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WOMENS CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION DRINKING FOUNTAIN
VICTORIA SQUARE ELIZABETH STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City
VHR H0194The Women's Christian Temperance Union drinking fountain which stands opposite the Queen Victoria Market in Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, near the corner of Victoria Street, was erected in…
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161 MAROONDAH HIGHWAY NARBETHONG, Murrindindi Shire
VHR H0303The Hermitage, Narbethong, is a complex of buildings which was erected in 1894 as a residence, studio and guest house on a thirty-two hectare site on the summit of Black Spur, for…
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FINLAY AVENUE OF ELMS, MANIFOLD CLOCK TOWER AND PUBLIC MONUMENT PRECINCT
MANIFOLD STREET CAMPERDOWN and PRINCES HIGHWAY SKIBO, Corangamite Shire
VHR H0647The Finlay Avenue of Elms, Manifold Clock Tower and Public Monument Precinct, Camperdown, forms a dramatic central landscape feature in the town. The 30 metre high, red brick clock tower of…
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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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361 BEACONSFIELD PARADE ST KILDA, Port Phillip City
VHR H0669Shandon was built in 1884-85 in the Italianate style usual at the time. However, it shows some very uncommon architectural features. Of considerable significance is the uneven arcading. This…
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3221 MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY RUTHERGLEN, Indigo Shire
VHR H0698Olive Hills comprises a large country homestead and complex of related farm buildings. The homestead was constructed in 1886 for Hugh Fraser, a Scot who had worked at the Docker's Bontharambo…
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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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199-205 CURETON AVENUE MILDURA, MILDURA RURAL CITY
VHR H0729Rio Vista and the former gardener's cottage at the rear at 199-205 Cureton Avenue, Mildura, have historical and architectural significance for the following reasons: (1) The significance of…
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TARNAGULLA PUBLIC PARK RESERVE AND CRICKET PAVILION
WAYMAN STREET TARNAGULLA, LODDON SHIRE
VHR H0736The township of Tarnagulla involved one of the biggest gatherings of diggers in the shire of Bet Bet area whose goldfields were among the most important in Victoria in the years between 1852…
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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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70 CARPENTER STREET QUARRY HILL, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H0798The Bendigo Cemetery site is bounded by Carpenter Street on the east, Houston Street on the north and Burnside and Paterson Streets to the south. It comprises two distinct sections, the…
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STURT STREET BALLARAT CENTRAL, BALLARAT CITY
VHR H0972The Alexandra Bandstand is a typical and well resolved example of creative bandstand design; its polygonal form surmounted by a "Moorish" onion dome is representative of bandstands of this…
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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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MAIN ROAD WALHALLA, Baw Baw Shire
VHR H1315The Walhalla Bandstand is a domed, timber structure, built in 1896. Designed by Frederick Meyer, of the photographic firm Langhorne and Meyer, the building became a focus for recreational…
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PARLIAMENT HOUSE GARDENS, 110-160 SPRING STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H1317The Federal Oak, an Algerian Oak (Quercus canariensis), was planted by the Premier of New South Wales, Sir Henry Parkes (1815-1896), in February 1890 to commemorate the Australasian Federal…
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1 HIGH STREET BENDIGO, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H1338The Alexandra Fountain, Charing Cross, Bendigo, was designed by local architect, William Vahland and erected by local craftsman. It was named after Alexandra, Princess of Wales whose sons,…
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BATMAN AVENUE MELBOURNE, Melbourne City
VHR H1363Yarra Bank, also known as Speakers' Corner, is a wedge of parkland on Batman Avenue which has been used since at least the late 1880s as a public meeting place. Dr William Maloney, medical…
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PATTERSON MEMORIAL DRINKING FOUNTAIN
30 MOSTYN STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1388STATEMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE: The Patterson Memorial Drinking Fountain was built in 1897 to commemorate Sir James Patterson, Member of Parliament for Castlemaine from 1870 to…
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CUNNACKS VALONIA OAK PLANTATION
ELLIOT STREET CASTLEMAINE, Mount Alexander Shire
VHR H1422The Valonia Oak (Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis) is one of the principal sources of tannin and during the nineteenth century English firms were importing thousands of tons acorn cups…
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FOOTSCRAY RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX
IRVING AND HYDE STREETS FOOTSCRAY, Maribyrnong City
VHR H1563The railway station at Footscray is situated at the point of divergence of lines to Williamstown, Bendigo, Geelong and Ballarat. Originally two stations, one on the first major…
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RAILWAY CRESCENT IRYMPLE, MILDURA RURAL CITY
VHR H1568This is an important example of a portable station building for it is one of only two in tact examples of its type. It also features double roofed and ventilated construction with sunhoods…
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101 YARRA BEND ROAD FAIRFIELD, YARRA CITY
VHR H1878The former Fairfield Hospital opened in 1904 as the Queen's Memorial Infectious Diseases Hospital, funded by money raised to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and was the first…
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SAWPIT GULLY NURSERY AND PLANTATION
SAWPIT GULLY ROAD CRESWICK, HEPBURN SHIRE
VHR H1951The Sawpit Gully Plantation contains the site of the first State Nursery established at Creswick in 1888 and a collection of exotic and native trees. The trees were planted under the…
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