What’s been Lost
Over the years many fine buildings in the centre of Perth, many dating from the first gold rush in the 1890s have been demolished to make way for the ‘concrete giants’ which now dominate the city skyline. The following is a selection of fine buildings of central Perth that are, alas, no more.
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- A wet day in the 1930s on St George’s Terrace
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- A St George’s Terrace group: ANZ Bank, Commercial Assurance, City Mutual Assurance and London Court (thankfully, still there)
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- The Stock Exchange (St George’s Terrace). Built in 1890, but when did it go?
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- St George’s Cathedral Chambers (behind St George’s Cathedral). Built c. 1870 and demolished in the 1970s.
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- Moir’s Chambers, on the south-west corner of Barrack Street and St George’s Terrace, was designed by architect J.J. Talbot Hobbs in Federation Romanesque style and completed in 1897. It was then demolished in 1960 to make way for a second T & G building.
