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FORMER ROYAL MAIL HOTEL AND COTTAGE
26 HENRY STREET AVENEL, STRATHBOGIE SHIRE
VHR H0335The township of Avenel carries the name of the pastoral run of Henry Kent Hughes, one the earliest settlers in the district and the creek which divides the township is named after him.…
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OLD HUME HIGHWAY AVENEL, STRATHBOGIE SHIRE
VHR H1445The Hughes Creek Bridge on the Hume Highway at Avenel was erected in 1859 by the Board of Land and Works, and replaced a timber bridge erected in 1847. The contractor was Hugh Dalrymple. It…
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WESTERN HIGHWAY (DISUSED SECTION) MELTON WEST AND LONG FOREST, MELTON CITY, MOORABOOL SHIRE
VHR H1658An early surviving bridge distinctive for its single arched design and construction in sandstone. This structure is representative of a number of such single arched bridges constructed in…
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SPRING CREEK, BRIDGE ROAD BEECHWORTH, INDIGO SHIRE
VHR H1424The Newtown Bridge is a single arch granite bridge built c.1875. The bridge spans over Spring Creek at Beechworth and is 24.8 metres long with a kerb to kerb width of 6.3 metres. The arch…
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FORMER COBB & CO STAGING STABLES
6660 WESTERN HIGHWAY BUANGOR, ARARAT RURAL CITY
VHR H0259The two storey bluestone building on the north side of the western highway at Buangor was erected c.1860 as coach and livery stables. This large stable, with bluestone slab floor, timber…
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CHATSWORTH-WICKLIFFE ROAD AND 534 CHATSWORTH-WICKLIFFE ROAD CHATSWORTH, ARARAT RURAL CITY, MOYNE SHIRE
VHR H1703The cast iron mileposts on the Chatsworth Wickliffe Road near Chatsworth were made by Robison Brothers & Co of Melbourne. The date of manufacture is unknown but is believed to be early…
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105-107 BARKER STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H0395The Castlemaine Steam Flour Mill building, a three storey Georgian-style brick and stone structure, was erected in 1856-57 for a local investment company. Thomas Shephard was the architect.…
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OVER MERRI CREEK, NEWLANDS ROAD COBURG, MORELAND CITY
VHR H1446The Bridge, over Merri Creek was constructed in 1865 by convict labour from nearby Pentridge Prison. It was built under the administration of William Champ, the third inspector General of…
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82 BROADWAY DUNOLLY, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE
VHR H0863ASOURCE: 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…
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116 STURT STREET ECHUCA, CAMPASPE SHIRE
VHR H1060The Former Engine Shed is an important element of the Echuca railway complex (VHR 1059). The railway reached Sandhurst in 1862 and in the following years tenders were awarded to Collier and…
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OVER MOORABOOL RIVER, HAMILTON HIGHWAY FYANSFORD, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H1108The currently unused road bridge over the Moorabool River at Fyansford was designed and built by Melbourne engineers, Monash & Anderson in 1899. The bridge which was built for the Shires…
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LISMORE-SCARSDALE ROAD AND ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD CAPE CLEAR, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
VHR H1702The two cast iron mileposts located adjacent to the Pitfield-Scarsdale Road and Rokewood-Skipton Road. How is it significant? The Cast Iron Mileposts are of historical significance to…
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FORMER GRAND RANK CABMAN'S SHELTER
YARRA PARK EAST MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0849The shelter is known as the former Grand Rank Cabman's Shelter because of its original location outside the Grand Hotel, now called the Windsor Hotel. It was constructed in 1898 by the…
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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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QUEENS BRIDGE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H1448Queens Bridge which crosses the Yarra at the southern extension of Market Street, replaced an earlier timber footbridge erected in 1860, known as Falls Bridge. The present structure, named…
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FORMER KELLOW FALKINER SHOWROOMS
375-385 ST KILDA ROAD MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0668The Former Kellow Falkiner Showrooms were built for Charles Kellow, a pioneering Australian motorist and car salesman, in 1928. The architect for the glamorous two storey building was Harry…
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1-9 BATMAN AVENUE MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0646The Princes Walk Vaults were constructed for the City of Melbourne in 1889/90 by AW Mckenzie. The vaults are part of the major works involved in the construction of the new Princes Bridge.…
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OVER YARRA RIVER, SWANSTON STREET AND ST KILDA ROAD MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H1447Princes Bridge was designed by Jenkins, D'Ebro and Grainger and constructed in 1886-88 by David Munro. The bridge, completed in 1888, was the third bridge across the Yarra at that location.…
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OVER GOULBURN RIVER, NAGAMBIE-HEATHCOTE ROAD NAGAMBIE, STRATHBOGIE SHIRE
VHR H1449Chinamans Bridge is an extensive timber bridge which spans the Goulburn River 2.7 kilometres west of the Goulburn Valley Highway. It is believed to have been constructed in 1891 and…
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OVER MITTA MITTA RIVER, OMEO VALLEY ROAD OMEO VALLEY, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
VHR H0917The Hinnomunjie bridge over the Mitta Mitta river is historically significant in being only one of the five known extant timber truss bridges in Victoria and one of only two multiple trusses.…
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HEATHCOTE-KYNETON ROAD REDESDALE AND HEATHCOTE-KYNETON ROAD MIA MIA, GREATER BENDIGO CITY, MITCHELL SHIRE
VHR H1419The Redesdale Bridge (also known as the Mia Mia Bridge), a wrought iron and timber structure with bluestone abutments. The bridge was designed by Thomas Bingham Muntz and constructed…
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OVER LITTLE RIVER, OLD MELBOURNE ROAD LITTLE RIVER, GREATER GEELONG CITY, WYNDHAM CITY
VHR H1454The Rothwell Bridge over the Little River at Rothwell was erected as a double span segmental arched stone structure in 1866-67 from designs prepared by the Shire of Wyndham Engineer, John…
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SWING BRIDGE DRIVE SALE AND LONGFORD, WELLINGTON SHIRE
VHR H1438The Swing Bridge, located over the Latrobe River approximately 5 km south of Sale on the South Gippsland Highway, was erected in 1880-1883 by Peter Platt, contractor, and designed by John…
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STONE MILEPOSTS - GLENELG HIGHWAY
GLENELG HIGHWAY SMYTHESDALE AND SMYTHES CREEK AND DELACOMBE, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE, BALLARAT CITY
VHR H1701The five nineteenth-century basalt mileposts located along the Glenelg Highway between Smythesdale and Delacombe. How is it significant? The Stone Mileposts – Glenelg Highway are of…
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SHELFORD-BANNOCKBURN ROAD SHELFORD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
VHR H1452The Iron Bridge over the Leigh River at Shelford was erected in 1873-74 by the Shire of Leigh, replacing an earlier timber structure of 1851. The structure, which consists of two continuous…
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