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Canterbury History Group
Pamphlet - Frognall 1888 - 1989, 1989
... Road Camberwell Council Register of Historic Buildings Moreton ...Brief history of Frognall prepared by the Camberwell Council calling for ideas or proposals of future use for the mansion. Includes floor plans of the ground floor, first floor and stables. (dated 1890)canterbury, frognall, royal australian air force, mont albert road, camberwell council, register of historic buildings, moreton bay fig trees -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History Group
Work on paper - Cottage in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, Adam Lindsay Gordon, 2000-2017
01 gives a biography of Adam Lindsay Gordon. 02 provides a short history of the Cottage.Provides evidence of the Ballarat link with the famous poet, Adam Lindsay Gordon and with one of two historic cottages in the Gardens which is a popular tourist venue.3/4 of a page in point form of biographical information about Adam Lindsay Gordon (2copies) and 1/3 of a page in point form about his cottage. None.adam lindsay gordon, australian poet, gordon's residence in ballarat, biography of adam lindsay gordon, adam lindsay gordon cottage, cottages in the ballarat botanical gardens, ballarat crafts council, history of the adam lindsay gordon cottage, john garner collection, garner, dr, ballarat botanical gardens, gardens, ballarat -
Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc
Photograph - Codling Collection 01 - Wodonga Powder Magazine, c1970s
Miss Olive Codling was a Foundation Member and a Life Member of the Wodonga Historical Society. Many of her prize-winning photos are held in the Society Collection. She also held a range of roles and committee positions in a wide range of Wodonga community organisations. THE WODONGA POWDER MAGAZINE was built by Edward Hope in 1877-78 to the order of the Ministry of Trade and Customs. It was built of brick and contains a brick arched ceiling vault to absorb any explosion The Wodonga Powder Magazine stored explosives for use in deep lead gold mining and public works in the district. The original construction cost £330.05.6. In 1993, at a cost of $27,000, Wodonga City Council employed Anton Iskra to carry out restoration of the Powder Magazine.This photo collection is significant as it documents a building which played a significant role in Wodonga and has a local heritage overlay.Black and white images of the ruins of the Wodonga Powder Magazine.wodonga powder magazine, gateway island wodonga, historic buildings wodonga -
Old Gippstown
Building - School, c.1888
2903 SUNNY CREEK formerly YARRAGON EAST. Sunny Creek State School, first called Yarragon East, was situated on Sunny Creek Road between Yarragon and Trafalgar and was opened in 1888. It was generally served by two teachers or a Head Teacher assisted by a Sewing Mistress. Edwin Mann taught there for 35 years, with his wife, Mrs Mann, as the Sewing Mistress for some years. [Extracted from Vision and Realisation: A Centenary History of State Education in Victoria, Vol. 3, 1973. This does not contain any details of the actual construction of the school, which is a typical Education Department building, and may date from later than 1888]High local historic significance, with some social significance: reunions of old students still held. (Dr Linda Young, Deakin University, significance assessment July 2009).Single-classroom State School. It is a rectangular-shaped timber building with weatherboard walls, timber frame and corrugated iron roof. An outside verandah is situated along the side of the building. Inside there is a small entry porch, a blackboard the length of the room (with fireplace) and a small store-room/cloak room. Built in 1888Has a name broad above the front window that reads " SUNNY CREEK SCHOOL SS2903" ON IT.school, sunny creek, old gippstown, west gippsland, gippsland, gippsland heritage park, city of latrobe council, goldfields, coal mines, victorian era, moe, historical village, education, sunny creek road, baw baw shire, yarragon east, broad of education. -
Old Gippstown
Building - Slab kitchen, 1880s
