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GREVILLE STREET VAUGHAN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1408Primary historical records on Vaughan Chinese Cemetery are scant. Its origins lie in the great Mount Alexander alluvial goldrush of 1852-54. The cemetery is situated on a small rocky hill…
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CHAPEL STREET GOLDEN POINT, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1410Primary historical records for Deadmans Gully Cemetery are scant. Its origins lie in the great Mount Alexander alluvial goldrush of 1851-54. Like other small cemeteries linked to this rush,…
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SPECIMEN GULLY FLAGSTONE QUARRY
162 SPECIMEN GULLY ROAD BARKERS CREEK, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1411The quarrying of stone, gravel and sand for building and construction purposes was widely carried out on all Victorian goldfields. Some localities become notable for a particular material,…
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MOUNT STREET CHEWTON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1412Primary historical records on the cemetery in Cemetery Reef Gully are scant. Its origins lie with the great Mount Alexander alluvial goldrush of 1851-54. Like the other small cemeteries…
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THOMAS SMITHS GOOD BED FOSSIL QUARRY
414 BOUNDARY GULLY ROAD WERONA, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1413Thomas Smith, a local Sandon farmer, gained distinction as a geologist through the discovery and collection of graptolite fossils from the Sandon-Campbelltown district. Thomas Smith carried…
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9 HIGH STREET MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1421Lauriston was built in 1866 for the mining entrepreneur Robert Dent Oswald who named it after his home town in Scotland. It stands in a prominent position at the entrance to the town,…
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CUNNACKS VALONIA OAK PLANTATION
ELLIOT STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1422The Valonia Oak (Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis) is one of the principal sources of tannin and during the nineteenth century English firms were importing thousands of tons acorn cups…
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FRYERSTOWN METHODIST CHURCH HALL
9-11 HERON STREET FRYERSTOWN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1423The Fryerstown Methodist Church Hall is a prefabricated timber building of a type which was used for Courthouses and Gold Warden's offices in the goldfields in the mid to late 1850s. The…
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OVER BARKERS CREEK, HARCOURT, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1433[See also H1785 Harcourt Railway Precinct] Railway Bridge, Barker's Creek, near Harcourt, is a substantial bridge constructed of Harcourt granite in 1859 on the Melbourne Bendigo railway. In…
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MALDON RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX
13 HORNSBY STREET MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1573The Maldon Railway Station Complex was constructed in 1888, by Parker & Vickers, on the Melbourne-Castlemaine-Maldon Line, for the Victorian Railways. It comprises a substantial,…
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TARADALE RAILWAY PRECINCT (MURRAY VALLEY RAILWAY, MELBOURNE TO ECHUCA)
STATION STREET TARADALE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1595The Taradale railway precinct forms part of the Murray Valley Railway (Melbourne to Echuca line). Opened in five stages from February 1859 to September 1864, the Murray Valley Railway was the…
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27 LYTTLETON STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1644The foundation stone of the School of Mines, Castlemaine was laid on 18.12.1889 on the site of the old police court which had previously been used for classes. The architect was WC Vahland of…
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FOUNTAIN STREET MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1652A timber court house was constructed in 1857 but when completed in December1857 the timber fittings were too big for the building - there was no room for the public. By 1860 plans had been…
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CASTLEMAINE RAILWAY PRECINCT (MURRAY VALLEY RLWY, MELBOURNE TO ECHUCA)
KENNEDY STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1664The Castlemaine railway precinct forms part of the Murray Valley Railway (Melbourne to Echuca line). Opened in five stages from February 1859 to September 1864, the Murray Valley Railway was…
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1 COLLES ROAD MOONLIGHT FLAT, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1675The Cemetery's origins are linked to the Mount Alexander alluvial gold rush of 1851-54. The first interment took place in 1852 and the cemetery was used until 1857. In the intervening years,…
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6 TEMPLETON STREET MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1677Brooks Store, (former Co-operative Store), Maldon, is a relatively intact building, initially constructed 1866, and extended 1868, by the Maldon Co-operative Store Trading Company. John…
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WALKER STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1679The Castlemaine Botanic Gardens were gazetted on 21 February 1860 and is believed to be laid out by the first curator Phillip Doran (1830-1913) who occupied this position for 47 years. Doran…
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24 GREENHILL STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1681In 1871 Edward Williams purchased a cottage, originally built in the early 1860s, and enlarged it with the addition of two bay-windowed rooms, a cast iron and timber verandah and a drawing…
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FORMER CASTLEMAINE COURT HOUSE
7 GOLDSMITH CRESCENT CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1682The enormous influx of people to the Victorian central goldfields in the 1850s resulted in the rapid establishment of law enforcement instrumentalities and the erection of many public…
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1 CHAPEL STREET MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1683The need for a hospital in Maldon arose with the rush for gold in the area during the 1850s. The original Maldon Hospital was a temporary timber building constructed in 1859. This was soon…
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DEEP LEADS ELECTRIC COMMISSION POWER HOUSE
BARINGHUP ROAD CARISBROOK, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1689Deep Leads Electric Commission Power House was constructed for one of a succession of mining companies, all linked to a common ancestor, the Chalks No.3 Company. The original company had a…
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CENTRAL COOKMAN QUARTZ GOLD MINE
PARKINS REEF ROAD MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1690The Maldon Quartz Reefing Field, although relatively small compared to others in the State, was extraordinarily rich in gold. The hardness and heavy mineralisation of the rock mined put the…
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FARADAY PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. 797
1 FARADAY SCHOOL ROAD FARADAY, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1704Faraday Primary School No.797 is a single-room school constructed of local granite in 1869. The building was designed by notable architect/engineer Thomas Bingham Muntz. It has a gable roof…
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2 CANROBERT STREET NEWSTEAD, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1705The Newstead Courthouse was designed in 1863 by John James Clark, a prominent architect in the Public Works Department who had designed the Treasury building in 1858. It was one of a number…
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THOMPSONS KELLY & LEWIS ENGINEERING WORKS
5 PARKER STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1732Thompson's Foundry was established in 1875 as an engineering workshop by brothers David and James Thompson. They set up their foundry beside the buildings they had been using as a flour mill…