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The [[Chiltern|Chiltern]] correspondent of the ''Ovens and Murray Advertiser'' has been shown a design for a new style of architecture suitable for public buildings in the hot climate of Australia .' The design is now to be seen in the reading-room of the '''Chiltern Athenaeum''', it having been drawn by Mr Gray, of the Public Works department, during his residence in Chiltern. The plan is made out for a church to hold 600 people, but could also be made most suitable for hospitals and schools. The main portion of the building is in the form of a cross, with four wings, and may be of one or two stories. The building has a dome 50ft. high flanked with four pediments and four circular staircases. The framework is of angle and T iron resting on 20 cast-iron pillars diagonally braced with iron rods, and filled in with a thin wall of brick, plastered on both sides.

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