FORMER CHURCH OF CHRIST

11 STANTON STREET ABBOTSFORD, Yarra City

The former Church of Christ, Abbotsford was designed by architect and congregation member Jonathan Rankine and built in 1888-9 to replace an earlier building in Langridge Street. The church…

FORMER BAPTIST CHURCH

9/3 DAWSON STREET SOUTH BALLARAT CENTRAL, BALLARAT CITY

The Former Baptist Church, 3 Dawson Street, Ballarat, was designed by Ballarat architect J.A. Doane, begun in 1866-67 and completed externally in 1875-79. The Baptist Church is located in a…

FORMER BEECHWORTH GAOL

REFORMATORY RESERVE, WILLIAMS STREET BEECHWORTH, INDIGO SHIRE

The Former Beechworth Gaol, including: the perimeter walls and watch towers, the entrance gateways and iron gates; the gaolers quarters and turnkeys quarters on either side of the entrance;…

BENDIGO SCHOOL OF MINES (BENDIGO TAFE)

118-160 MCCRAE STREET BENDIGO, Greater Bendigo City

The buildings (exteriors and interiors) and other features of the Bendigo School of Mines (Bendigo TAFE) constructed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century for educational…

FORMER BENDIGO GAOL

10-20 GAOL ROAD BENDIGO, Greater Bendigo City

Bendigo Prison Complex was built as Sandhurst Gaol in 1861-64 on a hill overlooking the town. Designed on the panopticon principle by Samuel Wright and C.G. Ross of Victoria's Public Works…

TRADES HALL

2 LYGON STREET and 172 VICTORIA STREET CARLTON, MELBOURNE CITY

Trades Hall was constructed in some ten stages, the most significant period of building being that between 1874 and 1925. It was during this period that the imposing classical facade to…

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH

169-199 RATHDOWNE STREET and 2-40 PELHAM STREET and 154-184 DRUMMOND STREET CARLTON, MELBOURNE CITY

WHEA AREA OF GREATER SENSITIVITY The Church of the Sacred Heart Complex comprises the former St Georges Church and School, the former Church of the Sacred Heart (now Our Lady of Lebanon),…

FORMER CASTLEMAINE GAOL

36-48 BOWDEN STREET CASTLEMAINE, Mount Alexander Shire

HM Prison, Castlemaine was constructed of local sandstone between 1857 and 1861. It represents an important phase in the development of prison design associated with the completion of the…

CASTLEMAINE MARKET

44 MOSTYN STREET CASTLEMAINE, Mount Alexander Shire

The Castlemaine Market originally contained 22 shops for the sale of local fresh foods and products. It was one of three market buildings arranged geometrically around an arcaded water tank…

FORMER BAPTIST CHURCH HOUSE

486-492 ALBERT STREET EAST MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

The first Baptist service in the colony was held in 1838 in a tent on the site where the Regent Theatre now stands. The land for the first chapel on this site was bought from the Crown in…

CLARENDON TERRACE

208-212 CLARENDON STREET EAST MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

Clarendon Terrace was erected in 1856-57 by Robert Huckson for Charles Lister, a wine and spirit merchant and brewer. The architect was Osgood Pritchard. The building was later owned by the…

LOWTHER HALL ANGLICAN GRAMMAR SCHOOL

29 LESLIE ROAD ESSENDON, Moonee Valley City

Constructed in 1890 for the brewer Mr Collier McCracken to a design by Messrs Lawson and Grey, this monumental scale classical revival building is one of the few known examples of the…

FORMER GEELONG GAOL

200-202 MYERS STREET GEELONG, GREATER GEELONG CITY

The completion of the Geelong Gaol in 1864 reflects an important phase of prison constructed in Victoria. Between 1857 and 1864 a remarkable period of building activity saw eight prisons…

SPRINGTHORPE MEMORIAL, BOROONDARA GENERAL CEMETERY

430-440 HIGH STREET KEW, BOROONDARA CITY

The Springthorpe Memorial within the Boroondara Cemetery (VHR0049)commemorates Annie Springthorpe, and was erected in 1897 by her husband Dr John Springthorpe. It was designed by Harold…

BAPTIST CHURCH

170-174 COLLINS STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The first Baptist service in the colony was held in 1838 in a tent on the site where the Regent Theatre now stands. The Baptist Church obtained a grant for their present site in 1845 and…

FORMER MICKVEH YISRAEL SYNAGOGUE AND SCHOOL

275-285 EXHIBITION STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The Former Mickveh Yisrael Synagogue and Hebrew School was constructed in 1859 to a design by the architects Knight and Kerr. It was used as such until 1877 when a new Synagogue was built in…

PARLIAMENT HOUSE (INCLUDING GROUNDS, WORKS AND FENCES)

110-160 SPRING STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

Parliament House is a classical style building with the plan based on the layout of the Houses of Parliament at Westminster. It has a central entrance through a vestibule and shared hall…

STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA

304-328 SWANSTON STREET and 179-181 LATROBE STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The trustees for Melbourne's new public library were appointed in July 1853 and on 3 July the following year the foundation stone for the first section of building was laid. Opened in 1856,…

LIBRARY OF THE SUPREME COURT

210 WILLIAM STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

The Library of the Supreme Court is part of a complex of buildings known as the Melbourne Law Courts, 192-228 William Street. Alfred L Smith and Arthur E Johnson won the design competition…

LAW COURTS

210 WILLIAM STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

The Law Courts, 192-228 William Street, are part of a complex of buildings which together with the Supreme Court Library and Court of Appeal are known as the Melbourne Law Courts. Architects…

MENTONE

81 PARK DRIVE PARKVILLE, Melbourne City

This building was constructed by Mr Kennedy for Michael Morgan in 1885. Although painting of the original dark brick facade has substantially altered the appearance of this terrace house, it…

SALE COURT HOUSE

79-87 FOSTER STREET SALE, Wellington Shire

Sale Court House is a complex of rendered brick buildings constructed in stages by the Public Works Department of Victoria in 1863, 1874, 1889, 1920, and 1986. JJ Clark designed the original…

FORMER ANZ BANK

49-51 REID STREET WANGARATTA, WANGARATTA RURAL CITY

The first banks in this part of Victoria were in the gold rich town of Beechworth, and the first bank in Wangaratta opened in 1859 in a slab hut. The London Chartered bank opened in the town…

SOUTH MELBOURNE TOWN HALL

208-220 BANK STREET SOUTH MELBOURNE, Port Phillip City

South Melbourne Town Hall, originally known as Emerald Hill Town Hall until the name of the municipality was changed in 1883, was designed by Charles Webb to house the Emerald Hill Town…

FORMER ST ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND MANSE

29 ALBERT STREET and 32 WILLIAM STREET PORT FAIRY, MOYNE SHIRE

The former St Andrews Presbyterian Church Port Fairy was erected by T Fairbairn in 1854 to replace an earlier wattle and daub church of 1843. CH MacKnight of Dunmore Station laid the…