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Image 1 A photograph of a six storey building with a concrete white facade and cut out windows with light shining through. On the left hand side the heritage listed building can be seen
Image 2 A photograph of a two storey house with an entrance porch in the base of the central tower, with cast iron details. The tower has a flag suspended on the top. In the forefront of the photograph there is a garden with bushes and trees
Image 3 A photograph of a long wooden staircase with red carpeting. The ground floor has squared white and black tiles and there is a chandelier visible
Image 4 A photograph of a white contemporary staircase
Image 5 A photograph of a long wooden boardroom table with wooden chairs and oil paintings of ANZCA presidential portraits hanging on the walls of the boardroom. A chandelier and heavy draped curtains
Image 6 A photograph of a colourful stained glass window showing a white and blue bird perching on a fruit tree and cones.

Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists: Styles and Stories

J A B Koch 1889-1890 commissioned by Rev Edwin Iredale Watkin, Norman Day + Associates 2001

Description

The Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists headquarters caters to Victorian architecture lovers as well as contemporary architecture enthusiasts. The site encompasses two buildings that, architecturally, are very distinct: Ulimaroa, a historic 19th-century mansion, and ANZCA House, a newer addition to the site.

One of the few remaining Victorian-era homes on St Kilda Road, the two-storey Italianate-style mansion features a distinctive tower and L-shaped verandas and balconies and is believed to be designed by John A. B. Koch, who designed over 70 other notable buildings in Melbourne. It is connected to the contemporary ANZCA House via a pedestrian link.

ANZCA House was opened in 2001 and was designed by Norman Day + Associates. The new building was designed to reference the original through materials, details, colours and textures.

Within Ulimaroa, visitors will have access to the Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History, which was founded in 1935 by Dr Geoffrey Kaye, a local anaesthetist and collector. The museum chronicles the developments and achievements in anaesthesia and pain medicine, from its beginnings to the present day. It is one of the largest and most significant medical history collections in the world.

What's On

Visitors will be able to participate in first-come, first-served guided tours on both Saturday and Sunday. The tours will be run by ANZCA staff, including museum curator Veronica Dominiak and honorary curator Dr Christine Ball.

On Sunday, visitors will also be able to join Dr Norman Day, architect, educator and writer for a panel discussion with Dr Kirsten Day, registered architect, senior lecturer and educator from the University of Melbourne, focusing on designing ANZCA House. Held in the auditorium, the panel will be hosted by museum curator Veronica Dominiak. It will be an excellent prelude to the Modern Melbourne premiere featuring Greg Burgess at ACMI later in the day.

Images: (1) ANZCA House and Ulimaroa, Photo: courtesy of Dr. Norman Day. (2) Facade of Ulimaroa. Photo: courtesy of ANZCA. (3) Staircase inside Ulimaroa. Photo: courtesy of ANZCA. (4) Staircase inside ANZCA House. Photo: courtesy of ANZCA. (5) Boardroom inside Ulimaroa. Photo: courtesy of ANZCA. (6) Stained glass window in Ulimaroa. Photo: courtesy of ANZCA.

Important Details

Time & Date

Saturday 26 July + Sunday 27 July
Open access 10am-4pm
No bookings required

Guided tours run frequently on a first-come, first-served basis
Running for 40 minutes in groups of 20
No bookings required

Sunday 27 July
Panel discussion 11.30am
Running for 60 minutes with a capacity for 100 people
Bookings required

Enter via the gates at 630 St Kilda Road and head to the contemporary building in the back and meet your tour guide in the reception area on the ground floor. Photography is allowed.

No food allowed. Bottled water allowed.

ACCESSIBILITY

Partially wheelchair accessible, Accessible bathroom

Location

630 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC 3004

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Our programming exists on what always was and always will be the land of the people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, as well as to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the wider Melbourne community and beyond. Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded in Australia and we are mindful of this in everything we do, given our focus on the modern built environment.

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Our programming exists on what always was and always will be the land of the people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, as well as to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the wider Melbourne community and beyond. Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded in Australia and we are mindful of this in everything we do, given our focus on the modern built environment.

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