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Panorama of historic stone huts built by Italian stonemasons at the Heatherlie Quarry, Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia. Heatherlie Quarry was a sandstone quarry which yielded large amounts of stone for public buildings in Melbourne, examples are Parliament House and Town Hall. After a fire in Stawell, many buildings in the Main Street were re-build using stone from this quarry. The Heatherlie Quarry opened in the 1870s and closed in 1893 after the Public Works contract expired, it was briefly reopened by a private firm but closed again in 1938.