RMIT Building 11
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| location = Corner Franklin and Victoria streets, Melbourne
| address = 377 Russell Street
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| architect = H.A. Williams, J.J. Clark and Gustav Joachimi
| architecture_firm = Victorian Public Works Department
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RMIT Building 11, also informally known as RMIT Spiritual Centre, is a building located at the City campus of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University), and is part of the Old Melbourne Gaol.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/our-heritage/historical-buildings/building-11-old-melbourne-gaol|title=RMIT Building 11 (Old Melbourne Gaol)|last=|first=|date=|website=RMIT University|language=en|access-date=2018-03-05}} The centre is a place for students to practise mindful meditation, which is an activity organised by the RMIT Chaplaincy Service.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/support-and-facilities/student-support/chaplaincy/events-and-activities#Mindful|title=Spiritual Communities|last=|first=|date=|website=Students - RMIT University|access-date=2018-03-05}}
History
The building was built in 1860 as the chapel of the Old Melbourne Gaol. It was part of the "North Wing" of the gaol, and today is one of the few remaining facilities of the complex. It became part of RMIT after the gaol's decommissioning in 1929.[http://www.oldmelbournegaol.com.au/old_melbourne_gaol Old Melbourne Gaol - Background and History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528232105/http://www.oldmelbournegaol.com.au/old_melbourne_gaol |date=2011-05-28 }} The other remaining facilities include: the main entrance gates, the governor's residence, female hospital, a service wing and a bathhouse (collectively known today, along with the chapel, as "RMIT Building 11"), and the "East Block" (currently utilised as a museum). The "West Block" of the gaol was demolished to make way for an RMIT expansion, circa 1910, and the large circular panopticon watchtower and male exercise yard were demolished in 1927 for the construction of the Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy (now also part of RMIT).[http://mams.rmit.edu.au/mgfjh3tim2x3.pdf "Dig frees jail ghosts"], Herald Sun, 29 September 2008; accessed 30 March 2009.
The building is designated a "notable building" by the Melbourne City Council, and is classified by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria){{Cite web|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/places/old-melbourne-gaol/|title=The Old Melbourne Gaol – National Trust|last=|first=|date=|website=National Trust of Australia (Victoria)|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-05}} and the Victorian Heritage Register.{{Cite web|url=http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/796|title=The Old Melbourne Gaol – Victorian Heritage Database|last=|first=|date=|website=Victorian Heritage Database|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-03-05}}
Gallery
File:RMITSpiritualCentreCityCampus.jpg|Main chapel of the RMIT Spiritual Centre
File:RMITSpiritualCentreTree.jpg|Banyan tree growing over a wall in a courtyard of the centre
See also
- Old Melbourne Gaol, to which the chapel was a former part of
- RMIT City, the campus of RMIT where the Spiritual Centre is located
References
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External links
- [https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/our-heritage/historical-buildings/building-11-old-melbourne-gaol RMIT Building 11]
- [http://www.oldmelbournegaol.com.au/ Old Melbourne Gaol website]
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Category:Religious buildings and structures in Melbourne
Category:Heritage-listed buildings in Melbourne
Category:Buildings and structures in Melbourne City Centre
Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1861