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  • FORMER ARARAT GAOL

    1-7 GIRDLESTONE STREET ARARAT, ARARAT RURAL CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1067
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    J Ward was built in 1860-63 as the Ararat Gaol, to a design based on the Pentonville concept by the Public Works Department. It was run as a Gaol until 1886. In 1887, after alterations, the…

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  • FORMER AVOCA COURT HOUSE

    85 HIGH STREET AVOCA, PYRENEES SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1460
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    The Avoca Court House is a small, single-storey brick structure built in 1858-59 in response to rapid and substantial population growth generated by the rush for alluvial gold in Avoca in…

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  • LOCK-UP

    6 DAVEY STREET AVOCA, PYRENEES SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1660
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    Lock-up, Avoca, forms part of a complex including a court house, police magazine and residence. The lock-up was constructed in 1867, presumably to the designs of the public works department…

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  • POLICE STATION AND OLD LOCK-UP

    119 MAIN STREET BACCHUS MARSH, MOORABOOL SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1546
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    This sandstone lock-up was built in 1857 by the P.W.D. A simple 2 cell rectangular building built of local sandstone. This masonry is unusual in being finished to a fair face and then picked…

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  • FORMER BEECHWORTH GAOL

    REFORMATORY RESERVE, WILLIAMS STREET BEECHWORTH, INDIGO SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1549
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    The Former Beechworth Gaol, including: the perimeter walls and watch towers, the entrance gateways and iron gates; the gaolers quarters and turnkeys quarters on either side of the entrance;…

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  • FORMER BENDIGO GAOL

    10-20 GAOL ROAD BENDIGO, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

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    VHR H1550
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    Bendigo Prison Complex was built as Sandhurst Gaol in 1861-64 on a hill overlooking the town. Designed on the panopticon principle by Samuel Wright and C.G. Ross of Victoria's Public Works…

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  • BRIGHT COURT HOUSE AND LOCKUP

    1-3 PARK STREET BRIGHT, ALPINE SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1921
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    Bright Court House is a single storey brick building constructed as a court of petty sessions for the Buckland goldfields in 1861 to a design by the Public Works Department architect JJ…

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  • LOCK-UP

    67-69 PARKER STREET DUNKELD, SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

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    VHR H1535
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    The Lock Up, Dunkeld is a two celled bluestone building with a corrugated iron gabled roof that may have been constructed c.1860s. The building forms part of an early police complex which…

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  • FORMER LOG LOCK-UP

    2-6 BLAIR STREET HARROW, WEST WIMMERA SHIRE

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    VHR H0306
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    The Log Lock-up at Harrow was erected under the supervision of the Public Works Department and was built in 1859 by a Melbourne contractor called Baillie. Reputedly, a more elaborate gaol…

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  • OLD BOURKE STREET WEST POLICE STATION AND CELL BLOCK

    621-633 BOURKE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0655
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    The Bourke Street West Police Station complex is comprised of a cell block and watchhouse, police barracks and station, sergeant's quarters and marshalling yard. The main barracks were…

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  • OLD MELBOURNE GAOL

    377 RUSSELL STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

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    VHR H1553
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    The Old Melbourne Gaol was erected in stages between 1851 and 1864 by the Public Works Department of the Colony of Victoria, the design is attributed to Henry Ginn, Chief Architect of the…

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  • CITY WATCH HOUSE

    345-355 RUSSELL STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

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    VHR H1006
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    The City Watch House was constructed in 1907-08 to the design of architect GBH Austin of the Public Works Department. The building was constructed on the site a former cell block of Old…

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  • OMEO JUSTICE PRECINCT

    173-175 DAY AVENUE OMEO, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1536
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    The Omeo Justice Precinct consists of a log lockup (1858) and stockade fencing (1985 replacing that of 1882-83), court house (1859-61), a police residence (1882-83), police stables (1882-83)…

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  • PORT MELBOURNE COURT HOUSE, POLICE STATION AND LOCK-UP

    113-119 AND 111 BAY STREET AND GRAHAM STREET PORT MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1318
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    The Port Melbourne Court House, Police Station and Lock-up were built in the early 1860s on land set aside for a watch house. The cream and red brick court house was designed by important…

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  • FORMER POLICE RESIDENCE AND LOCK-UP

    19 HEALES STREET TALBOT, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0533
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    The Former Talbot Lock-up was constructed by GF Langridge & Co in 1863 at a cost of ₤749. The police quarters were built by Robert Linay and completed in 1866 at a cost of ₤667 and…

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  • WARRACKNABEAL LOCK-UP

    31 DEVEREUX STREET WARRACKNABEAL, YARRIAMBIACK SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1537
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    Warracknabeal Lock-up constructed in 1872 of rough-hewn red gum logs to a design of the Public Works Department. How is it significant? The Warracknabeal Lock-up is of historical…

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  • FORMER POLICE STATION COMPLEX

    7-9 GILLIES STREET WARRNAMBOOL, WARRNAMBOOL CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1698
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    The Former Police Station Complex including the former police station, residence, stables and lock-up.   How is it significant? The Former Police Station Complex is of historical and…

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  • POLICE STATION AND LOCK-UP

    30 WELLINGTON STREET FLEMINGTON, MOONEE VALLEY CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0844
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    Source: Report to Minister The Flemington Police Station and Lock Up form part of a complex of public buildings designed by AJ McDonald for the Public Works Department. The Flemington…

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  • EAGLEHAWK COURT HOUSE, MAGISTRATES COURT AND LOCK-UP

    1 SAILORS GULLY ROAD EAGLEHAWK, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1401
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    A timber Court of Petty Sessions was built in Eaglehawk in 1858. The log lockup now adjacent to the present courthouse was built to a Canadian plan in the same year in the grounds of the…

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  • FORMER PORTLAND GAOL, CLIFF ST, PORTLAND

    CHARLES ST PORTLAND, GLENELG SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H7221-0049
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  • GEELONG PRISON

    202 MYERS STREET GEELONG, GREATER GEELONG CITY

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H7721-0050
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  • 37-41 LITTLE BOURKE STREET

    37-41 LITTLE BOURKE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H7822-1565
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    This place is included on the Victorian Heritage Inventory, for its potential to contain historical archaeological remains associated with the settlement and growth of early Melbourne. Under…

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  • OLD MELBOURNE GAOL

    367 RUSSELL STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H7822-2175
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  • BEECHWORTH GAOL RESERVE

    WILLIAMS STREET BEECHWORTH, INDIGO SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H8225-0109
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    SEE H1549 Beechworth Prison was designed by Victoria's Public Works Department between 1857 and 1864. The major drawings of 1858, 1860 and 1864 were executed by Gustav Joachimi under the…

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  • FORMER CIVIC BUILDINGS, KEPLER ST, WARRNAMBOOL

    TIMOR STREET WARRNAMBOOL, WARRNAMBOOL CITY

    Victorian Heritage Inventory

    H7321-0036
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    Archaeological remains of these buildings may have considerable educational, archaeological and historical significance in the local and state context.

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