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…

BELMONT

8-10 JOHNSTON STREET COLLINGWOOD, Yarra City

Belmont is a two storey bluestone and brick residence. It is believed that Moses Craven built a single storey three-room stone house on the site some time prior to 1857. A further storey was…

SINGAPORE COTTAGE

136 SACKVILLE STREET COLLINGWOOD, Yarra City

The Singapore Cottage now located at 136 Sackville Street (and identified as "N4") has replaced a previous Singapore Cottage (known as A*) that was dismantled in 1998. The cottage A* is now…

GRACE DARLING HOTEL

114 SMITH STREET COLLINGWOOD, Yarra City

The Grace Darling Hotel was built in 1854. The two storey building was constructed of bluestone and rendered brickwork with feature sandstone window surrounds. How is it significant? The…

FORMER YORKSHIRE BREWERY

88 WELLINGTON STREET and 1-21 ROBERT STREET COLLINGWOOD, Yarra City

The Yorkshire Brewery was established in 1858 by John Wood who commenced operations in a timber building on a two acre site. Wood, a former builder, lived on site and also owned the Yorkshire…

MONOMEITH HOMESTEAD

405 MONOMEITH ROAD MONOMEITH, Cardinia Shire

A vast area of land on the northern side of Westernport Bay was, during the early nineteenth century, dominated by the partnership of Mickle, Bakewell and Lyall, operating under the name of…

CRESWICK TOWN HALL AND FORMER MUNICIPAL OFFICES

70-72 ALBERT STREET CRESWICK, Hepburn Shire

The Creswick Town Hall and Municipal Offices were constructed as one building in 1876, thirteen years after the creation of the Borough of Creswick. The design of the building was the subject…

RAIL BRIDGE

OVER CRESWICK CREEK, CRESWICK, HEPBURN SHIRE

The Creswick Creek railway bridge on the Creswick to Clunes line was erected in 1874 by engineering contractors Thomas and Greenlaw. This bridge, consisting of wrought iron superstructure,…

FORMER CRESWICK GOLD OFFICE

87 ALBERT STREET (REAR) CRESWICK, Hepburn Shire

The Former Creswick Gold Office and Sub-Treasury was built in 1858 to a design by the Public Works Department. Its architect was CG Ross and its construction followed shortly after the…

CRESWICK RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX

REED STREET CRESWICK, Hepburn Shire

The Creswick Railway Station Complex was constructed in 1874 by George Anderson for the Victorian Railways. It comprisesa hip roofed, bi-chromatic brick station building and residence with a…

COURT HOUSE, FORMER POLICE QUARTERS AND LOCK-UP

13 CAMP STREET DAYLESFORD, HEPBURN SHIRE

The Former Daylesford police quarters and cell block are located uphill from the prominently sited courthouse (1862). Built in 1858, the single-storey quarters are constructed of rendered…

CHRIST CHURCH

387-405 OLD DANDENONG ROAD DINGLEY VILLAGE, KINGSTON CITY

Christ Church, Dingley was built in 1873 on land owned by two wealthy early settlers of the Dingley area, brother and sister Thomas and Mary Attenborough. The provision of an Anglican church…

GORRIN WOOLSHED

773 OLD GEELONG ROAD DOBIE, ARARAT RURAL CITY

Woolshed, Gorrin Station, nine miles South-South-East, Ararat, is a large, bluestone woolshed constructed for James Richardson, c.1867, as part of a complex of station buildings. Constructed…

FRIEDENSRUH

10 WALDAU COURT DONCASTER, Manningham City

Friedensruh, dating from 1853, is probably the oldest surviving house in Doncaster. It was the home of the Thiele family, who played a prominent role in the settlement of the Doncaster…

HERONSWOOD

105 LATROBE PARADE DROMANA, Mornington Peninsula Shire

The 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…

LOCK-UP

67-69 PARKER STREET DUNKELD, SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

The Lock Up, Dunkeld is a two celled bluestone building with a corrugated iron gabled roof that may have been constructed c.1860s. The building forms part of an early police complex which…

DUNOLLY RAILWAY STATION

MCDERMOTT ROAD DUNOLLY, Central Goldfields Shire

The Dunolly Railway Station Complex was constructed in 1874 for theVictorian Railways by ST Weeks on the Donald-Ballarat line. It comprisesa single storey classical brick station building…

FORMER BENDIGO HOTEL

82 BROADWAY DUNOLLY, Central Goldfields Shire

SOURCE: REPORT TO THE MINISTER THE FORMER BENDIGO HOTEL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1857-1858 BY ROBERT WITTACKER FOR GEORGE SIMPOSON. IT SERVED AS A HOTLE AND COBB AND CO. COACH HOUSE DURING…

NEW CHURCH TEMPLE

2-6 MORRISON PLACE and 420-422 ALBERT STREET EAST MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

The New Church Temple was built in 1872-73 in a rudimentary decorated Gothic style. The designer was the noted Victorian architect Lloyd Tayler. The builder was Freeman & Co. It was the…

TERRACE

408 ALBERT STREET EAST MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The terrace house at 408 Albert Street was constructed as one of a pair of houses in 1868 to the design of Charles Webb. 408 Albert Street is a three storey brick house with a two storey…

VICTORIAN ARTISTS SOCIETY

428-430 ALBERT STREET EAST MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

William Massey built the Victorian Artists Society at 430 Albert Street in 1892 to the design of architect Richard Speight. The building, constructed of brick with a tile roof, is in the…

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…

EAST MELBOURNE SYNAGOGUE

494-500 ALBERT STREET EAST MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

The East Melbourne Synagogue (Mickva Yisrael) was consecrated in September 1877. The first Synagogue in Melbourne was established in 1847 in Bourke Street, but its Rabbi, Moses Rintel, with…

ST PATRICKS CATHEDRAL PRECINCT

2-20 GISBORNE STREET and 2-60 CATHEDRAL PLACE and 371-449 ALBERT STREET and 7-9 LANSDOWNE STREET EAST MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The site on which St Patricks Cathedral now stands was part of a five acre government grant to the Catholic Church given over the years 1848-53. The western section of the site was set aside…

BISHOPSCOURT

84-122 CLARENDON STREET EAST MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The 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…