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The Bates building is a heritage-listed commercial building located at 400–404 Sydney Road, Coburg, an inner northern suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The building was added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 9 January 1997 in recognition of its historic, aesthetic, social and architectural importance.

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Bates building, Coburg
Sydney Road, Melbourne Coburg

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