
เขียนเมื่อ 13 มกราคม ค.ศ. 2019
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Robert S
Melbourne, Australia5 ผลงาน
พ.ค. ค.ศ. 2018 • เพื่อนๆ
Lovely old building with original features Now used for Tourist centre. See how aniold market was set out. Ofren has art shows and other exhibits worth viewing.
เขียนเมื่อ 1 พฤษภาคม ค.ศ. 2018
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heatherandgeoff
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เม.ย. ค.ศ. 2017 • คู่รัก
A most interesting place, with lots of history. The gentleman that was on duty that day, had lots of stories to tell.
เขียนเมื่อ 9 มีนาคม ค.ศ. 2018
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Love this feedback, thanks! Glad you had a good experience in our region.
เขียนเมื่อ 12 มีนาคม ค.ศ. 2018
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Christine C
Echuca, ออสเตรเลีย300 ผลงาน
พ.ย. ค.ศ. 2017 • เดินทางคนเดียว
This is a lovely old building which has been given a new life as a tourist information centre and art gallery. The old diving bell is amazing. The staff are friendly and helpful.
เขียนเมื่อ 3 ธันวาคม ค.ศ. 2017
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Thanks for the lovely feedback Christine! More than 100 local artists have work on display here at the moment, glad you got to enjoy.
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Always Curious
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ส.ค. ค.ศ. 2017 • คู่รัก
Used as an exhibition centre. There was a very appealing art exhibition on display plus historical snippets about the area. A useful information centre is also in the building.
เขียนเมื่อ 8 สิงหาคม ค.ศ. 2017
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- อา. - ส. 09:00 น. - 17:00 น.
- โรงแรมใกล้ๆ Castlemaine Historic Market Building:
- (0.32 กม.) Castlemaine Central Cabin & Van Park
- (0.37 กม.) Fig Cafe & Accommodation
- (0.33 กม.) Aarav Cottage
- (0.33 กม.) Globe Guesthouse
- (0.48 กม.) Castlemaine Colonial Motel
- ร้านอาหารใกล้ๆ Castlemaine Historic Market Building:
- (0.14 กม.) Naam Pla Thai Take-away
- (0.18 กม.) Saff's Cafe
- (0.15 กม.) Phamily Kitchen Castlemaine
- (0.12 กม.) Run Rabbit Run
- (0.11 กม.) The Blue Sea Fish Shop
- สถานที่ท่องเที่ยวใกล้ๆ Castlemaine Historic Market Building:
- (0.02 กม.) Guided Walking Tours of Castlemaine
- (0.02 กม.) Castlemaine Visitor Centre
- (0.04 กม.) Castlemaine War Memorial
- (0.06 กม.) Castlemaine Farmers' Market
- (0.16 กม.) Theatre Royal