Seaview, Victoria, Australia
Sea View Mechanics' Institute. (now Seaview Mechanics’ Institute Inc.) Built on this site in 1905. The Mechanics’ Institute movement began in British urban industrial centres in the early 1800s. A “mechanic” was a person applying skills and technology. During the 19th century, most towns in Victoria
established a Mechanics’ Institute or Athenaeum with a library and meeting hall. Common objects were the “spread of useful knowledge” and provision for “rational recreation” in the community. The ear
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