Building and ornamental stones of Australia . st the most prominent edifices in Svdnev con-structed from this material are the Equitable Life of NewYork, Mutual Life of New York, Challis House, TechnicalCollege, Bank of Australasia, &c. It has also been used inthe piers of the Hawkesbury Bridge, and in the foundationsonly of many of tlie largest buildings in Sydney. In both the polished and unpolished condition itgives an appearance of solidity in buildings that is quiteattractive and pleasing. ORANGE, —Near this town are large flowsof true Trachyte, composing the bulk of the mountainkno
Building and ornamental stones of Australia . st the most prominent edifices in Svdnev con-structed from this material are the Equitable Life of NewYork, Mutual Life of New York, Challis House, TechnicalCollege, Bank of Australasia, &c. It has also been used inthe piers of the Hawkesbury Bridge, and in the foundationsonly of many of tlie largest buildings in Sydney. In both the polished and unpolished condition itgives an appearance of solidity in buildings that is quiteattractive and pleasing. ORANGE, —Near this town are large flowsof true Trachyte, composing the bulk of the mountainknown as the Canoblas. As a building stone tliis Trachyte is in great reputeamongst local builders, as it is very hard, durable, andpolishes a soft grey or buff base colour, with small pinkand black spots, producing a very nice figure, and is alto-gether a very neat-looking material. It makes a good flagging stone, and is used as suchin front of the most important buildings in Orange. BOWRAL TRA-HYTc, hawk£SBURY SYDNEY, ) of almost. SANDSTONE.
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