EXHIBITION Well Built: Simmie and Co Master Builders (1924 - 1978)

Feb

Tuesday, February 07, 2023 at 09:00 AM through August 06, 2023

Location

Royal Historical Society of Victoria
239 A'Beckett St Melbourne
Melbourne , VIC 3000
Australia
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Event contact

Christina Browning
9326 9288

February 2 - June 30, 2023. 9am - 5pm.

An exhibition highlighting images from prominent building company Simmie & Co.

What do the Shrine of Remembrance forecourt, the Film and Sound Archive, the US Embassy and the Kensington RSL all have in common? They were all built by the pioneering building company, Simmie & Co.

Simmie & Co was a prominent building company in Melbourne (1924 to 1978). Their warehouse in Melbourne was based in Kensington, from which the highly successful company built many iconic structures.

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