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MULLUNGDUNG STATE FOREST, SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY DARRIMAN, WELLINGTON SHIRE
VHR H2011The Goodwood Timber and Tramway Company mill was the largest and most capital intensive sawmill to operate in the Yellow Stringybark forests of South Gippsland. It was established in 1910 by…
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SAWPIT ROAD CRESWICK, HEPBURN SHIRE
VHR H1192The Old State Nursery Office is a diminutive two storey timber building, hexagonal in plan with an encircling verandah at both levels. The building was designed by John Johnstone and…
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RICHARDS AND SONS LOGGING WINCH SITE
ROAD 15 MCMAHONS CREEK, YARRA RANGES SHIRE
VHR H1739Richards & Sons carried on logging and sawmilling operations in the Starvation Creek area from 1916 to 1938. Their last steam log winching station was established on Roy Spur c1936. The…
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UPPER YARRA WALKING TRACK ADA, BAW BAW SHIRE
VHR H1821The New Federal Mill is a large and multi-faceted sawmill site, with evidence of logging, milling, timber transport and workers’ accommodation. The mill was operated by the Federal Timber…
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GOODWOOD MILL TRACK GENTLE ANNIE, BAW BAW SHIRE
VHR H1819The Lower Goodwood Kilns were constructed in 1931 by Limberlost Lumber Mills, to meet the growing demand in Melbourne for seasoned timber. Forest seasoning kilns are a rare feature in…
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SPRING CREEK SAWMILL AND SEASONING WORKS
MOUNT SAMARIA STATE PARK BRIDGE CREEK, BENALLA RURAL CITY, MANSFIELD SHIRE
VHR H1824The Spring Creek sawmill and seasoning works consists of substantial mill foundations, concrete seasoning kilns, outlet tramway and lowering gear foundations. The site was worked by D J…
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BIG CREEK ROAD MCMAHONS CREEK, YARRA RANGES SHIRE
VHR H1822The Old Federal Mill contains the remnants of a technologically innovative sawmill, including concrete machinery foundations, three sawdust heaps, steam winch components, a skyline carriage…
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WALK INTO HISTORY TRACK ADA, BAW BAW SHIRE
VHR H1820The New Ada Mill was operated by the Victorian Hardwood Company from 1931-1942, to exploit the virgin stands of mountain ash on the ridges north of the Ada River. Although the machinery has…
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OTWAYS STATE FOREST WYELANGTA, COLAC-OTWAY SHIRE
VHR H1818Knott's No.3 Mill was a large and technologically sophisticated sawmill, which operated in the Otway Ranges between 1922 and 1928. The region's first high lead winch system for log…
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OFF WEST BARWON TRACK BARRAMUNGA, COLAC OTWAY SHIRE
VHR H1817Henry's Tramway Tunnel is the most intact tramline tunnel in Victoria. Built around 1911, it provided timber tramline access through a projecting spur between Henry's No.1 and No.2 Mills in…
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ROBBIE ROAD MURRINDINDI, MURRINDINDI SHIRE
VHR H1823Robbies Mill was established at Narbethong in 1934, and operated in its later years as a transition mill where the use of road and tramway technology can be demonstrated side by side. The…
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CEMENT CREEK ROAD EAST WARBURTON, YARRA RANGES SHIRE
VHR H2439The Cement Creek Plantation, being approximately 1.8 hectares (4.5 acres), created by the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW) from 1929, including 13 planted plots containing over…
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TIMBER KILN AND SAWMILL SITE (FORMER)
The timber kiln located in the railway reserve near Station Street, Balmoral is a mass concrete structure approximately 3.0m by 10.0m in plan with a segmental arched roof. The boiler known…
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ENGLEFIELD SAWMILL HUT (AND SCHOOL SITE (FORMER))
Coleraine-Bnalmoral Road BALMORAL, Southern Grampians Shire
The Englefield Sawmill Hut and associated former sawmill and school sites, are located around the Coleraine-Balmoral and Englefield Roads intersection about 8.0kms south of Balmoral. The…
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UNEMPLOYED WORKERS' RELIEF CAMP
Henty Highway WOOHLPOOER, Southern Grampians Shire
The Forests Commission established Woohlpooer Unemployed Workers' Relief Camp about 1930 against a background of increasing economic and social distress caused by the Great Depression. It is…
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126 Ballarat Road HAMILTON, Southern Grampians Shire
SIGNIFICANCE: »The plasterworks shed and incinerator are all that remain of significance from Strahan's building yard which was Hamilton's biggest building suppliers. STATEMENT OF…
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Ash Landing Road TONIMBUK, Cardinia Shire
The mill was arguably the largest in the area and operated for the longest time. It was installed by the Russell family, who were instrumental in opening up this part of the region for…
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WATERHOUSEA FLORIBUNDA AND PINES, FORMER TYNONG STATE SCHOOL SS 2854
19-21 Tynong Road TYNONG, Cardinia Shire
Possibly planted around World War One, the Waterhousea floribunda specimen from the former school plantation is significant to the Cardinia Shire because it is a rare and large example,…
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WEATHERHEAD (HORATIO) TIMBER MILL (SITE)
Weatherhead Hill Track TYNONG NORTH, Cardinia Shire
The Weatherhead (Horatio) timber mill site is important to the Cardinia Shire because of its demonstration of the timber industry development in the district; the potential for further…
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Hartland's Loeser Road Eucalyptus Distillery
CA 4 Eaglehawk-Neilborough Road, WOODVALE VIC 3556 - Property No 198895
The site is representative of those found in eucalyptus distilling which was an important rural industry (criterion A and criterion D) and has potential for education and interpretation as…
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Pierce's eucalyptus distillery
257 Pierce's Road, SEBASTIAN VIC 3556 - Property No 199630
Statement of Significance Pierce's eucalyptus distillery ceased operations in the 1990s. Extant elements include the square brick stack, dam, circular brick-lined vats, brick water race, and…
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