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The Quadrangle was initially built to provide housing for four professors, teaching spaces and a board room in the East and West Wings, with the foundation stone being laid in 1854. Construction of the North Wing began in 1856, and provided lecture…

Built in 1864, the National Museum was the result of Professor Frederick McCoy's persistence and enthusiastic building of a scientific collection. The National Museum collection was moved to the Public Library after Professor McCoy's death in 1899…

Built in 1885, first known as New Medical Building then Old Pathology, it was the first expansion of the medical school at the University of Melbourne (the first medical school in Australia). The building was remodelled in 1908 and a second storey…

Established in 1856, "In the north-west corner of the site (campus grounds) was another striking feature, the system garden, a botanical garden created by Bateman and the Professor of Natural Science, Fredrick McCoy." (Goad & Tibbits, 2003, pp. 15).