FORMER CONVENT OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD

CLARKE STREET and ST HELLIERS STREET ABBOTSFORD, Yarra City

The Convent of the Good Shepherd at Abbotsford is a large, relatively intact and architecturally distinctive example of a Roman Catholic convent complex. It includes ecclesiastical,…

DIGHTS MILL SITE

OFF TRENERRY CRESCENT ABBOTSFORD and OFF YARRA BOULEVARD KEW, YARRA CITY, BOROONDARA CITY

John Dight of Campbell Town acquired portion 88, Parish of Jika Jika, County of Bourke, on 7 November 1838. Over the next few years, he constructed a brick mill on the site and began the…

COLLINGWOOD TOWN HALL

140 HODDLE STREET ABBOTSFORD, Yarra City

Built in 1885-90 to a design of Melbourne architect, George Johnson, the Collingwood Town Hall complex comprises town hall, library, municipal offices, court house and post office, all…

RESIDENCE

39 NICHOLSON STREET ABBOTSFORD, Yarra City

The residences at 39-41 Nicholson Street, Abbotsford, were erected between 1858-1869 on land subdivided by local speculator, Charles Nicholson. The houses were constructed of squared rubble…

RESIDENCE

41 NICHOLSON STREET ABBOTSFORD, Yarra City

The residences at 39-41 Nicholson Street, Abbotsford, were erected between 1858-1869 on land subdivided by local speculator, Charles Nicholson. The houses were constructed of squared rubble…

FORMER DENTON HAT MILLS

48-60 NICHOLSON STREET ABBOTSFORD, Yarra City

The former Denton Hat Mills factory complex is a large and important 19th century factory complex, comparable to similar establishments in England and America. By the 1880s the Denton Hat…

FORMER CHURCH OF CHRIST

11 STANTON STREET ABBOTSFORD, Yarra City

The former Church of Christ, Abbotsford was designed by architect and congregation member Jonathan Rankine and built in 1888-9 to replace an earlier building in Langridge Street. The church…

HOTEL VICTORIA

123 BEACONSFIELD PARADE ALBERT PARK, Port Phillip City

Statement of significance: The Victoria hotel was built in 1888 for owner and licensee Mary McGregor to the design of architect Richard Speight. It is sited on the corner of Kerford Road and…

PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.1181

2-38 VICTORIA AVENUE ALBERT PARK, PORT PHILLIP CITY

The design of the Albert Park Primary School building by Joseph Schneider won the competition for school buildings after the passing of the education act in1872. The school was built by…

BILTMORE

152 BRIDPORT STREET ALBERT PARK, Port Phillip City

Built as the Albert Park Coffee Palace, Biltmore was begun in 1887 to designs by architect Walter Scott Law, and was completed in 1889 by architects Frederick de Garis and Son. This 40-room…

ALBERT PARK RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX

365 FERRARS STREET SOUTH MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP CITY

Albert Park Railway Station Complex, erected in 1888-1889, consists of a pair of buildings constructed of polychromatic brickwork and detailed in Italianate styling. The east building is…

KERFERD ROAD PIER

OFF KERFERD ROAD and BEACONSFIELD PARADE ALBERT PARK, PORT PHILLIP CITY

The Kerferd Road Pier, Albert Park, is a timber construction built between 1887 and 1889 to a design by the Public Works Department. It is a wide jetty formed of timber pylons supporting…

ROCHESTER TERRACE

33-51 ST VINCENT PLACE ALBERT PARK, PORT PHILLIP CITY

'Rochester Terrace' St Vincent Place, Albert Park is a group of ten ornately stuccoed brick terraces which were erected for the eminent Emerald Hill auctioneer, agent and speculator WP…

JOHN DARLING AND SON FLOUR MILL

74 SYDNEY STREET ALBION, Brimbank City

Statement of Significance. Source: Report to Minister. 1. The John Darling & Son Flour Mill is historically significant in being representative of the development of the flour industry…

ALEXANDRA COURT HOUSE AND FORMER SHIRE OFFICES

38A DOWNEY STREET ALEXANDRA, MURRINDINDI SHIRE

The public offices at Alexandra are architecturally significant as an uncommon example of public works architecture, which incorporates a post office, shire offices and courthouse into a…

LAUDERDALE

7 PRINCE STREET ALFREDTON, Ballarat City

An early and elaborate house of architectural importance for its detailing. In a classically-derived style the house and its outbuildings are notable as a representative example of such a…

NARADA HOMESTEAD

130 MOUNT ROAD ANAKIE, Greater Geelong City

Narada Homestead at Anakie was built in 1862 for pastoralist John Browne, a notable early settler in the Anakie district. It was designed by the Geelong architect John Young. Joseph Watts…

EBENEZER MISSION

EBENEZER MISSION ROAD DIMBOOLA, Hindmarsh Shire

The Ebenezer mission site and its complex of buildings, footings and cemetery are of great social, historical, archaeological and architectural significance to the state of Victoria and are…

ARARAT COURT HOUSE

63-75 BARKLY STREET ARARAT, ARARAT RURAL CITY

Completed in 1866-67, Ararat Court House is a small, symmetrical brick building designed by Public Works Department architect Gustav Joachimi in the Victorian Free Classical style with a…

FORMER ARARAT SUB-TREASURY AND POST OFFICE

91 BARKLY STREET ARARAT, Ararat Rural City

The former Ararat Sub-Treasury and Post Office buildings are outstanding elements in the precinct of government buildings which now occupy the old police camp reserve. The former Sub-Treasury…

FORMER ARARAT GAOL

1-7 GIRDLESTONE STREET ARARAT, Ararat Rural City

J Ward was built in 1860-63 as the Ararat Gaol, to a design based on the Pentonville concept by the Public Works Department. It was run as a Gaol until 1886. In 1887, after alterations, the…

PYRENEES HOUSE

9-59 GIRDLESTONE STREET ARARAT, ARARAT RURAL CITY

Pyrenees House was built in 1886 as a general hospital to replace its 1860 predecessor which was razed to the ground after being condemned. The designer of the new hospital was Ballarat…

ARADALE

MCLELLAN STREET ARARAT, ARARAT RURAL CITY

Aradale was initially constructed as the Ararat Lunatic Asylum between 1864 and 1867 to a design attributed to the Public Works Department architect JJ Clark under the direction of William…

PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.2634

9-23 DENSHAM ROAD ARMADALE, Stonnington City

Primary School No.2634 in Armadale consists of two buildings. The larger of the two is a single storey structure with tuckpointed brown brick walls with contrasting bands. It is believed…

ARMADALE HOUSE

117 KOOYONG ROAD ARMADALE, Stonnington City

Armadale House was built in 1876 for Scottish-born businessman and prominent public figure James Munro. Originally located within extensive landscaped gardens but now on a reduced site, the…