BISHOPS PALACE

1444 STURT STREET LAKE WENDOUREE, Ballarat City

The Bishop's Palace is one of the most imposing houses in Ballarat. It owes its existence to the fact that in 1873 the Roman Catholic Church created the Ballarat Diocese, and a palace was…

TRADES HALL

2 LYGON STREET and 172 VICTORIA STREET CARLTON, MELBOURNE CITY

Trades Hall was constructed in some ten stages, the most significant period of building being that between 1874 and 1925. It was during this period that the imposing classical facade to…

ST JUDES ANGLICAN CHURCH

349-371 LYGON STREET and 221-239 PALMERSTON STREET and 2-34 KEPPEL STREET CARLTON, MELBOURNE CITY

In 1866 St Jude's Church was a temporary wooden structure erected for worship. From 1866-67 the chancel, four bays of the nave, and vestry of the current church were erected to the designs…

ROYAL EXHIBITION BUILDING AND CARLTON GARDENS (WORLD HERITAGE PLACE)

NICHOLSON STREET CARLTON and VICTORIA STREET and RATHDOWNE STREET and CARLTON STREET CARLTON, Melbourne City

The Royal Exhibition Buildings and Carlton Gardens were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on 1 July 2004 The site was inscribed under Criterion (ii) of the Operational Guidelines…

RIPPON LEA

192 HOTHAM STREET ELSTERNWICK, GLEN EIRA CITY

Rippon Lea was commenced in 1868 by Frederick Sargood, a most successful politician and merchant. He was born in England in 1834 and arrived in Melbourne in 1850. He soon joined his father's…

SCOTS CHURCH

140-154 COLLINS STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The Rev. James Forbes who arrived from Scotland to minister in the colony held his first service on 3 February, 1838. Rev. Forbes' first church was a temporary wooden building at the west…

BAPTIST CHURCH

170-174 COLLINS STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The first Baptist service in the colony was held in 1838 in a tent on the site where the Regent Theatre now stands. The Baptist Church obtained a grant for their present site in 1845 and…

FORMER BANK OF AUSTRALASIA

394-398 COLLINS STREET and 73-83 QUEEN STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The Bank of Australasia was founded in Sydney in 1835. It quickly opened branches in Hobart and Launceston, and then in Melbourne in 1838. Due to vigorous growth in the Melbourne economy,…

EXHIBITION GOODS SHED

330 UNION LANE BYLANDS, MITCHELL SHIRE

The Exhibition Goods Shed, a timber and corrugated iron structure originally formed the central avenue of the International Exhibition of 1880-81 in the Carlton Gardens. It was relocated to…

ORMOND COLLEGE

THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, 29 - 55 COLLEGE CRESCENT PARKVILLE, MELBOURNE CITY

Ormond College is located on a ten acre site in college crescent, Parkville. The college is named after its principal benefactor Francis Ormond (1812-1889). Ormond, a wealthy grazier,…

MAIN ENTRANCE GATES (GATE 6), PILLARS AND FENCE

THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, 156 - 292 GRATTAN STREET PARKVILLE, MELBOURNE CITY

The main entrance gates (Gate 6), pillars and fence to the Grattan Street entrance to Melbourne University were completed in 1876 and represent the original approach to the main University…

GATEKEEPER'S COTTAGE

THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, 156-292 GRATTAN STREET PARKVILLE, MELBOURNE CITY

The Gatekeeper's Cottage is located at the University of Melbourne's main entrance on Grattan Street. The first gatekeeper's cottage was destroyed by fire in 1856. A new two room cottage was…

KOLOR WOOLSHED

4622 PENSHURST-WARRNAMBOOL ROAD PENSHURST, SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

John Joseph Twomey migrated from Ireland in 1843 with his wife, six sons and two daughters. In 1851 he bought Kolor station near Penshurst, later acquiring several other runs in the area,…

DEANSIDE HOMESTEAD COMPLEX

96-103 REED COURT DEANSIDE, MELTON CITY

The Deanside Homestead Complex (formerly known as the Rockbank Head Station) being the Woolshed, Managers House, Shearers Quarters, Boundary Riders Quarters, Cookhouse, Stables, Drenching…

EILDON

51 GREY STREET ST KILDA, Port Phillip City

Eildon, St Kilda was constructed as a thirty-roomed mansion for the renowned Western District pastoralist, John Lang Currie, in 1872. It incorporated an existing Georgian dwelling which had…

CHURCH OF ALL NATIONS AND ORGAN

180 PALMERSTON STREET CARLTON, Melbourne City

The Church of All Nations Organ and Church, 180 Palmerston Street, Carlton. The Church of All Nations Organ is a pipe organ built by Master organ builder George Fincham for the Church of All…

FORMER BANK OF AUSTRALASIA

189 NELSON PLACE WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay City

The former Bank of Australasia was built in 1876 by Pearce and Murray to the design of the architectural firm Reed and Barnes. Designed in the Italian Renaissance revival style, it is built…

KATHLEEN SYME EDUCATION CENTRE

251 FARADAY STREET CARLTON, Melbourne City

The construction of the Kathleen Syme Education Centre (Former Faraday Street State School Number 112), was supervised by architects Reed and Barnes and the contractors were Cockran and…

MELBOURNE TOWN HALL AND ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

90-130 SWANSTON STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

Construction of the existing Melbourne Town Hall began in 1867 on the site of the first Town Hall at the corner of Swanston and Collins Streets. Architects Reed and Barnes won a competition…

Eastern Market Gates (Former) - Altona Memorial Park

Dohertys Road ALTONA NORTH, Hobsons Bay City

The Eastern Market Gates (Former), originally constructed in 1880 as part of the Eastern Market complex in the City of Melbourne and relocated to the Altona Memorial Park in 1968, at…

Bank of Australasia (Former)

189 Nelson Place WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay City

The former Bank of Australasia, designed by Reed & Barnes and constructed by Pearce & Murray in 1876-77, at 189 Nelson Place, Williamstown. How is it Significant? The former Bank of…

KOLOR HOMESTEAD COMPLEX

Penshurst-Warrnmabool Road PENSHURST, Southern Grampians Shire

The Kolor Homestead complex is located on the western shoulder of Mount Rouse, some three kilometres south of the township of Penshurst. The complex consists of a large picturesque bluestone…

KOLOR WOOLSHED (Former)

Penshurst -Warrnambool Rd PENSHURST, Southern Grampians Shire

The former Kolor Woolshed is located a property named Terringa, some six kilometres south of the township of Penshurst. The land on which it stands was formerly part of John Twomey's Kolor,…

UNITING CHURCH

603 TOORAK ROAD, TOORAK, STONNINGTON CITY

An imposing church in Barrabool sandstone with Oamaru limestone dressings, designed by Reed and Barnes and built in 1875-76, with the addition of second transepts in 1888-89 designed by I.F.…

Scots Church War Memorial

140-154 COLLINS STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The Rev. James Forbes who arrived from Scotland to minister in the colony held his first service on 3 February, 1838. Rev. Forbes' first church was a temporary wooden building at the west…