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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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140 LYDIARD STREET NORTH BALLARAT CENTRAL AND 202 LYDIARD STREET NORTH AND NOLAN STREET SOLDIERS HILL AND SCOTT PARADE AND 60 CORBETT STREET BALLARAT EAST AND 75 HUMFFRAY STREET NORTH BAKERY HILL, BALLARAT CITY
VHR H0902The Ballarat Station Complex is of historical, architectural, social and technological significance at State level. How is it significant? Its historical significance arises from…
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INTERLOCKING RAILWAY CROSSING GATES
ANDERSON STREET YARRAVILLE, MARIBYRNONG CITY
VHR H1028The railway through Yarraville, from Melbourne to Williamstown, opened in 1859, and a station was established at Yarraville in 1872. The station complex comprises a brick up-side station…
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ECHUCA RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX
116 STURT STREET ECHUCA, CAMPASPE SHIRE
VHR H1059The railway reached Sandhurst in 1862 and in the following years tenders were awarded to Collier and Barry for the extension of the line to Echuca. The brick station building at Echuca was…
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116 STURT STREET ECHUCA, CAMPASPE SHIRE
VHR H1060The Former Engine Shed is an important element of the Echuca railway complex (VHR 1059). The railway reached Sandhurst in 1862 and in the following years tenders were awarded to Collier and…
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OVER BROKEN RIVER, BENALLA, BENALLA RURAL CITY
VHR H1061The Broken River Bridge was completed in March 1875 for the Victorian Railways' main north eastern trunk line, which connected Melbourne with Belvoir (Wodonga) in 1873, and which was…
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FORMER SOUTH YARRA RAILWAY STATION
163-165 TOORAK ROAD SOUTH YARRA, STONNINGTON CITY
VHR H1068The Former South Yarra Railway Station was constructed c.1862, on the Princes Bridge to Windsor line, which was operated by the Melbourne and Suburban Railway company. The original station…
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ARARAT RAILWAY COMPLEX, HIGH STREET ARARAT, ARARAT RURAL CITY
VHR H1094Ararat Railway Station opened on 7 April 1875 and the main buildings were constructed by July 1875. Two large timber signal boxes were built in Ararat in 1891. Signal Box A was built with a…
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CALDER HIGHWAY RAVENSWOOD, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H1100When the Victorian Railways were established in 1856 they adopted one of the popular British permanent way standards - heavy 80lb (36.3kg) double-headed rail held up right in cast iron…
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OVER MOORABOOL RIVER, MOORABOOL AND BATESFORD, GREATER GEELONG CITY, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
VHR H1105The 396 m long railway line viaduct over the Moorabool River was completed in 1862. It featured nine massive bluestone piers up to 34 metres in height, massive bluestone abutments, and ten…
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GEELONG-COLAC LINE GEELONG, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H1106The railway tunnel in Geelong was built between 1874 and 1875 by Overend and Robb, along the Geelong-Colac line. It is 426m long and constructed of bluestone and brick laid in the classic…
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OVER MARIBYRNONG RIVER, FOOTSCRAY AND WEST MELBOURNE, MARIBYRNONG CITY, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H1213The double track railway bridge was proposed by the Melbourne Mt Alexander & Murray River Railway Company, to carry its Melbourne-Williamstown line across what was then the Salt Water…
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COMBEN STREET WERRIBEE, WYNDHAM CITY
VHR H1309Werribee Railway Station was completed in 1857 as part of the Geelong and Melbourne Railway, the first country railway in Australia. The station was designed either by architect and engineer…
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OVER CRESWICK CREEK, CRESWICK, HEPBURN SHIRE
VHR H1432The Creswick Creek railway bridge on the Creswick to Clunes line was erected in 1874 by engineering contractors Thomas and Greenlaw. This bridge, consisting of wrought iron superstructure,…
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OVER BARKERS CREEK, HARCOURT, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1433[See also H1785 Harcourt Railway Precinct] Railway Bridge, Barker's Creek, near Harcourt, is a substantial bridge constructed of Harcourt granite in 1859 on the Melbourne Bendigo railway. In…
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OVER COLIBAN RIVER MALMSBURY, MACEDON RANGES SHIRE
VHR H1434The Railway Viaduct over the Coliban River at Malmsbury is a large, 500 feet (152 meter) long, rusticated basalt structure, erected in 1859 by Cornish and Bruce for the Victorian Railways.…
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OVER RIDDELLS CREEK, RAILWAY RESERVE RIDDELLS CREEK, MACEDON RANGES SHIRE
VHR H1437The Rail Bridge over Riddells Creek on the Melbourne-Bendigo line was designed by W. E. Bryson, and constructed in 1859 by the contractors Cornish & Bruce for the Victorian Railways. It…
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OVER BLIND CREEK, SUNBURY, HUME CITY
VHR H1441The Rail Bridge over Kismet Creek, Sunbury, was constructed c.1859 on the Melbourne-Bendigo line for the Victorian Railways. Constructed of basalt, it comprises five arched spans with basalt…
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HEATHERLIE (MT DIFFICULT) QUARRY
GRAMPIANS NATIONAL PARK, GRAMPIANS ROAD, BELLFIELD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
VHR H1556In 1861 or 1862, Francis Walkins, stonemason of Stawell discovered an outcrop of freestone in the Mount Difficult range while on a shooting trip and realised that the stone was extremely…
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CLYDE ROAD BANNOCKBURN, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
VHR H1560The Bannockburn Railway Station was constructed for the Victorian Railways in 1862 by DM Barry, on the Geelong-Ballarat Line. It comprises a single storeyed station building with a two…
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GORDON-EGERTON ROAD GORDON, MOORABOOL SHIRE
VHR H1564The Gordon Railway Station was constructed in 1879 by TW Cowley, on the Melbourne-Ballarat line, for the Victorian Railways. It comprises a distinctive, curved roof station building. The…
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KANGAROO FLAT RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX
2B SHORT STREET KANGAROO FLAT, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H1565The Kangaroo Flat Railway Station Complex comprising the Chapel Street rail-over bridge, viaduct, station buildings, Ham Street rail under bridge, two culverts and an embankment. History…
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HAWTHORN RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX
54 BURWOOD ROAD HAWTHORN, BOROONDARA CITY
VHR H1566The Hawthorn Railway Station Complex including its platforms, the weatherboard-clad Station buildings alongside Platform 1, the canopies over the Platforms, the roofed footbridge linking the…
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LITTLE RIVER RAILWAY STATION AND GOODS YARD
19-27 RIVER STREET LITTLE RIVER, WYNDHAM CITY
VHR H1572The Little River Station and Goods Shed was built in 1864 by SamuelAmess on the Geelong-Melbourne line, for the Victorian Railwaysarchitects. It comprises a basalt station building,…
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MALMSBURY-DAYLESFORD ROAD MALMSBURY, MACEDON RANGES SHIRE
VHR H1574Malmsbury Railway Station was constructed in 1862 by Robert Turnbull & Co, on the Melbourne-Echuca Line, for the Victorian Railways. It comprises a single storeyed, standard basalt…
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