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…

GREYSTONES HOMESTEAD AND OUTBUILDINGS

565 GLENMORE ROAD ROWSLEY, MOORABOOL SHIRE

Greystones was built for pastoralist Molesworth Greene in 1875-6 as the centre of his pastoral estate. Greene was born in Ireland, educated in Paris, and migrated to Port Phillip with his…

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…

BELMONT

643 MAIN LEAD ROAD RAGLAN, Pyrenees Shire

In about 1858, James Frazer Watkin, an English engineer occupied land on a Miner’s Right near the Mount Cole to Mitchell’s Gully water race at Raglan. J. F. Watkin had been involved in…

MAYDAY HILLS HOSPITAL

ALBERT ROAD BEECHWORTH, Indigo Shire

Mayday Hills Hospital, consisting of a variety of buildings constructed since the establishment of the institution in 1864. The majority of these buildings are contained within a landscape…

BEECHWORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. 1560

JUNCTION ROAD BEECHWORTH, INDIGO SHIRE

The first school at Beechworth was a school opened in the Wesleyan chapel in January 1855. A small Church of England school opened in 1856 later to become Beechworth Grammar School. A new…

BENDIGO CEMETERY

70 CARPENTER STREET QUARRY HILL, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

The Bendigo Cemetery site is bounded by Carpenter Street on the east, Houston Street on the north and Burnside and Paterson Streets to the south. It comprises two distinct sections, the…

EDRINGTON

6 MELVILLE PARK DRIVE BERWICK, CASEY CITY

Edrington was built in 1906-07 for the West Australian pastoralist Samuel P McKay. It was designed by Rodney Alsop in 1906. It is a two-storey red brick example of the English vernacular…

OLIVE HILLS

3221 MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY RUTHERGLEN, Indigo Shire

Olive Hills comprises a large country homestead and complex of related farm buildings. The homestead was constructed in 1886 for Hugh Fraser, a Scot who had worked at the Docker's Bontharambo…

GLENARA

10 GLENARA DRIVE BULLA, HUME CITY

Glenara, Bulla was settled by pastoralist Walter Clark in 1857. Originally purchasing 485 acres to the north-west of Melbourne, Clark built his estate up to 4079 acres before his death in…

HEIDE II

7 TEMPLESTOWE ROAD BULLEEN, Manningham City

Designed by David McGlashan of the firm McGlashan & Everist, Heide II was built in 1967 as 'a gallery that could be lived in' for art patrons John and Sunday Reed who had been living on…

ERCILDOUN

973 ERCILDOUN ROAD ERCILDOUNE, Pyrenees Shire

Brothers Thomas and Somerville Learmonth founded Ercildoun in 1838. The brothers had been part of an unsuccessful exploration mission into the interior of the colony in 1837, and embarked on…

WATTLE PARK

1012 RIVERSDALE ROAD BURWOOD, Whitehorse City

Wattle Park is the only example in Australia of a comprehensively developed pleasure park established, owned and operated by a transport authority with the dual aim of promoting its transport…

FINLAY AVENUE OF ELMS, MANIFOLD CLOCK TOWER AND PUBLIC MONUMENT PRECINCT

MANIFOLD STREET CAMPERDOWN and PRINCES HIGHWAY SKIBO, Corangamite Shire

The Finlay Avenue of Elms, Manifold Clock Tower and Public Monument Precinct, Camperdown, forms a dramatic central landscape feature in the town. The 30 metre high, red brick clock tower of…

FROGNALL

54 MONT ALBERT ROAD CANTERBURY, Boroondara City

Frognall was constructed in 1888-9 for the timber merchant Clarence Hicks, who had gained wealth from the building boom. After the bank collapse and depression of the early 1890s Frognall…

BARRAGUNDA

273-277 CAPE SCHANCK ROAD CAPE SCHANCK, Mornington Peninsula Shire

The land on which Barragunda now stands was first occupied by john barker, a gentleman pastoralist, from the 1840s. Barker's original homestead is thought to survive nearby although altered…

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…

WARROCK

826 WARROCK ROAD WARROCK, Glenelg Shire

' Warrock near Casterton is an outstanding nineteenth century Western District pastoral complex, developed from the 1840s. It was settled by Scots cabinet maker George Robertson, who…

HALSTEAD

23 BAMBRA ROAD CAULFIELD NORTH, Glen Eira City

Halstead is believed to be the oldest standing residence in Caulfield constructed in 1857 with subsequent additions during the 19th Century. The house was built for and owned by James…

CHATSWORTH HOUSE

101 HOPKINS HILL ROAD CHATSWORTH, Moyne Shire

Chatsworth House, a substantial single storey bluestone mansion with attendant outbuildings, on the Hopkins River near Chatsworth, was erected in1858-59 for pioneer pastoralist John Moffat.…

FRIEDENSRUH

10 WALDAU COURT DONCASTER, Manningham City

Friedensruh, dating from 1853, is probably the oldest surviving house in Doncaster. It was the home of the Thiele family, who played a prominent role in the settlement of the Doncaster…

HERONSWOOD

105 LATROBE PARADE DROMANA, Mornington Peninsula Shire

The first three owners of Heronswood were remarkable and eminent men. William Edward Hearn (1826-1888) was one of the first professors at the University of Melbourne. He was also a political…

BISHOPSCOURT

84-122 CLARENDON STREET EAST MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The elevated site for Bishopscourt was selected by BishopPerry,firstBishop of Melbourne, in 1848. Tenders for Bishopscourt werecalledbyarchitects Newson and Blackburn in 1849. The site was…

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…

FOOTSCRAY RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX

IRVING AND HYDE STREETS FOOTSCRAY, Maribyrnong City

The railway station at Footscray is situated at the point of divergence of lines to Williamstown, Bendigo, Geelong and Ballarat. Originally two stations, one on the first major…