ST PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH

175 LATROBE TERRACE GEELONG, GREATER GEELONG CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

Early Melbourne architect Charles Laing designed St Paul's Church of England, Geelong. It was the second Anglican church built in the township, in response to the rapid population growth in…

LEXINGTON

274 MOYSTON-GREAT WESTERN ROAD MOYSTON, ARARAT RURAL CITY

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Lexington homestead is a large brick homestead constructed circa 1851 for pastoralist Horatio Wills to replace an earlier structure of the 1840's. Symmetrical in composition, the single…

MONSTER MEETING SITE

GOLDEN POINT ROAD GOLDEN POINT, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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History Summary In the first week of July 1851, Victoria separated from New South Wales and became a colony in its own right. In the same week, gold was discovered in the new colony.…

RESIDENCE

11 COXS GARDEN WILLIAMSTOWN, HOBSONS BAY CITY

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Cox's Garden was purchased in 1849 by Samuel George Cox, a professional fisherman, from solicitors Highett and Wickham who had acquired the land as a first remove from the Crown in June of…

ST HELLIERS

12 COXS GARDEN WILLIAMSTOWN, HOBSONS BAY CITY

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The house at 12 Cox's Gardens is one of two remaining of the seven timber cottages erected by Samuel George Cox between 1851 and 1853. The Cox's Gardens area was purchased by Cox, a…

RANNOCH HOUSE

50B SKENE STREET NEWTOWN, GREATER GEELONG CITY

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Rannoch House was constructed in stages with the first part being a two storey Barrabool sandstone building with single storey western wing commenced in 1851 and 1852 for Captain Francis…

SPRAY FARM

2261 - 2299 PORTARLINGTON ROAD BELLARINE, GREATER GEELONG CITY

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Spray farm formerly Ellenvale was built in 1851 to the designs of John Young a Geelong architect. The main house is a single storey brick and rubble villa based on a symmetrical plan around a…

RAGGEDY LEAD GOLD MINING PRECINCT

FARNSWORTH TRACK WARRENMANG, PYRENEES SHIRE

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The Raggedy Lead Gold Mining Precinct is an excellent and unusual example of shallow sinkings for alluvial gold. The site consists of the relics of mines and campsites including the remnants…

STOCKYARD CREEK GOLD MINING DIVERSION SLUICE

HOWQUA TRACK HOWQUA HILLS, MANSFIELD SHIRE

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The Stockyard Creek Gold Mining Diversion Sluice consists of a 250 metre long stone embankment with three separate diversions. Associated with the diversions are pebble dumps and extensive…

JIM CROW CREEK GOLD MINING DIVERSION SLUICE

CHARLIES ROAD ELEVATED PLAINS AND SHEPHERDS FLAT, HEPBURN SHIRE

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The Jim Crow Creek Gold Mining Diversion Sluice consists of a 400 metre long stone embankment which was probably built in the early 1860s when Jim Crow Creek was being extensively worked by…

KIRBY FLAT GOLD MINING DIVERSION SLUICE

BELLS FLAT ROAD YACKANDANDAH, INDIGO SHIRE

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The Kirby Flat Gold Mining Diversion Sluice consists of a 30 metre long stone embankment, pebble dumps and quarried bank. The sluice was probably built in the mid to late nineteenth century…

WALLABY MINE GOLD BATTERY SITE

WALLABY MINE TRACK STANLEY, INDIGO SHIRE

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The Wallaby Mine Gold Battery Site consists of the remains of a 12-head stamping battery, horizontal steam engine, stone boiler setting, and various buried and partly buried piece of…

MALDON STATE BATTERY

ADAIR STREET EAST MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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The Maldon State Battery consists of the remains of the former State Battery including buildings and machinery, the Alliance shaft and associated mining machinery foundations, several large…

ROYAL STANDARD GOLD BATTERY SITE

ROYAL STANDARD SPUR TRACK WOODS POINT, MANSFIELD SHIRE

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The Royal Standard Gold Battery Site consists of the remains of three 5-head stamp batteries, waterwheel, two Cornish boilers, metal chimney flue, and equipment for working an inclined…

ODELLS GULLY GOLD BATTERY SITE

ODELLS TRACK SWIFTS CREEK, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE

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The Odells Gully Gold Battery Site consists of portable steam engine and a five head timber framed stamping battery in a rugged and remote bush setting. The battery and engine are remnants of…

COBBLERS GULLY QUARTZ ROASTING SITE

CASTLEMAINE HISTORIC RESERVE AND OLD COACH ROAD CHEWTON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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The Cobblers Gully Quartz Roasting Site consists of the remains of small quartz roasting kiln. Below the kiln are some largely buried foundations, including a circular feature which may be…

DART RIVER GOLD BATTERY SITE

SIPTHORPE TRACK NARIEL VALLEY AND DARTMOUTH, TOWONG SHIRE

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The Dart River Gold Battery Site consists of a multi-tubular steam boiler, horizontal engine and a collapsed five head timber framed stamping battery in a rugged and remote bush setting. The…

YACKANDANDAH CREEK HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING PIT

NUMBER ONE LINK ROAD STANLEY, INDIGO SHIRE

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The Yackandandah Creek Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Pit consists of an excavation about 200 metres by 100 metres containing a network of pebble dumps, tail races and drainage adits. Water for…

ORIENTAL CLAIMS HYDRAULIC SLUICING SITE

GREAT ALPINE ROAD OMEO, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE

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The Oriental Claims Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Site consists of a vast network of sluicing faces, pebble dumps, tail races and water races. Water for sluicing would have been delivered to the…

SURFACE HILL HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING PIT

SURFACE HILL ROAD SMYTHESDALE, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE

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The Surface Hill Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Pit consists of a large excavation containing a network of pebble dumps, tail races and drainage adits. Water for sluicing would have been delivered…

HUMBUG HILL HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING SITE

LINCOLN GULLY ROAD CRESWICK AND CABBAGE TREE, HEPBURN SHIRE

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The Humbug Hill Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Site consists of a large sluicing pit containing a network of pebble dumps and tail races. The slope below the pit has been extensively ground sluiced…

RED HILL HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING SITE

BREAKNECK HILL TRACK IRISHTOWN, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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The Red Hill Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Site consists of a large sluicing pit containing a network of pebble dumps and tail races. The slopes of the hill below the pit have been extensively…

BUCKLAND RIVER HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING PADDOCK

OFF BUCKLAND ROAD BUCKLAND, ALPINE SHIRE

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The Buckland River Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Paddock consists of an area about 100 metres by 50 metres containing a small sluiced open cut, pebble dumps and a tail race. Water for sluicing…

REUDINS EUCALYPTUS DISTILLERY

CLAYS ROAD KAMAROOKA, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

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Ruedin's Eucalyptus Distillery, despite a decade or so of abandonment, still retains a relatively complete range of components including a corrugated iron boiler shed, distilling plant and…

CEMETERY REEF GULLY CEMETERY

MOUNT STREET CHEWTON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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Primary historical records on the cemetery in Cemetery Reef Gully are scant. Its origins lie with the great Mount Alexander alluvial goldrush of 1851-54. Like the other small cemeteries…