Let's get it over with, these are the only photos east of Spring Street. Well east, in fact - Hawthorn, on Glenferrie Road, heading north.


Back to Spring Street, then. In fact, 1 Spring St., known as the Shell House, so it's no surprise to find the 1989 Shell Mace sculpture (by Charles O. Perry) outside.


The 1902 William Clarke statue is in the Treasury Gardens on the east side of the street. He was the first UK baronet from Australia.


Poet Rabbie (Robert to us English-speakers) Burns also found a home in Treasury Gardens for some reason. The sculptor of the original Ayr statue, George Anderson Lawson, carved this second one in 1904 and sent it on down to be "erected under the auspices of the Caledonian Society" per the plaque.


What good are Treasury Gardens without a Treasury Building? The old building was built north of the gardens in 1862. The 2nd photo shows the building behind the Stanford Fountain from Parliament Reserve; see more of that fountain (and more statues) via the big link at bottom.


The Honorable George Higinbotham stands on the north side of the building. He was Victorian Chief Justice from 1886-1982 and the statue dates to 1937.


Architectural details from the west side, including the main entrance.


Jumping back across the street for a moment, the residential Alcaston House (1930) is at the end of MacArthur Street and the south tip of Parliament Reserve. There are 4 different faces on each side of the main door, if you like faces. And I know you like faces.


Saving the best (and northernmost) for last, here's the Hotel Windsor, the last of the grand Victorian hotels remaining in Victoria. It was built in 1883 and greatly expanded to its current heft in 1888, and remains a five-star accommodation to this day.


Since it's Victoria, it has a ton of interesting details from top to bottom. These are therefore presented in similar order in batches: the first 3, next 3, and last 4 photos are each from the same original photo.


"More faces," you exclaimed. And so shall you have, at the main hotel entrance.

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