CONSTRUCTION of the $4.774 million Ned Kelly Glenrowan Project building is well underway with the installation of the circular structural steel roof frame now complete.
Rural City of Wangaratta's vision to create a contemporary building within the Glenrowan Heritage Precinct that provides viewing across all key locations of the siege site central to the Kelly Gang story, is being realised.
"This is a significant structure with a striking design that has required precise engineering," Marcus Goonan, director community and infrastructure, said.
"The nine–tonne structural steel roof frame has a 20–metre diameter and was assembled on the ground before being lifted in one piece by crane and secured to the wall frame.
"The precise construction of the frame enabled seamless assembly.
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"This construction process has been a work of art in itself."
Works on the building are continuing with concrete poured for the level one floor and external cladding of the building to begin shortly.
Landscaping of the surrounding Lions Park will also soon commence with design sympathetic to the history of the historic precinct in which it sits, while highlighting the new structure.
The building will provide a visual storytelling and interpretation of Glenrowan's cultural heritage and the events that took place in the lead up to and capture of Ned Kelly after the siege at the Glenrowan Inn, now the Glenrowan Heritage Precinct, in June 1880.
The Ned Kelly Glenrowan Project has been made possible by $3.5 million funding from the Victorian Government's Infrastructure Stimulus Fund.
Complementing this project, landscaping works in Gladstone Street, Glenrowan have been recently completed with funding from the Victorian Government's COVID Safe Outdoor Activation Fund.
These works have included the installation of an irrigation system, fairy lighting, minor landscaping design improvements, new plantings and restoration of outdoor furniture.
The project aim was to revitalise the main shopping area of the town by creating a more attractive environment.
More information on the Glenrowan Project is available at https://www.wangaratta.vic.gov.au/Development/Our–projects/Glenrowan–Heritage–Project.
