| Victoria Barracks | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Renaissance Revival |
| Town or city | Melbourne |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 37°49′39″S 144°58′14″E / 37.827391°S 144.970447°E |
| Construction started | 1856[1] |
| Completed | 1872 |
Victoria Barracks Melbourne is an Australian Government building located on St Kilda Road in Melbourne, Australia. It was constructed in the mid-to-late 19th century as barracks for British colonial forces in Australia and was the headquarters of the Department of Defence from 1901 to 1953, also housing Australia's war cabinet during World War II. It is still used as a Department of Defence administrative centre in the present day.
- ^ "THE MILITARY BARRACKS". The Age. No. 2, 390. Victoria, Australia. 24 June 1862. p. 6. Retrieved 12 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia., ...The military barracks on the St. Kilda road, the building of which was commenced some five years ago...