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Yarrowee Hall is an eleven roomed Victorian residence built c. 1870. for Robert Malachy Serjeant, the manager of the Band and Albion gold mine in Ballarat. The Drawing Room of the building contains rare panoramic wall-papers, thought to be of French origins, and the hall-way walls display hand-marbled papers. Located at the rear of the building is a small chapel which is constructed of hand-cut white quartz blocks.
Yarrowee Hall is significant for aesthetic and historical reasons.
Yarrowee Hall is aesthetically important for its exceptional panoramic and marbled wall-papers. The papers adorn the walls of the Drawing Room and Entrance Hall and are a very rare example of French scenic papers produced by Desfosse et Karth of Paris c.1861; the Drawing Room is thought to have been used for the visit of Royal Prince Albert and his younger brother George (later King George V) in June 1881.
Yarrowee Hall is of historical importance for its association with Robert Malachy Serjeant, the first member of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria for Ballarat West and also manager of Ballarat's largest mining complex, the Albion and Band mine. Much of the wealth of Ballarat was founded upon gold mining activities and the house at 1 Darling Street demonstrates the prominence and importance of the manager of Ballarat's largest mine. Serjeant was the foundation member of the Administrative Council of the School of Mines and became involved with the formation of the Australian Institute of Mining Engineers. |
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