3.1 The Public Buildings

Conclusion

Frankston City shares with many other suburban areas a range of public buildings and several public parks. As in other municipalities the principal public buildings are grouped in a central reserve. In Frankston these buildings may not be as grand as those in inner Melbourne or in some parts of provincial Victoria. Nonetheless many of the more recent structures (St. Francis Xavier's for example) are significant for their use of modern principals in church building. Some of the more regularly used buildings (the Mechanic's Institute) have a strong social significance to the suburb. And in the grandstand at the Frankston Park there is a unique building; one which has served an important community function for more than half a century and which as well is a relic of, one of Frankston's important international roles, as the host of the World Scouting Jamboree.

31 Former chemists shop, recently revealed from behind a slatted façade: a rare if altered part of the 19th century Frankston commercial centre.