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84-122 CLARENDON STREET EAST MELBOURNE, Melbourne City
VHR H0027The elevated site for Bishopscourt was selected by BishopPerry,firstBishop of Melbourne, in 1848. Tenders for Bishopscourt werecalledbyarchitects Newson and Blackburn in 1849. The site was…
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16 COMO AVENUE SOUTH YARRA, Stonnington City
VHR H0205Como House, a large white mansion prominently sited on a South Yarra hill overlooking the Yarra River, consists of a central block built c. 1855, flanked on the west by a kitchen wing dating…
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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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101 HOPKINS HILL ROAD CHATSWORTH, Moyne Shire
VHR H0325Chatsworth House, a substantial single storey bluestone mansion with attendant outbuildings, on the Hopkins River near Chatsworth, was erected in1858-59 for pioneer pastoralist John Moffat.…
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1444 STURT STREET LAKE WENDOUREE, Ballarat City
VHR H0413The Bishop's Palace is one of the most imposing houses in Ballarat. It owes its existence to the fact that in 1873 the Roman Catholic Church created the Ballarat Diocese, and a palace was…
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35-43 RIVERSDALE ROAD NEWTOWN, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H0425Between the years 1853-1856, Geelong solicitor john Alexander Gregory built the 18 room stone mansion `Barwon Bank' in extensive gardens on the high northern bank overlooking the Barwon River…
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5188 PENSHURST-WARRNAMBOOL ROAD PENSHURST, SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
VHR H0541The property which was to become Kolor was first settled in 1838 and was run as an aboriginal settlement for some time. John Joseph Twomey purchased it and adjoining properties about 1851.…
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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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273-277 CAPE SCHANCK ROAD CAPE SCHANCK, Mornington Peninsula Shire
VHR H0615The land on which Barragunda now stands was first occupied by john barker, a gentleman pastoralist, from the 1840s. Barker's original homestead is thought to survive nearby although altered…
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117 KOOYONG ROAD ARMADALE, Stonnington City
VHR H0637Armadale House was built in 1876 for Scottish-born businessman and prominent public figure James Munro. Originally located within extensive landscaped gardens but now on a reduced site, the…
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29 ERIN STREET RICHMOND, Yarra City
VHR H0651Elim, formerly called Yooralbyn, was built in 1889 for William Harper, a partner in a leading Melbourne merchant and manufacturing firm. The house was one of the many great mansions and…
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6 MELVILLE PARK DRIVE BERWICK, CASEY CITY
VHR H0653Edrington was built in 1906-07 for the West Australian pastoralist Samuel P McKay. It was designed by Rodney Alsop in 1906. It is a two-storey red brick example of the English vernacular…
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105 LATROBE PARADE DROMANA, Mornington Peninsula Shire
VHR H0664The first three owners of Heronswood were remarkable and eminent men. William Edward Hearn (1826-1888) was one of the first professors at the University of Melbourne. He was also a political…
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10 MANDEVILLE CRESCENT TOORAK, Stonnington City
VHR H0676Mandeville Hall is one of the most lavishly-decorated of Melbourne's 19th century mansions. The first house to be built on the site, St George's, was a two-storey brick residence of 12 rooms…
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54 MONT ALBERT ROAD CANTERBURY, Boroondara City
VHR H0707Frognall was constructed in 1888-9 for the timber merchant Clarence Hicks, who had gained wealth from the building boom. After the bank collapse and depression of the early 1890s Frognall…
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36-40 LORD SOMERS ROAD SOMERS, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE
VHR H0759Coolart originally formed part of one of the oldest grazing properties on the Mornington Peninsula. "Coolart" or "Coolourt" (meaning sandy area in the local aboriginal dialect) was first…
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12 MARATHON DRIVE MOUNT ELIZA, Mornington Peninsula Shire
VHR H0946Marathon, constructed in 1914, is significant because of the relationship between house and garden. Designed by the architectural partnership Butler and Bradshaw, with substantial extensions…
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74-104 NORTH ROAD BRIGHTON, Bayside City
VHR H1186Kamesburgh (Anzac Hostel) is a large two storey, rendered brick, Italianate mansion set in an extensive formal garden. The internal decorative scheme which is now almost totally covered by…
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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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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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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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GOVERNMENT HOUSE DRIVE SOUTH YARRA, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H1620Government House Complex features one of the largest and most beautiful mansion houses in Australia. Built between 1872 and 1876, the complex consists of the main house, outbuildings and…
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95-133 WELLINGTON PARADE SOUTH and 49-55 CHARLES STREET and 50-62 AGNES STREET EAST MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H2009Jolimont Square in East Melbourne is bounded by Wellington Parade South, Agnes Street, Palmer Street and Charles Street. The Square, two acres (0.8ha) in extent, was established after the…
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