LIGHTHOUSE

650 POINT NEPEAN ROAD MCCRAE, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE

The Eastern Shore Light has served an integral part of the Port Phillip Bay navigation system since the 1850s. A timber light was built at McCrae in 1854. It was later transported to Arthur's…

LADY BAY LIGHTHOUSE COMPLEX

83-89 MERRI STREET WARRNAMBOOL, Warrnambool City

The Lady Bay Lighthouse Complex was originally built in 1858-9 of basalt quarried on the Salt Water (Maribyrnong) River, Melbourne. The upper tower, chartroom, cottage and privy were…

TIME BALL TOWER

6-18 BATTERY ROAD WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay City

Williamstown was the first deep-water port for Melbourne, with ships anchoring off shore in the shelter of Point Gellibrand. A broad swathe of Point Gellibrand was set aside in 1837 as a…

POINT LONSDALE LIGHTHOUSE

2 POINT LONSDALE ROAD POINT LONSDALE, Queenscliffe Borough

The Point Lonsdale Lighthouse precinct consists of the lighthouse and associated buildings [both extant and ruins], and defence structures associated with the First and Second World Wars.…

CAPE OTWAY LIGHTSTATION

1140 LIGHTHOUSE ROAD CAPE OTWAY, COLAC OTWAY SHIRE

The Cape Otway Lightstation was constructed in 1846-48 following the recommendation of the 1845 New South Wales Select Committee on Lighthouses in response to a number of shipping disasters…

GABO ISLAND LIGHTSTATION

GABO ISLAND, Unincorporated

The original decision to construct a lighthouse on Gabo Island flowed from discussions between Governors Gipps of New South Wales and Franklin of Van Diemen's Land in 1841 concerning the…

GRIFFITHS ISLAND

GRIFFITHS ISLAND PORT FAIRY, Moyne Shire

Griffiths Island, Port Fairy, is an unusual geological landform, consisting of an isolated basalt outcrop, overlain with calcareous sand, and partly bounded by possible collapsed lava…

CAPE SCHANCK LIGHTSTATION

164-420 CAPE SCHANCK ROAD CAPE SCHANCK, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE

The Cape Schanck Lightstation was constructed in 1857-59 as part of the second campaign of highway or ocean (as opposed to harbour) lighthouse building in Victoria which also produced lights…

WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTSTATION

WILSONS PROMONTORY, South Gippsland Shire

Wilsons Promontory Lightstation was constructed in 1858-59 from locally quarried honey-coloured granite to the design of Victorian Public Works Department architect Charles Maplestone. It is…

SPLIT POINT LIGHTSTATION COMPLEX

24 FEDERAL STREET and 7-13 FEDERAL STREET AIREYS INLET, SURF COAST SHIRE

The Split Point Lightstation at Airey's Inlet includes a lighthouse, head keeper's quarters, two semi-detached assistant keepers' quarters and a stable building. Following numerous…

POINT HICKS LIGHTSTATION

LIGHTHOUSE TRACK TAMBOON, East Gippsland Shire

The Point Hicks (Cape Everard) Lightstation was constructed in 1888-90 as part of the third campaign of lighthouse building in Victoria which also resulted in lights at Cape Nelson, Cliffy…

CAPE NELSON LIGHTSTATION

1119 CAPE NELSON ROAD PORTLAND WEST, GLENELG SHIRE

The Cape Nelson Lightstation was constructed in 1882-84 as part of the third campaign of lighthouse building in Victoria which also resulted in lights at Cliffy Island, Point Hicks and Split…

SHORTLANDS BLUFF

133-135 HESSE STREET QUEENSCLIFF, QUEENSCLIFFE BOROUGH

Shortlands Bluff including all of the landscape elements, navigational aids and defence bunkers. HOW IS IT SIGNIFICANT Shortlands Bluff is of historical significance to the State of…

Warrnambool Flagstaff Hill Precinct

83-89 MERRI STREET WARRNAMBOOL, Warrnambool City

The Lady Bay Lighthouse Complex was originally built in 1858-9 of basalt quarried on the Salt Water (Maribyrnong) River, Melbourne. The upper tower, chartroom, cottage and privy were…

Gabo Island Radar Station

GABO ISLAND, Unincorporated

The original decision to construct a lighthouse on Gabo Island flowed from discussions between Governors Gipps of New South Wales and Franklin of Van Diemen?s Land in 1841 concerning the…