RESIDENCE

39 NICHOLSON STREET ABBOTSFORD, Yarra City

The residences at 39-41 Nicholson Street, Abbotsford, were erected between 1858-1869 on land subdivided by local speculator, Charles Nicholson. The houses were constructed of squared rubble…

RESIDENCE

41 NICHOLSON STREET ABBOTSFORD, Yarra City

The residences at 39-41 Nicholson Street, Abbotsford, were erected between 1858-1869 on land subdivided by local speculator, Charles Nicholson. The houses were constructed of squared rubble…

PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.1181

2-38 VICTORIA AVENUE ALBERT PARK, PORT PHILLIP CITY

The design of the Albert Park Primary School building by Joseph Schneider won the competition for school buildings after the passing of the education act in1872. The school was built by…

ROCHESTER TERRACE

33-51 ST VINCENT PLACE ALBERT PARK, PORT PHILLIP CITY

'Rochester Terrace' St Vincent Place, Albert Park is a group of ten ornately stuccoed brick terraces which were erected for the eminent Emerald Hill auctioneer, agent and speculator WP…

ALEXANDRA COURT HOUSE AND FORMER SHIRE OFFICES

38A DOWNEY STREET ALEXANDRA, MURRINDINDI SHIRE

The public offices at Alexandra are architecturally significant as an uncommon example of public works architecture, which incorporates a post office, shire offices and courthouse into a…

LAUDERDALE

7 PRINCE STREET ALFREDTON, Ballarat City

An early and elaborate house of architectural importance for its detailing. In a classically-derived style the house and its outbuildings are notable as a representative example of such a…

NARADA HOMESTEAD

130 MOUNT ROAD ANAKIE, Greater Geelong City

Narada Homestead at Anakie was built in 1862 for pastoralist John Browne, a notable early settler in the Anakie district. It was designed by the Geelong architect John Young. Joseph Watts…

EBENEZER MISSION

EBENEZER MISSION ROAD DIMBOOLA, Hindmarsh Shire

The Ebenezer mission site and its complex of buildings, footings and cemetery are of great social, historical, archaeological and architectural significance to the state of Victoria and are…

ARARAT COURT HOUSE

63-75 BARKLY STREET ARARAT, ARARAT RURAL CITY

Completed in 1866-67, Ararat Court House is a small, symmetrical brick building designed by Public Works Department architect Gustav Joachimi in the Victorian Free Classical style with a…

FORMER ARARAT SUB-TREASURY AND POST OFFICE

91 BARKLY STREET ARARAT, Ararat Rural City

The former Ararat Sub-Treasury and Post Office buildings are outstanding elements in the precinct of government buildings which now occupy the old police camp reserve. The former Sub-Treasury…

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…

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…

ARMADALE HOUSE

117 KOOYONG ROAD ARMADALE, Stonnington City

Armadale 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…

FORMER ROYAL MAIL HOTEL AND COTTAGE

26 HENRY STREET AVENEL, STRATHBOGIE SHIRE

The township of Avenel carries the name of the pastoral run of Henry Kent Hughes, one the earliest settlers in the district and the creek which divides the township is named after him.…

BRIDGE OVER HUGHES CREEK

OLD HUME HIGHWAY AVENEL, STRATHBOGIE SHIRE

The Hughes Creek Bridge on the Hume Highway at Avenel was erected in 1859 by the Board of Land and Works, and replaced a timber bridge erected in 1847. The contractor was Hugh Dalrymple. It…

FORMER AVOCA COURT HOUSE

85 HIGH STREET AVOCA, PYRENEES SHIRE

The Avoca Court House is a small, single-storey brick structure built in 1858-59 in response to rapid and substantial population growth generated by the rush for alluvial gold in Avoca in…

LOCK-UP

6 DAVEY STREET AVOCA, PYRENEES SHIRE

Lock-up, Avoca, forms part of a complex including a court house, police magazine and residence. The lock-up was constructed in 1867, presumably to the designs of the public works department…

FORMER POLICE RESIDENCE

6 DAVEY STREET AVOCA, PYRENEES SHIRE

The Former Police Residence, Avoca, built in 1859, is part of a larger justice precinct designed by the Public Works Department and includes the court house (1859), powder magazine (1860) and…

POWDER MAGAZINE

NAPIER STREET and CAMP STREET AVOCA, PYRENEES SHIRE

The Powder Magazine, Avoca, built in 1860, is part of a larger justice precinct designed by the Public Works Department and includes the court house (1859), police residence (1859) and…

AVOCA RAILWAY STATION

13-15 YORK AVENUE AVOCA, PYRENEES SHIRE

Avoca Railway Station was constructed in 1876 by J Summerland, on the Avoca-Maryborough line for the Victorian Railways. It consists of a hip roofed, red brick station building and residence…

GREYSTONES HOMESTEAD AND OUTBUILDINGS

565 GLENMORE ROAD ROWSLEY, MOORABOOL SHIRE

Greystones was built for pastoralist Molesworth Greene in 1875-6 as the centre of his pastoral estate. Greene was born in Ireland, educated in Paris, and migrated to Port Phillip with his…

RESIDENCE

6 GISBORNE ROAD BACCHUS MARSH, Moorabool Shire

The Bacchus Marsh Express was founded by George Lane, a book binder, and the first issue was published on 7th July 1866. The second edition was published by the Bacchus Marsh Express printing…

BACCHUS MARSH EXPRESS OFFICE AND PRINTING WORKS

8 GISBORNE ROAD and 8 CHURCH STREET BACCHUS MARSH, MOORABOOL SHIRE

The Bacchus Marsh Express was founded by George Lane, a book binder, and the first issue was published on 7th July 1866. The second edition was published by the Bacchus Marsh Express Printing…

RESIDENCE

10 GISBORNE ROAD BACCHUS MARSH, Moorabool Shire

The original part of the house was built in c.1860 by William Watson, one of the founders of the Bacchus Marsh Express and a builder by trade, for himself and his mother. It consisted of a…

MILLBANK

37 GRANT STREET BACCHUS MARSH, MOORABOOL SHIRE

William Grant purchased the land in Bacchus Marsh, upon which Millbank is located, in April 1850 from William Easey. Comprising 205 acres, the land ran from the Werribee River to north of…