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  • FITZROY TOWN HALL

    201 NAPIER STREET FITZROY, YARRA CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0147
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    The Fitzroy Town Hall was erected in two stages. The hall wing and a tower were designed by W.L. Ellis and built in 1873 by Nation Company. The second stage, designed by G. Johnson and…

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  • PRAHRAN TOWN HALL

    CHAPEL STREET AND GREVILLE STREET PRAHRAN, STONNINGTON CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0203
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    The Prahran Town Hall complex was constructed in stages over a number of years on land at the corner of Chapel and Greville Streets. The first municipal council was elected in 1856, the year…

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  • ROSEDALE HOTEL

    29-31 LYONS STREET ROSEDALE, WELLINGTON SHIRE

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    VHR H0645
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    The Rosedale Hotel complex comprises a two-storey brick hotel (originally constructed as a single storey building in 1858 and altered in 1927), brick stables of 1858 and a two storey kitchen…

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  • ELTHAM COURT HOUSE

    730 MAIN ROAD ELTHAM, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0784
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    1. The Eltham Court House dates from the time when the town was largely self-contained. It was initiated in response to itinerant gold prospectors who turned to crime when their quest was…

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  • WONTHAGGI COURT HOUSE

    75 WATT STREET WONTHAGGI, BASS COAST SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0974
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    The town of Wonthaggi is a relatively recent development, coming into existence in 1909 with the opening of the State Coal mine. A Court House forms part of a public precinct and is an…

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  • FORMER PLEASANT CREEK COURT HOUSE

    46-48 LONGFIELD STREET STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0998
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    The former Pleasant Creek Court House, built in 1859, is identified by Court Houses in Victoria A Survey as the best and most intact example of four identically planned court houses in the…

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  • FORMER BENALLA COURT HOUSE

    69 ARUNDEL STREET BENALLA, BENALLA RURAL CITY

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    VHR H1070
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    The former Court House was constructed in 1865 and considerably altered in 1888. It is a substantial neo-classical symmetrical building with bi-chromatic brickwork and stuccoed enrichment.…

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  • INGLEWOOD COURT HOUSE

    91 SOUTHEY STREET INGLEWOOD, LODDON SHIRE

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    VHR H1120
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    The Inglewood Court House was built in 1860 by Thomas Watts to a standard design of Public Works Department architect Alfred T Snow. The Court House accommodated a court of Petty Sessions,…

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  • PORT MELBOURNE COURT HOUSE, POLICE STATION AND LOCK-UP

    113-119 AND 111 BAY STREET AND GRAHAM STREET PORT MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1318
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    The Port Melbourne Court House, Police Station and Lock-up were built in the early 1860s on land set aside for a watch house. The cream and red brick court house was designed by important…

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  • FORMER HEATHCOTE COURT HOUSE AND SHIRE COUNCIL CHAMBERS

    125 HIGH STREET HEATHCOTE, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

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    VHR H1368
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    The Former Heathcote Court House and Shire Council Chambers was constructed in 1863 to the design of Melbourne architect, John Flannagan and was partially funded by both the local council and…

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  • FORMER HUNTLY COURT HOUSE

    621 MIDLAND HIGHWAY HUNTLY, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

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    VHR H1370
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    The Former Huntly Court House was designed by the Public Works Department under the leadership of William Wilkinson Wardell in 1873 and constructed in 1874 by builder, William Cutler of…

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  • EAGLEHAWK COURT HOUSE, MAGISTRATES COURT AND LOCK-UP

    1 SAILORS GULLY ROAD EAGLEHAWK, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1401
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    A timber Court of Petty Sessions was built in Eaglehawk in 1858. The log lockup now adjacent to the present courthouse was built to a Canadian plan in the same year in the grounds of the…

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  • CASTLEMAINE COURT HOUSE

    29 LYTTLETON STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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    VHR H1405
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    The first court building on this site was built in 1858. Previously courts had operated from the old Courthouse in the Commissioners Camp. This courthouse was similar to the courthouse at…

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  • FRYERSTOWN METHODIST CHURCH HALL

    9-11 HERON STREET FRYERSTOWN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1423
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    The Fryerstown Methodist Church Hall is a prefabricated timber building of a type which was used for Courthouses and Gold Warden's offices in the goldfields in the mid to late 1850s. The…

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  • FORMER AVOCA COURT HOUSE

    85 HIGH STREET AVOCA, PYRENEES SHIRE

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    VHR H1460
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    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…

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  • COURT HOUSE

    123 MAIN STREET BACCHUS MARSH, MOORABOOL SHIRE

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    VHR H1461
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    The Bacchus Marsh Court House was built in 1858-59. It was designed by Samuel White of the Public Works Department. White was employed as a draftsman with the Public Works Department from…

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  • BEECHWORTH JUSTICE PRECINCT

    FORD STREET WILLIAMS STREET HIGH STREET BEECHWORTH, INDIGO SHIRE

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    VHR H1464
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    Gold was discovered at Beechworth in 1852 and the township of Beechworth was proclaimed on 1 July 1853. On 23 August 1856 the Municipal District of Beechworth was proclaimed and the first…

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  • DUNOLLY COURT HOUSE

    44 MARKET STREET DUNOLLY, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1468
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    The Dunolly Court House was built in the market square in 1862 as the Dunolly Municipal Chambers, to designs by Charles Toutcher of Maryborough. It was used for this purpose until deemed too…

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  • ECHUCA COURT HOUSE

    4 LAW COURT PLACE ECHUCA, CAMPASPE SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1469
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    The Echuca Court House was erected in Dickson Street in 1873 as a Shire Hall. The first timber court house was built in Echuca in 1859 as a Court of Petty Sessions and was located on the…

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  • KILMORE COURT HOUSE

    4 POWLETT STREET KILMORE, MITCHELL SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1471
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    The Court House, Kilmore, erected in 1863, was designed by J J Clark under the supervision of William Wardell of the Public Works Department and constructed by Langridge and Co. The building,…

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  • KYNETON COURT HOUSE

    1A HUTTON STREET KYNETON, MACEDON RANGES SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1472
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    Kyneton Court House was commissioned by the Public Works Department in 1856, when Charles Pasley was Inspector General of Public Works. Made of local bluestone and completed in January 1857,…

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  • MANSFIELD COURT HOUSE

    88 HIGH STREET MANSFIELD, MANSFIELD SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1474
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    Mansfield Court House, a simple, symmetrical building with a dominant double-height courtroom flanked by single storey administrative wings, features a wooden verandah and gable roof of…

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  • PORT FAIRY COURT HOUSE

    30 GIPPS STREET PORT FAIRY, MOYNE SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1480
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    Port Fairy court house, built in 1859, is an example of the Victorian Free Classical style with arcuated facade and gable roof. It is significant in its use of local bluestone. It was…

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  • PORTLAND COURT HOUSE

    67 CLIFF STREET PORTLAND, GLENELG SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1481
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    Portland Court House is a single-storey bluestone court house erected in 1843-45 to a design attributed to the Port Phillip District's clerk of works, James Rattenbury (1808-63). The…

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  • RUSHWORTH COURT HOUSE

    77 HIGH STREET RUSHWORTH, CAMPASPE SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1483
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    Constructed in 1877 to the design of F.M. Hynes and William Wardell of the Public Works Department, the Rushworth Court House occupies part of the former Police Camp Reserve (1853) and was an…

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