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  • ALEXANDRA COURT HOUSE AND FORMER SHIRE OFFICES

    38A DOWNEY STREET ALEXANDRA, MURRINDINDI SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1654
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    The public offices at Alexandra are architecturally significant as an uncommon example of public works architecture, which incorporates a post office, shire offices and courthouse into a…

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  • BEECHWORTH JUSTICE PRECINCT

    FORD STREET WILLIAMS STREET HIGH STREET BEECHWORTH, INDIGO SHIRE

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    VHR H1464
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    Gold was discovered at Beechworth in 1852 and the township of Beechworth was proclaimed on 1 July 1853. On 23 August 1856 the Municipal District of Beechworth was proclaimed and the first…

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  • DUDLEY HOUSE

    60 VIEW STREET BENDIGO, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0793
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    Dudley House was one of the first government offices erected in Bendigo's Camp Hill area following the discovery of gold in 1851. It was constructed in 1858-1859 by building contractors…

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  • CRESWICK TOWN HALL AND FORMER MUNICIPAL OFFICES

    70-72 ALBERT STREET CRESWICK, HEPBURN SHIRE

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    VHR H0576
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    The Creswick Town Hall and Municipal Offices were constructed as one building in 1876, thirteen years after the creation of the Borough of Creswick. The design of the building was the subject…

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  • FORMER CRESWICK GOLD OFFICE

    87 ALBERT STREET (REAR) CRESWICK, HEPBURN SHIRE

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    VHR H0595
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    The Former Creswick Gold Office and Sub-Treasury was built in 1858 to a design by the Public Works Department. Its architect was CG Ross and its construction followed shortly after the…

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  • SHACKELLS BOND STORE

    43 MURRAY ESPLANADE ECHUCA, CAMPASPE SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0558
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    Known originally as the "Hall of Commerce" the bond store was built between 1858 and 1859 by a local builder, W Moore for the importers Morgan and Mackintosh to replace an earlier timber…

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  • TRUSTEES CHAMBERS

    8 MALOP STREET GEELONG, GREATER GEELONG CITY

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    VHR H0190
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    Built for the Colonial Bank of Australasia in 1857, the former Trustees Chambers building is a two storey bluestone structure with rendered front facade, designed by the Geelong architects,…

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  • TREASURY RESERVE PRECINCT

    3 TREASURY PLACE AND ST ANDREWS PLACE AND MACARTHUR STREET AND 2 TREASURY PLACE EAST MELBOURNE AND SPRING STREET AND 1 TREASURY PLACE AND 1 MACARTHUR PLACE MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

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    VHR H1526
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    The Treasury Reserve containing Victorian government offices is a triangle of land on the eastern fringe of central Melbourne, bounded by Treasury Place, Spring Street, Macarthur Street, St…

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  • PARLIAMENT HOUSE (INCLUDING GROUNDS, WORKS AND FENCES)

    110-160 SPRING STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1722
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    Parliament House is a classical style building with the plan based on the layout of the Houses of Parliament at Westminster. It has a central entrance through a vestibule and shared hall…

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  • MELBOURNE TOWN HALL AND ADMINISTRATION BUILDING

    90-130 SWANSTON STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

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    VHR H0001
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    The Melbourne Town Hall and Administration Building, a five-storey town hall, designed by Reed and Barnes and constructed in 1867 in the French Renaissance style, with various additions…

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  • FORMER ROYAL MINT

    280-318 WILLIAM STREET AND 391-429 LATROBE STREET AND 388-426 LITTLE LONSDALE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

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    VHR H0770
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    The Former Royal Mint was designed by John James Clark of the Public Works Office. Design work began in 1869 and it was built during 1871-72 by the contractors William Murray and Company of…

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  • ARMYTAGE HOUSE

    263 PAKINGTON STREET NEWTOWN, GREATER GEELONG CITY

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    VHR H0405
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    The Hermitage was upon completion in 1860 one of the finest Colonial Regency style mansion houses in Victoria, evocatively recalling the architecture of Van Diemens Land of the 1830s. The…

