Building and ornamental stones of Australia . Jt, This material is fairly common throughout the Eastern States, showing in its distribution material ofvarying textures, from very fine to coarse and vesicular, and all varieties have been used to a more or less extent in architecture in Victoria, and even in NewSouth Wales and Queensland. In \ictoria, the steps ofParliament House and mostof the base courses to all thelarge public and business pre-mises in Melbourne are con-structed of Footscray BlueMetal, or Blue Stone, as itis commonly known. St. Patricks Cathedral isentirely constructed of it
Building and ornamental stones of Australia . Jt, This material is fairly common throughout the Eastern States, showing in its distribution material ofvarying textures, from very fine to coarse and vesicular, and all varieties have been used to a more or less extent in architecture in Victoria, and even in NewSouth Wales and Queensland. In \ictoria, the steps ofParliament House and mostof the base courses to all thelarge public and business pre-mises in Melbourne are con-structed of Footscray BlueMetal, or Blue Stone, as itis commonly known. St. Patricks Cathedral isentirely constructed of it ex-ternally. It is, however, now beingdiscarded for everything butbase courses and foundations,as being too funereal in itsappearance. In Victoria the largest quar-ries are at Footscray. „ ,.,. „.^.,.^ • KIAMA BASALT. Basalt is also extensively .public school, ^iama, ).
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