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643 MAIN LEAD ROAD RAGLAN, PYRENEES SHIRE
VHR H0644In 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…
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973 ERCILDOUN ROAD ERCILDOUNE, PYRENEES SHIRE
VHR H0313Brothers 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…
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1012 RIVERSDALE ROAD BURWOOD, WHITEHORSE CITY
VHR H0904Wattle 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…
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192 HOTHAM STREET ELSTERNWICK, GLEN EIRA CITY
VHR H0614Rippon 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…
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5945 GLENELG HIGHWAY CARRANBALLAC, PYRENEES SHIRE
VHR H0424The large station property Carranballac, Skipton, was settled by the pastoralist Andrew Chirnside, who arrived in Australia from Scotland in 1841. With his brother Thomas, Andrew prospered…
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3-5 MACEDON STREET SUNBURY, HUME CITY
VHR H0275Rupertswood Mansion built for Sir William Clarke at Sunbury in 1874-76 was one of the largest houses built in Victoria in the nineteenth century. It is located within the township of…
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320 K ROAD WERRIBEE SOUTH, WYNDHAM CITY
VHR H1613Werribee Park is set on approximately 1,000 acres of land 35 kilometres southwest of Melbourne. The area includes the Werribee Mansion (1873) with formal garden, grotto, mansion gates and…
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4-68 BALLARAT ROAD FOOTSCRAY, MARIBYRNONG CITY
VHR H1220Footscray Park of 15 hectares (37 acres) was permanently reserved in 1911 as a site for a Public Park and Recreation purposes. The park's creation was largely due to the efforts of the…
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6-34 COCKMAN STREET WARRNAMBOOL, WARRNAMBOOL CITY
VHR H2090The township of Warrnambool was constituted a municipality in December 1855 and in 1858 successfully applied for a grant of £500 towards the formation of a botanical garden. A site of…
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97 OSBORNE STREET WILLIAMSTOWN, HOBSONS BAY CITY
VHR H1803The Williamstown Botanic Gardens of 4 hectares was permanently reserved in 1856 as a public park and botanic garden. The creation of the gardens was largely due to the efforts of the…
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370 MOUNT MACEDON ROAD MACEDON, MACEDON RANGES SHIRE
VHR H1316The property known as Bolobek occupies parts of two former pastoral runs, Turitable and Wooling which were settled from 1839. In 1911, the property and adjoining land was purchased by Oswald…
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PARK STREET MARYBOROUGH, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE
VHR H1880The Prince's Park recreation reserve is a flat, low-lying site of approximately 25.6 hectares (64 acres) bounded by Park Road, Holyrood Street, Burns Street and Earl Street. The 7 hectare…
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69 WOODLAND STREET ESSENDON, MOONEE VALLEY CITY
VHR H1286North Park, now known as the Australian Headquarters of the St Columban Mission, was the home of Alexander McCracken, renowned brewer and sportsman. The 42 roomed mansion was built in 1888 by…
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62 AND 62A CLENDON ROAD TOORAK, STONNINGTON CITY
VHR H1293The property known as Cranlana was developed by the businessman and philanthropist Sidney Myer and his wife Dame Merlyn Myer. Russian-born Myer came to Australia in 1899 and was to found…
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WELLINGTON PARADE AND LANSDOWNE STREET AND CLARENDON STREET AND ALBERT STREET EAST MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H1834The Fitzroy Gardens were set aside as a public reserve, then known as Fitzroy Square, in 1848. Partially cleared and fenced during the 1840s and 1850s, it was not until 1859 that the reserve…
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WENDOUREE PARADE LAKE WENDOUREE, BALLARAT CITY
VHR H2419Lake Wendouree is a substantial urban lake of approximately 238 hectares, which was developed from existing wetlands from the 1850s. The place comprises the lake, its rowing course,…
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PARK STREET MARYBOROUGH, Central Goldfields Shire
VHR H1880The Prince's Park recreation reserve is a flat, low-lying site of approximately 25.6 hectares (64 acres) bounded by Park Road, Holyrood Street, Burns Street and Earl Street. The 7 hectare…
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BALLARAT ROAD FOOTSCRAY, Maribyrnong City
VHR H1220The entrance to Footscray Park on Ballarat Road features stone walls and wrought iron grates which incorporate the wording "Footscray Park". A World War I memorial which was unveiled in 1922…
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