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FLINDERS FORESHORE FLINDERS, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE
VHR H0906The former Jetty Cargo Shed (c. 1871) at Flinders is of architectural, historic, social and scientific importance as: * one of a small number of bow roof structures remaining in Victoria…
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THE HUMMOCKS LAKES ENTRANCE AND THE ENTRANCE NYERIMILANG, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
VHR H1532 H8422-0001The New Works historic complex at Lakes Entrance marks the site of a major nineteenth century engineering achievement in Victoria. The unreliable natural entrance from the sea to the…
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PORT PHILLIP BAY, UNINCORPORATED
VHR H1519The South Channel Pile Light was built between 1872 and 1874 to a design by the Public Works Department; the contract was let to Robert McColl. It was installed as a navigational aid for…
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83-89 MERRI STREET WARRNAMBOOL, WARRNAMBOOL CITY
VHR H1520The Lady Bay Lighthouse Complex was originally built in 1858-9 of basalt quarried on the Salt Water (Maribyrnong) River, Melbourne. The upper tower, chartroom, cottage and privy were…
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6-18 BATTERY ROAD WILLIAMSTOWN, HOBSONS BAY CITY
VHR H1649Williamstown was the first deep-water port for Melbourne, with ships anchoring off shore in the shelter of Point Gellibrand. A broad swathe of Point Gellibrand was set aside in 1837 as a…
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WILLIAMSTOWN DOCKYARD 2-10 NELSON PLACE WILLIAMSTOWN, HOBSONS BAY CITY
VHR H0697The Alfred Graving Dock in the Williamstown Dockyard. History Summary The Alfred Graving Dock was constructed by contractors for the Victorian Government between 1864 and 1873 at a total…
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60-62 GELLIBRAND STREET QUEENSCLIFF, QUEENSCLIFFE BOROUGH
VHR H1618By 1850 all of the Port Phillip Bay pilots were instructed to reside either in Williamstown or at Shortland's Bluff. After the first land sales at Queenscliff, the land prices were seen to be…
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42 MERCER STREET QUEENSCLIFF, QUEENSCLIFFE BOROUGH
VHR H1148Roseville, constructed in 1863-64, was built for navigational pilot, Hugh Williams. The house is basically a single storeyed stuccoed stone residence with an attached octagonal observation…
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POINT LONSDALE MARITIME AND DEFENCE PRECINCT
2 POINT LONSDALE ROAD POINT LONSDALE, QUEENSCLIFFE BOROUGH
VHR H1517The Point Lonsdale Maritime and Defence Precinct including all buildings, structures, objects, ruins and archaeological features and deposits related to the location's strategic role in…
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GABO ISLAND, UNINCORPORATED
VHR H1843The original decision to construct a lighthouse on Gabo Island flowed from discussions between Governors Gipps of New South Wales and Franklin of Van Diemen's Land in 1841 concerning the…
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1-27 SOUTH WHARF PROMENADE SOUTH WHARF, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H1096Duke and Orr's Dry Dock is a large timber lined dock which currently houses the historic barque Polly Woodside. It was built in 1875 and was largely reconstructed in 1901 with a new pump…
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GRIFFITHS ISLAND PORT FAIRY, MOYNE SHIRE
VHR H1659Griffiths Island, Port Fairy, is an unusual geological landform, consisting of an isolated basalt outcrop, overlain with calcareous sand, and partly bounded by possible collapsed lava…
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3 GRIFFITHS STREET PORT FAIRY, MOYNE SHIRE
VHR H1431The Port Fairy lifeboat was built at Williamstown in 1857. The design and construction is possibly by William White, an emigrant member of the well-known family of Cowes boat-builders. The…
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PORTLAND MARITIME DISCOVERY CENTRE, LEE BREAKWATER ROAD PORTLAND, GLENELG SHIRE
VHR H2430The Portland Lifeboat is a pulling (propelled by oars), self-righting, double ended, timber lifeboat commissioned by Chief Harbour Master Captain Ferguson and constructed in 1858 in…
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OFF LA SCALA AVENUE MARIBYRNONG, MARIBYRNONG CITY
VHR H1154Jack's Magazine is a virtually intact complex of 19th century, bluestone, and gunpowder storage buildings with associated earth mound blast walls, tunnels, tramways, service buildings,…
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FORMER PERMEWAN WRIGHT OFFICES
624-626 HIGH STREET ECHUCA, CAMPASPE SHIRE
VHR H1075The former Permewan Wright offices were built in 1866-70 of local red brick as a pair of single storeyed offices for James Shackell who leased them to various occupants. The upper level of…
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164-420 CAPE SCHANCK ROAD CAPE SCHANCK, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE
VHR H1748The Cape Schanck Lightstation was constructed in 1857-59 as part of the second campaign of highway or ocean (as opposed to harbour) lighthouse building in Victoria which also produced lights…
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WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTSTATION
WILSONS PROMONTORY, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
VHR H1842Wilsons Promontory Lightstation was constructed in 1858-59 from locally quarried honey-coloured granite to the design of Victorian Public Works Department architect Charles Maplestone. It is…
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SWAN HILL PIONEER SETTLEMENT, MONASH DRIVE SWAN HILL, SWAN HILL RURAL CITY
VHR H1742The Paddle Steamer Gem was launched in Moama, NSW on 17 June 1876. The vessel is of composite build: red gum planking over iron frames and was built for the Echuca shipowner Elliot Randell…
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OFF BAYSIDE DRIVE WALKERVILLE SOUTH, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
VHR H2043The Walkerville Lime Kilns and the associated remnant site features including the jetty, tramway, quarry, cemetery and archaeological remains of the township are situated on the western…
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40-60 MURRAY ESPLANADE ECHUCA, CAMPASPE SHIRE
VHR H2168The Echuca Wharf was built as part of the Echuca port complex between 1865-67, with later extensions, for the Victorian Public Works Department by G. Dwyer and Co. following completion of…
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FLINDERS TELEGRAPH CABLE COMPLEX AND PIER
THE ESPLANADE FLINDERS, MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE
VHR H2413Flinders 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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Warrnambool Flagstaff Hill Precinct
83-89 MERRI STREET WARRNAMBOOL, Warrnambool City
VHR H1520The Lady Bay Lighthouse Complex was originally built in 1858-9 of basalt quarried on the Salt Water (Maribyrnong) River, Melbourne. The upper tower, chartroom, cottage and privy were…
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GABO ISLAND, Unincorporated
VHR H1843The original decision to construct a lighthouse on Gabo Island flowed from discussions between Governors Gipps of New South Wales and Franklin of Van Diemen?s Land in 1841 concerning the…
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OFF LA SCALA AVENUE MARIBYRNONG, MARIBYRNONG CITY
VHR H1154Jack's Magazine is a virtually intact complex of 19th century, bluestone, and gunpowder storage buildings with associated earth mound blast walls, tunnels, tramways, service buildings,…
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