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  • FORMER ARARAT GAOL

    1-7 GIRDLESTONE STREET ARARAT, ARARAT RURAL CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1067
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    J Ward was built in 1860-63 as the Ararat Gaol, to a design based on the Pentonville concept by the Public Works Department. It was run as a Gaol until 1886. In 1887, after alterations, the…

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  • FORMER AVOCA COURT HOUSE

    85 HIGH STREET AVOCA, PYRENEES SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    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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  • LOCK-UP

    6 DAVEY STREET AVOCA, PYRENEES SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1660
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    Lock-up, Avoca, forms part of a complex including a court house, police magazine and residence. The lock-up was constructed in 1867, presumably to the designs of the public works department…

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  • POLICE STATION AND OLD LOCK-UP

    119 MAIN STREET BACCHUS MARSH, MOORABOOL SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1546
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    This sandstone lock-up was built in 1857 by the P.W.D. A simple 2 cell rectangular building built of local sandstone. This masonry is unusual in being finished to a fair face and then picked…

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  • FORMER BEECHWORTH GAOL

    REFORMATORY RESERVE, WILLIAMS STREET BEECHWORTH, INDIGO SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1549
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    The Former Beechworth Gaol, including: the perimeter walls and watch towers, the entrance gateways and iron gates; the gaolers quarters and turnkeys quarters on either side of the entrance;…

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  • FORMER BENDIGO GAOL

    10-20 GAOL ROAD BENDIGO, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1550
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    Bendigo Prison Complex was built as Sandhurst Gaol in 1861-64 on a hill overlooking the town. Designed on the panopticon principle by Samuel Wright and C.G. Ross of Victoria's Public Works…

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  • BRIGHT COURT HOUSE AND LOCKUP

    1-3 PARK STREET BRIGHT, ALPINE SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    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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  • LOCK-UP

    67-69 PARKER STREET DUNKELD, SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

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    VHR H1535
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    The Lock Up, Dunkeld is a two celled bluestone building with a corrugated iron gabled roof that may have been constructed c.1860s. The building forms part of an early police complex which…

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  • FORMER LOG LOCK-UP

    2-6 BLAIR STREET HARROW, WEST WIMMERA SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0306
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    The Log Lock-up at Harrow was erected under the supervision of the Public Works Department and was built in 1859 by a Melbourne contractor called Baillie. Reputedly, a more elaborate gaol…

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  • OLD MELBOURNE GAOL

    377 RUSSELL STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1553
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    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…

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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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  • FORMER POLICE RESIDENCE AND LOCK-UP

    19 HEALES STREET TALBOT, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H0533
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    The Former Talbot Lock-up was constructed by GF Langridge & Co in 1863 at a cost of ₤749. The police quarters were built by Robert Linay and completed in 1866 at a cost of ₤667 and…

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  • WARRACKNABEAL LOCK-UP

    31 DEVEREUX STREET WARRACKNABEAL, YARRIAMBIACK SHIRE

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1537
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    Warracknabeal Lock-up constructed in 1872 of rough-hewn red gum logs to a design of the Public Works Department. How is it significant? The Warracknabeal Lock-up is of historical…

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  • EAGLEHAWK COURT HOUSE, MAGISTRATES COURT AND LOCK-UP

    1 SAILORS GULLY ROAD EAGLEHAWK, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

    Victorian Heritage Register

    VHR H1401
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    A timber Court of Petty Sessions was built in Eaglehawk in 1858. The log lockup now adjacent to the present courthouse was built to a Canadian plan in the same year in the grounds of the…

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  • LOCK-UP, STABLES AND WC (FORMER)

    cnr Parker and Templeton Sts, DUNKELD VIC 3294 - Property No 008

    Southern Grampians Shire

    VHR H1535
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    %%The Dunkeld lock-up, stables and former WC are located on the Public Buildings Reserve (Section 28) in the centre of Dunkeld, bounded by Salt Creek and three of the most important streets…

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  • LOCK-UP (FORMER)

    Urquhart Street and rear 37 Glendinning Street BALMORAL, Southern Grampians Shire

    Southern Grampians Shire

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    The lock-up at 6-7 Glendinning Street, Balmoral is a single storey symmetrical stone building. The roof is a simple gable. It has a porch with an iron bar door and two cells each with heavy…

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  • LOCK-UP (FORMER)

    Cnr Riley and Scott Street CAVENDISH, Southern Grampians Shire

    Southern Grampians Shire

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    The former Cavendish lock - up, located behind the Police Station in Scott Street, Cavendish is a single storey symmetrical bluestone building. The roof is a simple gable. It has a porch…

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  • Former Lock Up/house

    2 Westacott Street HAMILTON, Southern Grampians Shire

    Southern Grampians Shire

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    SIGNIFICANCE: Part of the original police complex and probably the most interesting extension and conversion of a nineteenth century building. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Former Lock Up 2…

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  • Former Ballarat Gaol

    107 LYDIARD STREET SOUTH, BALLARAT CENTRAL, BALLARAT CITY

    Ballarat City

    VHR H1463
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    How is it significant? Why is it significant? Part of Recommended Area A1.1.  No SoS provided in this citation. Please refer to descriptions, history, construction, loc govt, listings…

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  • LEARMONTH POLICE STATION

    329 HIGH STREET, LEARMONTH - PROPERTY NUMBER 2038083, BALLARAT CITY

    Ballarat City

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