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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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FRYERS ROAD CHEWTON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1879Wattle Gully Mine holds a pivotal position in the history of the State's quartz mining industry. The rich strike at Wattle Gully mine in 1937 helped revive the State's gold mining industry…
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11 MOSTYN STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1195No.11 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine is a parapeted row-form house, (now converted into medical rooms), of Italian Renaissance styling; the original stables are located to the rear of the…
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145 MAIN ROAD CHEWTON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1015The Chewton town hall is the one of the few surviving structure evidencing the operation of the former Borough of Chewton, which existed between 1860 and 1916. It is one of the few buildings…
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FORMER MARKET HALL AND ROYAL OAKS
93 HIGH STREET MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1390Maldon was proclaimed a municipality in August 1858 and one of its earliest projects was to commission the architect Arthur Hartley to design a market hall. The foundation stone was laid by…
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GUILDFORD PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. 264
6 FRANKLIN STREET GUILDFORD, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1030Guildford Primary School, built in 1868 of brick on a stone base, was modelled by Castlemaine architect J F Kibble on the Board of Education plan no. V111. Additions were made to the building…
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145 MAIN ROAD CHEWTON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1014The Chewton Post Office is an essentially intact and fine example of a small post office, with arcade and round arches, designed by the Public Works Department in the period 1870-1885. It was…
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VINEYARD ROAD CHEWTON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1351The Archbold (Chewton) Gold Treatment Works was erected c.1884 by Jeremiah Archbold who operated an assay and metallurgical business specialising in the treatment of gold-bearing ore. The…
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35 HARGRAVES STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1404Twenty-two gold wardens offices were built to service the administration of the 1855 and 1858 Gold Acts. The earlier offices were small, often prefabricated timber buildings of one or two…
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SPRING GULLY GOLD PUDDLING SITE
SPRING GULLY FRYERSTOWN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1245The Spring Gully Gold Puddling Site consists of the remnants of one puddling machine complete with dumps of washed gravels, water dam and two house sites. The site comprise a good…
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COBBLERS GULLY GOLD PUDDLING SITE
JACOBS TRACK CHEWTON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1249The Cobblers Gully Gold Puddling Site consists of the remnants of one puddling machine complete with an adjoining water dam. The site is located at the head of the gully. The gully's middle…
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ADAIR STREET EAST MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1264The Maldon State Battery consists of the remains of the former State Battery including buildings and machinery, the Alliance shaft and associated mining machinery foundations, several large…
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SPRING GULLY QUARTZ GOLD MINES
VAUGHAN-CHEWTON ROAD FRYERSTOWN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1234The Spring Gully Quartz Gold Mines consists of six main quartz mines. All the mines have undisturbed mullock heaps, and four have mining machinery foundations. The main mine (the parent…
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WALLACES LEAD GOLD PUDDLING PRECINCT
MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD CORNISHTOWN, INDIGO SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1746The Wallaces Lead Gold Puddling Precinct consists of the remnants of at least 12 puddling machines complete with dumps of washed gravels and small ponds. The precinct is a good…
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NEW NUGGETTY GULLY ALLUVIAL GOLD WORKINGS
WERONA-YANDOIT ROAD FRANKLINFORD, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1306The New Nuggetty Gully Alluvial Gold Workings is an excellent characteristic example of shallow mining for alluvial gold. The site has remnants of three different forms of mining - shaft…
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MAIN STREET MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1361The 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 containing the…
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SOUTH GERMAN ROAD MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1357The Maldon Quartz Reefing Field, although relatively small compared to others in the State, was extraordinary rich in gold. The hardness and heavy mineralisation of the rock containing the…
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HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL HALL
DAVY STREET TARADALE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1350The Holy Trinity Anglican Church, a rendered brick building situated in Davy Street, Taradale, was constructed in 1859 and replaced an earlier, 1856, timber church which became used as the…
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109 HIGH STREET MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1394STATEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE: Maldon Primary School No 1254 was opened in 1873, operating at first at the premises of the previous church schools. A site for a new school was…
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PATTERSON MEMORIAL DRINKING FOUNTAIN
30 MOSTYN STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1388STATEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE: The Patterson Memorial Drinking Fountain was built in 1897 to commemorate Sir James Patterson, Member of Parliament for Castlemaine from 1870 to…
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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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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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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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BURKE & WILLS MEMORIAL OBELISK
WILLS STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1814What is Significant In 1860 residents of Victoria and South Australia were engaged in funding competing expeditions in a race to cross Australia from south to north through the centre. The…
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HERONS REEF HISTORIC GOLD DIGGINGS
VAUGHAN-CHEWTON ROAD FRYERSTOWN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR H1323The Herons Reef Historic Gold Diggings takes in a tangle of gullies at the head of Golden Gully and possesses a comprehensive range of gold mining relics, habitation sites and blacksmith…
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Brighton Beach, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S445The Margaret Russel is historically significant as an example of a Canadian built ship trading in Victorian waters.