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  • IMMIGRATION DEPOT

    6 DENISON STREET PORT ALBERT, WELLINGTON SHIRE

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    VHR H0498
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    From the early 1840s when Gippsland first opened up to pastoral settlement labour supply had always been a problem. With relatively rapid development following the Omeo gold rushes, this…

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  • CROWN LAND OFFICE

    4 NAPIER STREET ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1530
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    'The discovery of gold at St Arnaud in 1855 led to the survey of a township the following year. As the town developed through the 1860s, a number of public buildings were erected. The borough…

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  • FORMER CUSTOMS HOUSE

    128 NELSON PLACE AND 18-34 SYME STREET WILLIAMSTOWN, HOBSONS BAY CITY

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    VHR H0894
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    The Williamstown Customs House, erected in 1873-75 as the second customs house at Williamstown, reflects the important role of Williamstown as a major Melbourne port where large vessels were…

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  • SOUTH MELBOURNE TOWN HALL

    208-220 BANK STREET SOUTH MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP CITY

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    VHR H0217
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    South Melbourne Town Hall, originally known as Emerald Hill Town Hall until the name of the municipality was changed in 1883, was designed by Charles Webb to house the Emerald Hill Town…

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  • CHILTERN ATHENAEUM AND MUSEUM

    57 CONNESS STREET CHILTERN, INDIGO SHIRE

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    VHR H1326
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    The Chiltern Athenaeum and former Town Hall is a single storey brick structure in the Conservative Classical style. The combined library and municipal office building was designed by the…

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  • EUDOXUS

    34 FENWICK STREET GEELONG, GREATER GEELONG CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1119
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    Eudoxus was manufactured by John Walker of Mill Wall, Poplar, England, and was erected as two four room two storey iron cottages "under one roof" in 1854 or 1855. It was erected for Messrs…

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  • TITLES OFFICE

    247-283 QUEEN STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1529
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    The Titles Office, 283 Queen Street, was erected in three stages. The first stage, begun in 1874 and finished in 1877, comprised an L-shaped two storey office building built around the…

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  • FORMER NORTH MELBOURNE TOWN HALL AND MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS

    513 QUEENSBERRY STREET AND 52-68 ERROL STREET NORTH MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H2224
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    The former North Melbourne Town Hall, first known as the Hotham Town Hall, was built in 1875-6 to the competition-winning design of the architect George Johnson. It replaced the first town…

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  • FORMER MARKET HALL AND ROYAL OAKS

    93 HIGH STREET MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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    VHR H1390
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    Maldon was proclaimed a municipality in August 1858 and one of its earliest projects was to commission the architect Arthur Hartley to design a market hall. The foundation stone was laid by…

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  • FORMER CUSTOMS HOUSE

    57 BROUGHAM STREET GEELONG, GREATER GEELONG CITY

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    VHR H1892
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    The Geelong Customs House was built by Melbourne contractor WC Cornishin 1855-56. The design of the building is attributed to threearchitects: Clerk of Works for Geelong, William Edward…

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  • FORMER CUSTOMS HOUSE

    3 GILLES STREET WARRNAMBOOL, WARRNAMBOOL CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0463
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    The Warrnambool Customs House was built in 1860, and is an early colonial customs house. It was designed by the Public Works Department's Charles Maplestone in a simple, utilitarian style…

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  • FORMER CUSTOMS HOUSE

    400 FLINDERS STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

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    VHR H1047
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    The Former Customs House was constructed in two separate stages between 1856-58 and 1873-76. The initial design was prepared by Knight and Kerr, and the final design, which incorporated the…

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  • FORMER LANDS OFFICE

    71 ARUNDEL STREET BENALLA, BENALLA RURAL CITY

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    VHR H1069
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    The Former Lands Office, also known as the Clerk of Courts Cottage, is a simple asymmetrical brick two-roomed building with verandas. It was constructed in 1861 as a survey office, but taken…

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