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  • BALLARAT MUNICIPAL OBSERVATORY

    439 COBDEN STREET MOUNT PLEASANT, BALLARAT CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0936
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    The Ballaarat Observatory, founded in 1884, is the oldest known, most intact municipal observatory extant in Victoria. The Ballaarat Observatory demonstrates the influence, wealth and talent…

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  • ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

    250-290 SPRING STREET AND 2-40 VICTORIA PARADE MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0870
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    The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons building is located on a triangular area of land that was reserved for the National School Board in 1852. The Model and Training Schools, built…

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  • BALDWIN SPENCER BUILDING (OLD ZOOLOGY)

    THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, 156 - 292 GRATTAN STREET PARKVILLE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0921
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    The Baldwin Spencer Building was opened in 1888 as the Biology Building. The final plans of architects Reed Henderson & Smart faithfully followed designs submitted by the first Professor…

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  • OLD PATHOLOGY BUILDING

    THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, 156-292 GRATTAN STREET PARKVILLE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0922
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    The Old Pathology Building at the University of Melbourne, the south wing of which was originally constructed in 1885, was designed as the new medical school to accommodate the Department of…

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  • OLD PHYSICS CONFERENCE ROOM AND GALLERY

    156-292 GRATTAN STREET PARKVILLE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0923
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    The Old Physics Conference Room and Gallery, originally the School of Natural Philosophy, is a two storey building complex formed in two wings. It was constructed in several stages,…

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  • BURNHAM BEECHES AND THE ALFRED NICHOLAS MEMORIAL GARDENS

    1 SHERBROOKE ROAD SHERBROOKE, YARRA RANGES SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0868
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    Burnham Beeches and the Alfred Nicholas Memorial Gardens, a three-storey Streamline Moderne mansion (designed by Harry Norris and built in 1933-34) with interwar outbuildings, set within an…

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  • MELBOURNE OBSERVATORY

    BIRDWOOD AVENUE MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1087
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    The Observatory Site is a complex consisting of the following buildings: Main Observatory Building (1861-1902) Great Melbourne Telescope Building (1869-1904) Photoheliograph and 8 inch…

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  • SEWERAGE PUMPING STATION

    2 BOOKER STREET SPOTSWOOD, HOBSONS BAY CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1555
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    The Spotswood Pumping Station completed in 1896 and built as the key component of Melbourne's first centralised sewerage system, was initiated by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of…

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  • TIDE GAUGE HOUSE

    COMMONWEALTH RESERVE, NELSON PLACE WILLIAMSTOWN, HOBSONS BAY CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1513
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    Tide Gauge House was constructed at Gellibrands Point in 1857 to house one of three tide gauges that arrived from England in 1855. The other two gauges went to Portland and Point Lonsdale.…

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  • JENNERIAN BUILDING

    45 POPLAR ROAD PARKVILLE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1794
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    The Jennerian Building was built in 1904-1905 as a combination of stables, operating room and laboratory for the production of smallpox vaccine from the lymph of infected calves. The process…

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  • SOLAR HOUSE

    32 ROSCO DRIVE TEMPLESTOWE, MANNINGHAM CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1312
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    The split level open plan Solar House was designed by Cocks and Carmichael, architects, for Landmark Solar Houses Pty Ltd, and constructed by that company for display purposes in 1978-79.…

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  • MACKENZIE COTTAGE, HEALESVILLE SANCTUARY

    25 BADGER CREEK ROAD BADGER CREEK, YARRA RANGES SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1767
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    The MacKenzie Cottage, originally a six roomed weatherboard building, was built around 1920 by local builders Jim (Scotty) Anderson and Tom Smith as a caretaker's cottage for the medical…

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  • THOMAS SMITHS GOOD BED FOSSIL QUARRY

    414 BOUNDARY GULLY ROAD WERONA, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1413
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    Thomas Smith, a local Sandon farmer, gained distinction as a geologist through the discovery and collection of graptolite fossils from the Sandon-Campbelltown district. Thomas Smith carried…

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  • FLINDERS TELEGRAPH CABLE COMPLEX AND PIER

    THE ESPLANADE FLINDERS, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H2413
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    Flinders Telegraph Cable Complex and Pier was established in the 1860s and provided an essential telegraphic link between mainland Australia and Tasmania for seven decades. Evidence of the…

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  • MAISIE'S PLOTS

    BOGONG HIGH PLAINS ROAD BOGONG, ALPINE SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H2424
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    Maisie’s Plots, two Alpine ecology monitoring sites, one at Rocky Valley and one at Pretty Valley, consisting of fenced exclusion plots and unfenced control plots. How is it…

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  • THOMAS SMITH'S GOOD BED FOSSIL QUARRY

    NEVENS ROAD WERONA, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H7723-0479
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    Thomas Smith, a local Sandon farmer, gained distinction as a geologist through the discovery and collection of graptolite fossils from the Sandon-Campbelltown district. Thomas Smith carried…

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  • SPOTSWOOD PUMPING STATION

    2-18 BOOKER STREET SPOTSWOOD, HOBSONS BAY CITY

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H7822-0145
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    The Spotswood Pumping Station completed in 1896 and built as the key component of Melbourne's first centralised sewerage system, was initiated by the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of…

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  • Royal Historical Society of Victoria archaeological site

    9 VICTORIA STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    VHR H0373 H7822-2165
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    How is it significant? Why is it significant?

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  • WILLIAMSTOWN OBSERVATORY (1863)

    KANOWNA STREET AND RAILWAY TERRACE WILLIAMSTOWN, HOBSONS BAY CITY

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H7822-0612
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  • MARINE SURVEY OFFICE 1854-1877

    ANN STREET AND OSBORNE STREET WILLIAMSTOWN, HOBSONS BAY CITY

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H7822-0613
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  • ROCKY POINT HERITAGE AREA

    49-53 RIVERSDALE ROAD NEWTOWN, GREATER GEELONG CITY

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H7721-0552
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    The site is recognized for its industrial heritage significance, association with James Harrison and early ice making activities in Geelong. The Rocky Point Cave site is believed to be the…

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  • Bendigo Health - hospital buildings

    62 Lucan Street, BENDIGO VIC 3550 - Property No 235622

    Greater Bendigo City

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    The Bendigo Hospital, addressing Lucan Street, Bendigo, is a complex of buildings on a rectangular-shaped site bound by Arnold Street to the west, Stewart Street to the north and Bayne…

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  • Old Observatory Site - Group Classification

    Birdwood Avenue,, MELBOURNE VIC 3004 - Property No B0411

    National Trust

    VHR H1087
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    The group of Observatory Buildings are related mainly as individual structures to house particular astronomical apparatus and equipment and the functions are clearly defined, particularly by…

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  • Bureau Of Meteorology (Former)

    2 Drummond Street, CARLTON VIC 3053 - Property No B1666

    National Trust

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    Interesting, well composed late Victorian residence. Classified: 12/11/1970 Revisied: Classified: Local: 03/08/1998

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  • Commonwealth Serum Laboratories

    45 Poplar Road,, PARKVILLE VIC 3052 - Property No B6748

    National Trust

    VHR H1794
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