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Ninety Mile Beach, east of Seaspray
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S680The barque Trinculo was proceeding to Newcastle for coal after delivering a cargo to King George Sound. After encountering a south easterly gale in Bass Strait, it was driven ashore on the…
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West bank of Port Albert entrance
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S670Thistle was a mid 19th century iron paddle steamer and has historical significance for being at the forefront of the Hunter River Steam Navigation Company's establishment and push further…
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Lakes Entrance
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S170The Despatch has social and historic significance for the role it played in the development of Gippsland, providing passenger and cargo transport to Gippsland ports, including the lime port…
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Lonsdale Reef, Prt Phillip Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S282The Gange is historically and socially significant for the interest its wreck caused in the Victorian community, and the impact the event had on Victorian Pilots Service.
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Capel Sound, Port Phillip Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S328The remains of the Hurricane are of archaeological and historical significance as a potential source of information relating to shipbuilding practice and trade between England and Australia.…
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Port Fairy Bay
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S883Almost intact wooden ship, iron water tank in bow and windlass, uncovered in February 2005 storm and recorded for first time.
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Port Phillip Bay, Point Gellibrand
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S15Hugh and Anne Bennett had been living on the empty wool-lighter for a few months and lost all their possessions. With their dog they spent a gruelling 28 hours on board after stranding,…
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Lady Bay, Warrnambool
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S19The vessel is historically significant for its participation in the inter-colonial trades around Australia during the 19th century.
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Bass Strait, 33 miles off Cape Schanck
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S42The vessel ARIEL was on a voyage from Melbourne to Nelson in New Zealand with a general cargo and spirits. It caught fire two days out from Port Phillip Heads. Despite the efforts of the…
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Bass Strait, disappeared after leaving the Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
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Clinton Rocks, 8km west of Point Hicks
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S327The Welsh brigantine Hugh Roberts was seized by the water police in Melbourne in 1859 and then auctioned to recover the unpaid wages of the crew. Re-registered in Melbourne, the vessel was…
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Griffiths Point, Western Port
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S370Hurricane force wiIds caused the destruction of the brigantine JOHN NUSSEY at Westernport on August 14th. A vessel of 150 tons, in charge of Captain Brodie, she left the River Mersey on…
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Rhyll, Western Port
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S468Vessel broke adrift from its anchorage during a gale in 1950 and stranded on a mud bank within sight of Rhyll. Vessel was later abandoned. Signal Letters: VSTF
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Port Campbell
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S483The SS Napier is significant as a wreck associated with the wreck of the Loch Ard, and to Port Campbell's history and development as a port. It demonstrates the risks involved in salvage and…
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Port Phillip Heads, Point Nepean, Petriana Reef
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S524The Petriana is significant historically as a shipwreck that became a focus in Australian politics for the treatment of its Lascar (Indo-Malay) crew under the White Australia policy. It was…
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Ninety Mile Beach, west of Lakes Entrance, near Loch Sport
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S537Following a collision with another vessel and striking the bar at the Gippsland Lakes, the steamer Pretty Jane was proceeding to Melbourne for repairs. However, when off the Ninety Mile…
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Point Lonsdale, Port Phillip Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S541Ran ashore about 10.30 pm, while beating in through Heads. Crew and passengers landed safely at 4.30 am in two boats. Customs and health officer's boats, with pilot schooners Prosperpine and…
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Three miles SE of Cape Schanck
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S570The paddle steamer Reliance was built on the banks of the Yarra in 1865 and traded between Port Phillip and Western Port. After striking a rock off Woody Point, the vessel proceeded to sea…
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Bass Strait
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S589On a voyage from Newcastle to Melbourne with a cargo of coal, the brig Ruby was dismasted in a severe gale. The Ruby's hull was strained by the stress of the weather and began to leak. The…
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Port Phillip Heads
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S734The steamer Whyrallah was on its usual run to the Gippsland Lakes from Melbourne, when it was nearly cut in half in a collision with the SS Dilkera with the loss of six lives. Schooner…
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Schnapper Point, Port Phillip
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S296Register closed 18 July 1862. No other details of wrecking located. During early 1840s traded between Geelong, Melbourne, Port Albert, Twofold Bay. Carried passengers, bricks and sundries to…
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Barwon Heads, Charlemont Reef
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S625The South Milton has historical and archaeological significance as the wreck of an inward bound international merchant ship, although the site does not retain a high level of integrity being…
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Beware Reef, Cape Conran
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S576The SS Ridge Park was used as a collier by the Black Diamond Line of Adelaide. It also carried a limited number of passengers and general cargo on outward voyages from Adelaide to Newcastle.…
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Bass Strait, 15-16 miles NE of WIlsons Promontory
Victorian Heritage Register
VHR S557Just prior to its wrecking in 1876, the 99 metre passenger steamship Queensland was described by The Age as one of the finest steamers to visit Melbourne, indicating colonial Victorian…