ROYAL EXHIBITION BUILDING AND CARLTON GARDENS (WORLD HERITAGE PLACE)

NICHOLSON STREET CARLTON AND VICTORIA STREET AND RATHDOWNE STREET AND CARLTON STREET CARLTON, MELBOURNE CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

The Royal Exhibition Building was constructed in 1879-1880 to house the International Exhibition of 1880. It is the only major extant nineteenth century exhibition building in Australia and…

RIPPON LEA

192 HOTHAM STREET ELSTERNWICK, GLEN EIRA CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

Rippon Lea was commenced in 1868 by Frederick Sargood, a most successful politician and merchant. He was born in England in 1834 and arrived in Melbourne in 1850. He soon joined his father's…

OLD MELBOURNE GAOL

377 RUSSELL STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

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…

ECHUCA WHARF

40-60 MURRAY ESPLANADE ECHUCA, CAMPASPE SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register

The 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…

CASTLEMAINE DIGGINGS NATIONAL HERITAGE PARK

CASTLEMAINE AND CHEWTON AND BARKERS CREEK AND CAMPBELLS CREEK AND FRYERSTOWN AND IRISHTOWN AND VAUGHAN AND GLENLYON AND TARILTA AND GLENLUCE AND PORCUPINE RIDGE AND GOLDEN POINT AND GUILDFORD AND MOONLIGHT FLAT AND FARADAY AND YAPEEN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIR

Victorian Heritage Register

The Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park envelopes a goldfield which was the catalyst for the Victorian gold rush of the early 1850s. In that tumultuous decade Victorian gold…