T & G Building, Geelong
The T & G Building is a distinctive building in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is located on the corner of Moorabool and Ryrie Streets.
Construction was announced by the T & G Mutual Life Assurance Society in June 1933, while Geelong was still suffering the effects of the Great Depression. It costed 37,000 pounds ($74,000) and was completed by 1934.
The 'Father and Son' clock was installed near the top of the tower. As well as having the usual four clock faces, the mechanism includes two life-sized cast bronze figures of a farmer and his son, in typical period farm working dress, which emerge from a special window in the tower to strike the hour on large bell they are both holding. They symbolise a father handing over responsibility to his son, and urging him to continue the good work.[1]
By the mid 1990s the building had fallen into disrepair, the clock was unreliable, and the Father and Son no longer appeared to strike the hour. A public campaign led by the Geelong Advertiser led to the repaint of the building and the clock being repaired.
Much of the ground floor was vacant during 2012,[2] but the building was bought and restored by Dean Montgomery and his brother.[3] In mid-2014, it was purchased by Deakin University to use as student accommodation.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "T&G Building". Emporis. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ↑ "T&G Building Geelong". Intown Geelong. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
- ↑ Carol Altmann (26 May 2014). "Motor museum to revive Fletcher Jones site". Bluestone Magazine. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ↑ Aprhys, Alison (2014-07-08). "Deakin buys T&G building for about $2.8 million". Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
Further reading
- Begg, Peter. (1990). Geelong - The First 150 Years. Globe Press. ISBN 0-9592863-5-7
Coordinates: 38°08′57″S 144°21′37″E / 38.1492°S 144.3602°E