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1 BROOKE STREET (CALDER HWY) INGLEWOOD, LODDON SHIRE
VHR H0276What is Significant The Jones Brothers Eucalyptus Distillery, established c1900, is on a large block next to the northern highway approach to Inglewood. The factory features fabric from two…
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SAWPIT ROAD CRESWICK, HEPBURN SHIRE
VHR H1192The Old State Nursery Office is a diminutive two storey timber building, hexagonal in plan with an encircling verandah at both levels. The building was designed by John Johnstone and…
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4 WATER STREET CRESWICK, HEPBURN SHIRE
VHR H1511The School of Forestry, the first of its kind in Australia, was established in Creswick in 1909 on a site adjacent to the Victorian State Nursery and Plantation at Saw Pit Gully. Creswick…
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RICHARDS AND SONS LOGGING WINCH SITE
ROAD 15 MCMAHONS CREEK, YARRA RANGES SHIRE
VHR H1739Richards & Sons carried on logging and sawmilling operations in the Starvation Creek area from 1916 to 1938. Their last steam log winching station was established on Roy Spur c1936. The…
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WEST BARWON TRACK BARRAMUNGA, COLAC OTWAY SHIRE
VHR H1815Henry's No.1 Mill was the largest sawmill in the eastern Otways, operating from 1904-1927. The mill settlement included a boarding house, bakery, store, billiard room, post office and…
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HARRYS NOSE ROAD CLONBINANE, MITCHELL SHIRE
VHR H1816The Comet Mill represents a rare example from the later nineteenth century of a large sawmill and associated settlement. It operated from 1884 till 1902, and was connected by an outlet…
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OFF WEST BARWON TRACK BARRAMUNGA, COLAC OTWAY SHIRE
VHR H1817Henry's Tramway Tunnel is the most intact tramline tunnel in Victoria. Built around 1911, it provided timber tramline access through a projecting spur between Henry's No.1 and No.2 Mills in…
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OTWAYS STATE FOREST WYELANGTA, COLAC-OTWAY SHIRE
VHR H1818Knott's No.3 Mill was a large and technologically sophisticated sawmill, which operated in the Otway Ranges between 1922 and 1928. The region's first high lead winch system for log…
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GOODWOOD MILL TRACK GENTLE ANNIE, BAW BAW SHIRE
VHR H1819The Lower Goodwood Kilns were constructed in 1931 by Limberlost Lumber Mills, to meet the growing demand in Melbourne for seasoned timber. Forest seasoning kilns are a rare feature in…
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WALK INTO HISTORY TRACK ADA, BAW BAW SHIRE
VHR H1820The New Ada Mill was operated by the Victorian Hardwood Company from 1931-1942, to exploit the virgin stands of mountain ash on the ridges north of the Ada River. Although the machinery has…
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UPPER YARRA WALKING TRACK ADA, BAW BAW SHIRE
VHR H1821The New Federal Mill is a large and multi-faceted sawmill site, with evidence of logging, milling, timber transport and workers’ accommodation. The mill was operated by the Federal Timber…
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BIG CREEK ROAD MCMAHONS CREEK, YARRA RANGES SHIRE
VHR H1822The Old Federal Mill contains the remnants of a technologically innovative sawmill, including concrete machinery foundations, three sawdust heaps, steam winch components, a skyline carriage…
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ROBBIE ROAD MURRINDINDI, MURRINDINDI SHIRE
VHR H1823Robbies Mill was established at Narbethong in 1934, and operated in its later years as a transition mill where the use of road and tramway technology can be demonstrated side by side. The…
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SPRING CREEK SAWMILL AND SEASONING WORKS
MOUNT SAMARIA STATE PARK BRIDGE CREEK, BENALLA RURAL CITY, MANSFIELD SHIRE
VHR H1824The Spring Creek sawmill and seasoning works consists of substantial mill foundations, concrete seasoning kilns, outlet tramway and lowering gear foundations. The site was worked by D J…
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NUNNIONG ROAD NUNNIONG, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
VHR H1825The Washington Winch at Nugong is the only high lead/skyline logging system in Victoria which still retains a winch engine and the associated spars and cables. The massive logging engine and…
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SAWPIT GULLY NURSERY AND PLANTATION
SAWPIT GULLY ROAD CRESWICK, HEPBURN SHIRE
VHR H1951The Sawpit Gully Plantation contains the site of the first State Nursery established at Creswick in 1888 and a collection of exotic and native trees. The trees were planted under the…
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SOLDIERS ROAD GEMBROOK AND BEENAK ROAD YELLINGBO, CARDINIA SHIRE, YARRA RANGES SHIRE
VHR H2012The Kurth Kiln was constructed by the Forests Commission of Victoria in 1941-42 to produce charcoal for use as a substitute fuel source. Petrol shortages during World War Two created a…
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721 KILMORE ROAD AND 731 KILMORE ROAD AND 14 FLOUR MILL LANE AND 20 FLOUR MILL LANE AND 18 FLOUR MILL LANE AND 26 FLOUR MILL LANE AND 38 FLOUR MILL LANE RIDDELLS CREEK, MACEDON RANGES SHIRE
VHR H2060Smiths Nursery, one of Victoria's earliest plant nurseries, was established in 1863 at Riddells Creek and consists of an area of land to the south of Riddells Creek with the remains of…
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