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In this time period there were visible changes being made in the larger campus planning. Public Works Department Chief Architect, Percy Everett, attempted to rectangularise the campus building clusters.

The site of Union House was originally the location of the National Museum of Victoria. It became the home of the University Of Melbourne Student Union in the early 20th century, with the first renovations taking place in 1938 to "improve and extend"…

Built in the era of expansion, 1938-1940, "The Commerce building was designed to incorporate an architectural gift to the University, the 1856 facade of the Bank of new South Wales in Collins Street, demolished in 1932 ... " (Goad & Tibbits, 2003,…

The Chemistry Building was designed by Percy Everett in 1938, during a period of expansion on the Parkville campus. Everett was, at the time, employed by the department of Public Works. The interior of the building was designed to facilitate…

The picturesque Lake was incrementally filled and eventually converted into the Union Lawn. The filling of the lake began during the construction of the New Chemistry Building in 1930s.The New Chemistry Building was supposed to be built in a more…