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St Giles' Presbyterian Church, Geelong

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St Giles' Presbyterian Church, Geelong
St Giles' Presbyterian Church, Geelong

St Giles' Presbyterian Church was a historic Presbyterian church in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The church, which opened in 1862, served the Presbyterian community up until 1977, when it was deemed redundant as a result of a dwindling congregation. The church building itself was saved as a result of its listing on the Victorian Heritage Database, and the interior has since been transformed into various office spaces.

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St Giles' Presbyterian Church, Geelong
Gheringhap Street, Geelong Geelong

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Gheringhap Street 74
3220 Geelong, Geelong
Victoria, Australia
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T & G Building, Geelong
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The T & G Building is a heritage listed landmark in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, on the corner of Moorabool and Ryrie Streets. The building's style is a blend of Art Deco and Classicism. Both of those styles can be noted in the buildings geometric grooves, vertical lines and stepped form. The exterior of the ground floor features chevron grill patterns, that is characteristic of Art Deco architecture. Construction was announced by the T & G Mutual Life Assurance Society in June 1933, partly with the idea of stimulating employment while Geelong was still suffering the effects of the Great Depression. The building cost AU£37,000 ($74,000, about $4,000,000 today) and was completed in 1934. In June 1934 the unique "Father and Son" clock was switched on. As well as having the usual four clock faces at the top of the tower, the mechanism includes two life-sized cast bronze figures of a farmer and his son, in typical period farm-workers' dress, who emerge from a window in the south side of the upper section the tower and 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.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 resulted in the repainting of the building and the clock being repaired. Much of the ground floor was vacant during 2012, but the building was bought and restored by Dean Montgomery and his brother. In mid-2014, it was purchased by Deakin University to use as student accommodation. The conversion of the building into 33 studio apartments and common areas was commissioned to Studio 101 Architects in Geelong and built by Nicholson Construction.