-
38 CAMPBELL STREET STREATHAM, ARARAT RURAL CITY
VHR H0257The one acre site now occupied by the bluestone church of St Johns was gazetted in 1869 as a reserve for public worship for the Presbyterian Church. A temporary structure may have existed…
-
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…
-
114 SMITH STREET COLLINGWOOD, YARRA CITY
VHR H0660The 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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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,…
-
FORMER ST VINCENT DE PAUL BOYS ORPHANAGE
231-241 CECIL STREET AND 199-201 NAPIER STREET AND 34 CHURCH STREET SOUTH MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP CITY
VHR H2170The St Vincent de Paul's Boys' Orphanage, South Melbourne, was opened in 1857 in response to the growing need for welfare institutions for underprivileged Melbourne children. The institution…
-
76 RAGLAN STREET SOUTH MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP CITY
VHR H0219The See Yup Society Temple at Raglan Street, South Melbourne was erected in 1866 for the See Yup Society, as the principal centre of worship and death registry for the Cantonese in Victoria.…
-
140 HODDLE STREET ABBOTSFORD, YARRA CITY
VHR H0140Built in 1885-90 to a design of Melbourne architect, George Johnson, the Collingwood Town Hall complex comprises town hall, library, municipal offices, court house and post office, all…
-
77-85 PALL MALL BENDIGO, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H1466The Bendigo Law Courts building was designed by the Victorian Public Works architect George W. Watson in the Victorian Second Empire style and built in 1892-96 by contractors McCulloch and…
-
98-126 LYGON STREET AND 68-72 QUEENSBERRY STREET CARLTON, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0406Lygon Buildings is a long terrace of 17 two and three storey shops designed by George de Lacey Evans and built in 1888. The contractors Cockram and Company were under the supervision of the…
-
380 LYGON STREET CARLTON, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0074The Holdsworth Building is a row of three shops with residences erected in 1871 by John Daley, a local undertaker. The buildings were designed by architect George R Johnson. In c.1908 Daley…
-
102 BAILEY STREET CLUNES, HEPBURN SHIRE
VHR H0601The 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…
-
INFANT BUILDING AND SHELTER SHED, PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.484
83-85 BELL STREET COBURG, MORELAND CITY
VHR H1709The new Board of Education, set up under the Common Schools Act of 1862, funded a new building in 1867 for Coburg beside the 1858 National School and the two became the Bell Street Common…
-
84-86 ORRONG ROAD ELSTERNWICK, GLEN EIRA CITY
VHR H0704The Former Union Church, Elsternwick, designed by the architect George de Lacy Evans, and erected in 1889-90 is a building of historical and architectural significance for the following…
-
20 RUSHALL CRESCENT FITZROY NORTH, YARRA CITY
VHR H0821The Old Colonists Homes complex of 142 self-contained homes and ancillary buildings was established by actor, philanthropist and entrepreneur George Coppin in 1870 to provide accommodation…
-
1 BURGUNDY STREET HEIDELBERG, BANYULE CITY
VHR H0197The founding of St.John's church is closely linked with the beginning of Melbourne town and the records contain fascinating descriptions of the varied life in that town and in the village of…
-
21 - 27 TOORONGA ROAD AND 17 TOORONGA ROAD MALVERN EAST, STONNINGTON CITY
VHR H1710The Malvern Primary School No.2586 opened in a wooden building leased from the Church of England in 1884, opposite Caulfield racecourse. Until 1887 it was known as the Racecourse School. In…
-
88 HIGH STREET MANSFIELD, MANSFIELD SHIRE
VHR H1474Mansfield 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…
-
FORMER ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS TRAINING DEPOT
239 ABECKETT STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0717The Former Royal Australian Army Medical Corps Training Depot was constructed in 1938 to a design by George H Hallendal of the Commonwealth Department of Works. The main body of the building…
-
112-114 LITTLE BOURKE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0442The Sum Kum Lee Building is in the heart of Chinatown and was constructed 1887-88 for wealthy merchant and Chinese community leader, Lowe Kong Meng. It was designed by architect George De…
-
23-31 NIAGARA LANE MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0473These four identical two storey warehouses were constructed in 1887 for Henry Marks by builder Daniel Sinclair, to the design of architect George De Lacy Evans. The warehouses are…
-
FORMER METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET
1-3 BLACKWOOD STREET AND 36-54 COURTNEY STREET NORTH MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0042The former Metropolitan Meat Market was built in 1880 to the design of the architect George Johnson. Later additions extended the main hall in 1908. The exterior is a two storey stuccoed…
-
124 CHILTERN VALLEY ROAD RUTHERGLEN, INDIGO SHIRE
VHR H1650The Rutherglen Research Institute, formerly the Rutherglen Viticultural College and Viticultural Station, had its origins in 1888. The Rutherglen district was then the rapidly growing centre…
-
38 CROMWELL ROAD SOUTH YARRA, STONNINGTON CITY
VHR H0825Barwon is a substantial two storey rendered brick residence in a simple somewhat Georgian style with a low-pitched hip roof and prominent chimneys. It was built in 1881 for the architect…
Search results:
Search results:
Name, details and heritage listing
