Hopetoun cemetery and chapel

WESTERN FREEWAY and BACCHUS MARSH ROAD MERRIMU HOPETOUN PARK, MOORABOOL SHIRE

Moorabool Shire

An early, pre-gold rush Catholic cemetery and chapel established in 1850-51, which closed in 1941, with the ruins of an early Catholic chapel and school, which closed in 1874. The cemetery…

Lerderderg River engineering works.

Holts Lane to Wheelans Road BACCHUS MARSH, MOORABOOL SHIRE

Moorabool Shire

Engineering earth works by the Shire council from 1878-90 and from 1933 to formalise a channel for the Lerderderg River through the town to reduce flooding and reclaim marshland for…