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81 SOUTH ROAD BRIGHTON, BAYSIDE CITY
VHR H0621Kiora was built in 1891 at the very end of Melbourne's boom. It is an outstanding example of the boom style mansions characteristic of that hectic time. The first owner, and almost certainly…
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83 BROADWAY DUNOLLY, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE
VHR H0593The Dunolly Town Hall was originally built as a courthouse by the Public Works Department in 1884. The first town hall was built in 1862-63 but proved to be too small for large gatherings. In…
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161-165 FRANKLIN STREET TRARALGON, LATROBE CITY
VHR H1488The Traralgon Court House is a single-storey red brick courthouse adjoining the Traralgon Port Office, designed and constructed in 1886 by the Public Works Department. It includes loggia…
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FORMER WALHALLA POST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE
MAIN ROAD WALHALLA, BAW BAW SHIRE
VHR H0583The former Walhalla Post Office and the Post Master's residence incorporated with it were built in 1885. The contractor was John Richmond. The design was prepared in 1884 for the Public Works…
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2A WELLINGTON STREET FLEMINGTON, MOONEE VALLEY CITY
VHR H1201Flemington Post Office was constructed in 1889/90 to a design by architect JR Brown, under the direction of J T Kelleher both of the Public Works Department Eastern District. The tower was…
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419-437 KING STREET AND 2-24 BATMAN STREET WEST MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0011St James Old Cathedral was constructed on a Crown grant site of 5 acres of land bounded by Collins, William and Bourke Streets with the foundation stone being laid on 9 November 1839 by…
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17 LYDIARD STREET SOUTH BALLARAT CENTRAL, BALLARAT CITY
VHR H0648This building, which was known in 1874 as the Academy of Music, in 1898 as Her Majesty's Theatre, and, from 1966 to 1988 as the South Street Memorial Theatre, has both historical and…
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OVER MARIBYRNONG RIVER, MELTON-KEILOR ROAD KEILOR AND KEILOR EAST, BRIMBANK CITY
VHR H1427There is some conjecture as to the origins of the idea for a bridge in this particular location; however it is generally accepted that the Iron Bridge over the Maribyrnong River was…
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3-5 MACEDON STREET SUNBURY, HUME CITY
VHR H0275Rupertswood Mansion built for Sir William Clarke at Sunbury in 1874-76 was one of the largest houses built in Victoria in the nineteenth century. It is located within the township of…
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FORMER LAUDERS RIDING SCHOOL (EMERALD HALL)
295 BANK STREET SOUTH MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP CITY
VHR H1749Emerald Hall, formerly known as Lauder's Riding School, was built in 1873 to a design by George Browne on land owned by Sir William Clarke. By 1874 the brick complex comprised seven rooms,…
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111 EUREKA STREET BALLARAT EAST, BALLARAT CITY
VHR H0108Montrose Cottage (exterior and interior). The bluestone wall, steps and cast-iron fence between the cottage and Eureka Street are also significant. HOW IS IT SIGNIFICANT? Montrose Cottage is…
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57 MOSTYN STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H0672The 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…
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236-252 BRUNSWICK STREET AND 33-62 GREEVES STREET FITZROY, YARRA CITY
VHR H0559The Shops at 236-252 Brunswick Street Fitzroy, a terrace of eight shops, was built in 1888 for the Australian Property and Investment Co. Ltd. The architect was John Beswicke and the builder…
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19 CHRYSTOBEL CRESCENT HAWTHORN, BOROONDARA CITY
VHR H0730The prominent Colonial architect John Gill designed the first section of the house later known as Grace Park House which was built for the Irish immigrant, publican and Hawthorn land owner…
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5 CRESWICK STREET HAWTHORN, BOROONDARA CITY
VHR H0457The Hawthorns, initially known as The Falls, was built in 1845 for James Pinnock. In 1852 the property was subdivided and the house was purchased by Henry Creswick, MLA for Emerald Hill in…
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29 HARCOURT STREET HAWTHORN EAST, BOROONDARA CITY
VHR H0510Rotha was designed by the notable nineteenth century architect John Beswicke as his own residence. The house, built in 1887, is two-storey red-brick and includes design features which…
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60 BUCKINGHAM DRIVE HEIDELBERG, BANYULE CITY
VHR H0926Banyule was built in 1846 for Joseph Hawdon to a design by colonial architect John Gill. Hawdon was an Englishman who came to Australia in 1834, and in 1836 joined John Gardiner and John…
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516-526 BOURKE STREET AND 152-162 WILLIAM STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0104The Goldsborough Mort Building was built in 1862 to designs by architect John Gill and was Richard Goldsborough's first warehouse in what became an extensive complex in this area of the…
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YOUNG AND JACKSON'S PRINCES BRIDGE HOTEL
1-7 SWANSTON STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0708Young and Jackson's Princes Bridge Hotel is an amalgamation of five separate buildings of two and three storeys. The original 1853 bluestone building was designed as a three-storey…
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3 ABERDEEN STREET NEWTOWN, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H0426The former Baptist Church was erected in Aberdeen Street, Newtown in 1853-4, to designs by Geelong architect, John Young. It was built on donated land only sixteen years after the…
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8-28 DANIEL STREET PORTLAND NORTH, GLENELG SHIRE
VHR H0242Maretimo was built c1854 for John Norman McLeod, who was born in Scotland in 1816, succeeded his brother as Chief of Talisker in the same year, and migrated at four years of age to Van…
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15 CAPE NELSON ROAD PORTLAND, GLENELG SHIRE
VHR H0240In December 1800, Lieutenant James Grant on board the Lady Nelson sighted a wide bay which he named Portland Bay after a Secretary of State, the Duke of Portland. The bay had an abundance of…
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FORMER PORTLAND NATIONAL SCHOOL
45 PALMER STREET PORTLAND, GLENELG SHIRE
VHR H1647The Former Portland National School, designed by John Barrow and opened in 1856, located on the grounds of Portland Primary School. Constructed of local bluestone, the National School…
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70 JULIA STREET PORTLAND, GLENELG SHIRE
VHR H0245In December 1800, Lieutenant James Grant on board the Lady Nelson sighted a wide bay which he named Portland Bay after a Secretary of State, the Duke of Portland. The bay had an abundance of…
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44 PERCY STREET PORTLAND, GLENELG SHIRE
VHR H0238The ANZ Bank at 44 Percy Street, Portland was erected for the Union Bank of Australia in 1856 to replace the first branch established in June 1846. In the same year a bluestone building was…
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