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…

FORMER RESIDENCE

802 STURT STREET BALLARAT CENTRAL, Ballarat City

The two storey brick and cement render building at 802 Sturt street was constructed in 1894-95 as a residence and consulting rooms for Dr. Emil Guthiel, an eye and ear doctor, and designed by…

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…

FORMER OVENS DISTRICT HOSPITAL

13 CHURCH STREET BEECHWORTH, INDIGO SHIRE

The Former Ovens District Hospital (formerly known as the Old Hospital Ruins), consisting of: the front facade of the former hospital, the remainder of which was demolished in 1940;…

FORMER OVENS BENEVOLENT ASYLUM

3A & 5 WARNERS ROAD and 42 GILCHRIST AVENUE and 6 BOILER HOUSE LANE and 26-28 ALBERT ROAD BEECHWORTH, INDIGO SHIRE

Construction of the Ovens Benevolent Asylum (now the Ovens and MurrayHospital for the Aged) began in 1862 on an elevated site overlooking thetownship of Beechworth. A building containing two…

ANNE CAUDLE CENTRE

100-104 BARNARD STREET BENDIGO, Greater Bendigo City

The former Bendigo Benevolent Asylum was established in 1857 and moved to its permanent home in 1860. The present complex was named the Anne Caudle Centre after a local doctor's wife who…

KIORA

81 SOUTH ROAD BRIGHTON, Bayside City

Kiora was built in 1891 at the very end of Melbourne's boom. It is an outstanding example of the boom style mansions characteristic of that hectic time. The first owner, and almost certainly…

FORMER SHOP AND RESIDENCE

49 TEMPLETON STREET CASTLEMAINE, Mount Alexander Shire

This building was erected as a shop and residence in c.1859 for Caleb Anderson, a principal of Anderson, Grieg & Co., wine and spirit merchants of Melbourne. A two-storey shop, it is…

SINGLETON MEDICAL CENTRE

162 WELLINGTON STREET COLLINGWOOD, Yarra City

The Singleton Medical Centre is a two storey brick building with a rendered facade, established in 1889 by Dr John Singleton as a dispensary to administer free medical attention and provide…

SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

4 WATER STREET CRESWICK, Hepburn Shire

The 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…

ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL, AUBREY BOWEN WING

MORRISON PLACE EAST MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital was established when Dr. Andrew Sexton Gray's charitable institution for the eye and ear amalgamated with the Ophthalmic and Orthopaedic Institution…

ENSOR

168-172 VICTORIA PARADE EAST MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

Ensor is a two-storey Victorian brick and stucco mansion built in 1875 for Joseph Levy by the prominent Melbourne firm of architects Crouch & Wilson. It has an elaborate three bay facade…

FORMER CHEMIST SHOP

90 ORMOND ROAD ELWOOD, Port Phillip City

The Former Chemist Shop at 90 Ormond Road, Elwood is situated on the corner of Ormond Road and Vautier Street. It was for many years associated with pharmacists John and Alice Barker. The…

FORMER FAIRLEA WOMENS PRISON

YARRA BEND ROAD FAIRFIELD, Yarra City

The Former Fairlea Womens Prison was established at the Yarra Bend location in 1956 but closed in 1996. The site was firstly occupied by the Metropolitan Lunatic Asylum (later known as the…

FORMER WILLSMERE HOSPITAL

1-258 WILTSHIRE DRIVE and 21 VAUGHAN CRESCENT KEW, BOROONDARA CITY

The former Willsmere Hospital, previously know as the Kew Lunatic Asylum, was commenced in 1856 and opened in 1872. The design of the complex was based on contemporary English models of…

KILMORE DISTRICT HOSPITAL

1 ANDERSON ROAD KILMORE, MITCHELL SHIRE

When the rush to Heathcote for gold began in the 1850s, the nearby Kilmore community felt the need to construct a public hospital. A temporary hospital was established in a private…

KYNETON DISTRICT HOSPITAL

67 SIMPSON STREET KYNETON, MACEDON RANGES SHIRE

Kyneton District Hospital, Simpson Street, Kyneton, was erected in numerous stages, the two storey central bluestone wing being the first of these, erected from 1854 to 1856. Stonemasons…

PIRRA HOMESTEAD

108 WINDERMERE ROAD LARA, GREATER GEELONG CITY

Pirra Homestead, 110 Windermere Road, Lara, is significant for its highly unusual historical buildings constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries and for its remnant 19th century…

MALDON DISTRICT HOSPITAL

1 CHAPEL STREET MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

The need for a hospital in Maldon arose with the rush for gold in the area during the 1850s. The original Maldon Hospital was a temporary timber building constructed in 1859. This was soon…

MELVILLE HOUSE

52-54 COLLINS STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

Melville House assumed its current facade in 1881 when alterations and additions to an existing building were designed by Billing & Son architects for the owner Dr Ray. The work was…

MILTON HOUSE

21-25 FLINDERS LANE MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

Milton House is a three-storey brick building with an almost Georgian symmetrical facade with quoined corners and deep, bracketed eaves. The linked chimneys suggest the English Baroque of…

FORMER QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL TOWER AND PERIMETER FENCE

180-222 LONSDALE STREET and 278-300 SWANSTON STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

The former Queen Victoria Hospital Tower and perimeter fence are the last remaining remnants of a hospital complex that once occupied the entire block bounded by Lonsdale, Swanston, Little…

NORTH WEST HOSPITAL, PARKVILLE CAMPUS

36-56 POPLAR ROAD PARKVILLE, MELBOURNE CITY

The North West Hospital, Parkville Campus (formerly Mount Royal Hospital) consists of a complex of buildings constructed and modified over a long period of time, the earliest being from…