CASTLEMAINE COURT HOUSE

29 LYTTLETON STREET CASTLEMAINE, Mount Alexander Shire

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…

IMPERIAL HOTEL

56 LYTTLETON STREET CASTLEMAINE, Mount Alexander Shire

The Castlemaine area was sparsely populated until the discovery of gold in the Mount Alexander/Forest Creek area in September 1851. The rapid growth in population demanded some measure of…

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 BANK OF AUSTRALASIA

57 MOSTYN STREET CASTLEMAINE, Mount Alexander Shire

The Former Bank of Australasia which was built in 1855 at a cost of £2500 was designed by the architect John Gill and built by James Kibble. It is a two storey building constructed of…

RESIDENCE

167 MOSTYN STREET CASTLEMAINE, Mount Alexander Shire

The land on which this house stands was acquired by the Vivian family in 1862 and, sometime before 1869, George Vivian had the house built for him. The Vivian brothers established an iron and…

FERNDALE MANOR

60 RAY STREET CASTLEMAINE, Mount Alexander Shire

Ferndale Manor was built in Castlemaine for Henry Issacs in 1859-60 to designs by architect, Edward Spencer. From 1867 to 1876 it was the residence of Alexander William Robertson who,…

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…

BUDA

42-48 HUNTER STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

Buda is a single storey 1863 Italianate villa with grand 1890s classical baroque front entrance and octagonal additions, complemented by three acres of mature dry climate garden. The garden…

HALSTEAD

23 BAMBRA ROAD CAULFIELD NORTH, Glen Eira City

Halstead is believed to be the oldest standing residence in Caulfield constructed in 1857 with subsequent additions during the 19th Century. The house was built for and owned by James…

ROSECRADDOCK

2-8 KEVERELL ROAD and 4-10 CRADDOCK AVENUE CAULFIELD NORTH, GLEN EIRA CITY

Rosecraddock was constructed in two main stages. The first part was rated in 1857 as the home of Mr GW Harris. It consisted at that stage of seven rooms, kitchen (detached), servants' rooms,…

GLENISLA

6495 HENTY HIGHWAY GLENISLA, SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Glenisla squatting run was established in 1843 by a Scotsman named Simpson who named the run after a kirkdom near Balmoral. In 1860 Charles Carter and Sons acquired the run. From the 1870s…

NEUCHATEL

460 MERRAWARP ROAD BARRABOOL, Surf Coast Shire

The former Suisse vineyard property, renamed Neuchatel by the present owners, has significance for its early associations with the Breguet family, pioneer Swiss vignerons who settled in the…

CHATSWORTH HOUSE

101 HOPKINS HILL ROAD CHATSWORTH, Moyne Shire

Chatsworth 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.…

MAGENTA QUARTZ MINE

145 MAGENTA ROAD CHILTERN, INDIGO SHIRE

Magenta Quartz Mine began as an open cut mine in 1860 on the Magenta gold fields, 1.6km northeast of Chiltern in north eastern Victoria. Following the discovery of gold in Victoria (1851),…

STAR THEATRE

38 MAIN STREET CHILTERN, Indigo Shire

Constructed in 1865, the former Star Theatre, Chiltern, is a rare example of a goldfields theatre purposely built in association with hotel facilities. Gold was discovered around Chiltern in…

CHILTERN RAILWAY STATION AND GOODS SHED

RAILWAY ACCESS ROAD CHILTERN, Indigo Shire

Chiltern Railway Station Complex was constructed in 1875 (the station was built by James Lever and the goods shed was built by J Kyle) on the Melbourne-Wodonga line for the Victorian…

LAKE VIEW

18-22 VICTORIA STREET CHILTERN, Indigo Shire

Lake View, Chiltern is a single-storey, red brick Victorian residence built in c.1870 with a separate brick kitchen. The bricks were probably made locally. The six-roomed residence is a…

PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.1360

183-185 GOLD STREET CLIFTON HILL, Yarra City

Primary School No.1360, in Gold Street, Clifton Hill, was opened in 1874. Built to a design of WH Ellerker, the two storey school was constructed of load bearing brick with a bluestone…

CLUNES POST OFFICE

102 BAILEY STREET CLUNES, HEPBURN SHIRE

The Clunes Post and Telegraph Office was built in 1879 to a design by the Public Works Department. The principal building was constructed by Messrs Lewis and Roberts at a cost of £4099…

FORMER ES&A BANK

30 FRASER STREET CLUNES, Hepburn Shire

The ES&A Bank is a substantial two storey stuccoed building of solid masonry construction, with double height internal vault, set prominently in the middle section of Fraser Street on…

COTTAGE

82 BELL STREET COBURG, Moreland City

This well-preserved double-fronted bluestone cottage built in 1864 for James Smith, a prison warder, which one formed part of a group of seven stone and timber cottages in that street owned…

GLENCAIRN

6 CRAIGROSSIE AVENUE COBURG, MORELAND CITY

Glencairn at 6 Craigrossie Avenue, Coburg was commenced in 1859-1861 as a 5-room stone house for Scottish-born merchant, Robert Mailer on agricultural land previously part of the Moreland…

BRIDGE

OVER MERRI CREEK, NEWLANDS ROAD COBURG, MORELAND CITY

The Bridge, over Merri Creek was constructed in 1865 by convict labour from nearby Pentridge Prison. It was built under the administration of William Champ, the third inspector General of…

HM PRISON PENTRIDGE

CHAMP STREET and MURRAY ROAD and URQUHART STREET and PENTRIDGE BOULEVARD and WARDENS WALK and SENTRY LANE and INDUSTRY LANE and STOCKADE AVENUE and VIA ROMA COBURG, MORELAND CITY

The former HM Pentridge Prison was established in December 1850. The structures remaining from the prison consist of A Division, B Division, B Division Annexe (former kitchen), D Division…

FORMER GROSVENOR COMMON SCHOOL

2-4 BOND STREET ABBOTSFORD, Yarra City

The former Grosvenor Common School was erected in 1863-64 for John Puckey, School Master, soon after the gazettal of the Common Schools Act 1862. The building consisted of a 36 x 40 foot…