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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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  • ARARAT COURT HOUSE

    63-75 BARKLY STREET ARARAT, ARARAT RURAL CITY

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    VHR H1657
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    Completed in 1866-67, Ararat Court House is a small, symmetrical brick building designed by Public Works Department architect Gustav Joachimi in the Victorian Free Classical style with a…

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  • FORMER AVOCA COURT HOUSE

    85 HIGH STREET AVOCA, PYRENEES SHIRE

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    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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  • COURT HOUSE

    123 MAIN STREET BACCHUS MARSH, MOORABOOL SHIRE

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    VHR H1461
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    The Bacchus Marsh Court House was built in 1858-59. It was designed by Samuel White of the Public Works Department. White was employed as a draftsman with the Public Works Department from…

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  • BALMORAL COURT HOUSE

    35 GLENDINNING STREET BALMORAL, SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

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    VHR H1651
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    The Balmoral Court house was designed by Alfred T Snow and built by the Public Works Department in 1876. It is a weatherboard building with a gabled roof of corrugated galvanized iron and…

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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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  • BRIGHT COURT HOUSE AND LOCKUP

    1-3 PARK STREET BRIGHT, ALPINE SHIRE

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    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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  • FORMER CASTLEMAINE COURT HOUSE

    7 GOLDSMITH CRESCENT CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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    VHR H1682
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    The enormous influx of people to the Victorian central goldfields in the 1850s resulted in the rapid establishment of law enforcement instrumentalities and the erection of many public…

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  • CASTLEMAINE COURT HOUSE

    29 LYTTLETON STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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    VHR H1405
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    The first court building on this site was built in 1858. Previously courts had operated from the old Courthouse in the Commissioners Camp. This courthouse was similar to the courthouse at…

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  • COURT HOUSE, FORMER POLICE QUARTERS AND LOCK-UP

    13 CAMP STREET DAYLESFORD, HEPBURN SHIRE

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    VHR H1492
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    The Former Daylesford police quarters and cell block are located uphill from the prominently sited courthouse (1862). Built in 1858, the single-storey quarters are constructed of rendered…

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  • DUNOLLY COURT HOUSE

    44 MARKET STREET DUNOLLY, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE

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    VHR H1468
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    The Dunolly Court House was built in the market square in 1862 as the Dunolly Municipal Chambers, to designs by Charles Toutcher of Maryborough. It was used for this purpose until deemed too…

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  • ECHUCA COURT HOUSE

    4 LAW COURT PLACE ECHUCA, CAMPASPE SHIRE

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    VHR H1469
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    The Echuca Court House was erected in Dickson Street in 1873 as a Shire Hall. The first timber court house was built in Echuca in 1859 as a Court of Petty Sessions and was located on the…

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  • ELTHAM COURT HOUSE

    730 MAIN ROAD ELTHAM, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

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    VHR H0784
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    1. The Eltham Court House dates from the time when the town was largely self-contained. It was initiated in response to itinerant gold prospectors who turned to crime when their quest was…

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  • FITZROY TOWN HALL

    201 NAPIER STREET FITZROY, YARRA CITY

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    VHR H0147
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    The Fitzroy Town Hall was erected in two stages. The hall wing and a tower were designed by W. J. Ellis and built in 1873 by Nation Company. The second stage, designed by G. Johnson and…

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  • KILMORE COURT HOUSE

    4 POWLETT STREET KILMORE, MITCHELL SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1471
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    The Court House, Kilmore, erected in 1863, was designed by J J Clark under the supervision of William Wardell of the Public Works Department and constructed by Langridge and Co. The building,…

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  • KYNETON COURT HOUSE

    1A HUTTON STREET KYNETON, MACEDON RANGES SHIRE

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    VHR H1472
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    Kyneton Court House was commissioned by the Public Works Department in 1856, when Charles Pasley was Inspector General of Public Works. Made of local bluestone and completed in January 1857,…

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  • FORMER MALDON COURT HOUSE

    FOUNTAIN STREET MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1652
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    A timber court house was constructed in 1857 but when completed in December1857 the timber fittings were too big for the building - there was no room for the public. By 1860 plans had been…

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  • MANSFIELD COURT HOUSE

    88 HIGH STREET MANSFIELD, MANSFIELD SHIRE

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    VHR H1474
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    Mansfield Court House, a simple, symmetrical building with a dominant double-height courtroom flanked by single storey administrative wings, features a wooden verandah and gable roof of…

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  • NEWSTEAD COURT HOUSE

    2 CANROBERT STREET NEWSTEAD, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1705
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    The Newstead Courthouse was designed in 1863 by John James Clark, a prominent architect in the Public Works Department who had designed the Treasury building in 1858. It was one of a number…

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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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  • PORTLAND COURT HOUSE

    67 CLIFF STREET PORTLAND, GLENELG SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1481
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    Portland Court House is a single-storey bluestone court house erected in 1843-45 to a design attributed to the Port Phillip District's clerk of works, James Rattenbury (1808-63). The…

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  • PRAHRAN TOWN HALL

    CHAPEL STREET AND GREVILLE STREET PRAHRAN, STONNINGTON CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0203
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    The Prahran Town Hall complex was constructed in stages over a number of years on land at the corner of Chapel and Greville Streets. The first municipal council was elected in 1856, the year…

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  • ROSEDALE HOTEL

    29-31 LYONS STREET ROSEDALE, WELLINGTON SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0645
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    The Rosedale Hotel complex comprises a two-storey brick hotel (originally constructed as a single storey building in 1858 and altered in 1927), brick stables of 1858 and a two storey kitchen…

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  • RUSHWORTH COURT HOUSE

    77 HIGH STREET RUSHWORTH, CAMPASPE SHIRE

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    VHR H1483
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    Constructed in 1877 to the design of F.M. Hynes and William Wardell of the Public Works Department, the Rushworth Court House occupies part of the former Police Camp Reserve (1853) and was an…

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