A slab construction cottage built in Ripplebrook in 1880 as a home for a single female landowner by the name of Ada Donaldson, and later relocated to Labertouche. It was donated to Old Gippstown by the Mason-Brook Pastoral Co. of Labertouche. A small building of horizontal timber slabs. It has a verandah over the front entrance and the front porch, a main living area with a cast iron stove in the fireplace and a separate room (probably a bedroom). There is a stone chimney on the back wall and the roof is shingled. Originally a cottage in its own right, the slab kitchen is now a part of the Bushy Park display.Medium local historic significance.A small building of horizontal timber slabs. It has a verandah over the front entrance and the front porch. There is a stone chimney on the back wall and the roof is shingled. This building was built in 1880sout kitchen, old gippstown, west gippsland, gippsland, gippsland heritage park, city of latrobe council, goldfields, coal mine, victorian era, moe, historical village, timber slab cottage, ripplebrook, labertouche, mason-brook pastoral co., baw baw shire -
Old Gippstown
Building - Shelter Shed, c.1912
Arrived at old Gippstown in April 1972, after having been in service at Grey Street Primary School in Traralgon.High local historic significance (Dr Linda Young significance assessment July 2009)Octagonal-shaped school shelter shed in the form of a rotunda with a cone-shaped, corrugated-iron roof, timber frame and weatherboard walls. Timber floor. Built in 1912grey street primary school traralgon, old gippstown, west gippsland, gippsland, gippsland heritage park, city of latrobe council, goldfields, coal mine, moe, historical village, education, school shelter shed, grey street, traralgon -
Old Gippstown
Building - Police Station, 1869
One-room police station built in 1869 in Maffra; moved c.1882 to new site in Maffra, by new police residence-office. Office enlarged in 1936, incorporating the old police station.High local historic significance on account of age.A small timber building, rectangular in shape with a gabled corrugated iron roof. There is a small hood over the rear entrance of the station.police, maffra, old gippstown, west gippsland, gippsland, gippsland heritage park, city of latrobe council, goldfields, coal mine, victorian era, moe, historical village, wellington shire -
Old Gippstown
Building - National Bank, 1889
Built as the Colonial Bank of Australasia in 1889 in Meeniyan, became National Bank in 1914. Moved to Old Gippstown in 1968.High local historic significance on account of integrity.A large rectangular-shaped timber bank building with a gabled corrugated iron roof. The front has a mock stonework design on the timber. The ceilings inside are of pressed tin. The interior display features a collection of old National Bank furniture and banking itemsbank, meeniyan, southern gippsland shire, old gippstown, west gippsland, gippsland, gippsland heritage park, city of latrobe council, goldfields, coal mine, victorian era, moe, historical village, banking, national bank, pressed tin ceiling -
Old Gippstown
Building - Loren Iron House
'Loren' (formerly James Hogg's house) is a two-storey gabled prefabricated house, constructed using broad-gauge corrugated iron and was originally erected at 60-62 Curzon Street, North Melbourne in 1853 for builder, James Hogg. By 1968 the building had deteriorated and it was dismantled and moved to Old Gippstown where it was re-erected and restored. The building's external framing system consists of exposed metal columns with Gothic panel motifs at the corners. Internally the timber framed walls have been finished with new papers over new Hessian. The corrugated iron roof has an unusual concave form and the windows, floors and doors are of moulded softwood. State historic significance as a rare type of iron prefab. house. Listed on the Victorian Heritage Register and covered by a Heritage Overlay, Latrobe City Planning Scheme. It is also listed on the Register of the National Estate.Tall square-shaped two-storey corrugated iron building with a curved corrugated iron roof with two outside brick chimneys. prefabricated iron houses, old gippstown, west gippsland, gippsland, gippsland heritage park, city of latrobe council, goldfields, coal mine, victorian era, moe, historical village, city of melbourne, north melbourne, curzon street, james hogg, prefabricated house, two-storey gabled prefabricated house -
Old Gippstown
Building - Bushy Park, late 1840s
13 August 1843 First application for the Bushy Park run appeared in the “Port Phillip Gazette”. It was taken up by Angus McMillan, who took up the Boisdale run across the Avon River at the same time, for his employer Lachlan Macalister. This house was built in 1848. March 1844 Licence to Bushy Park granted to McMillan. It consisted of 16,000 acres. Late 1840s Bushy Park homestead built for McMillan by Andrew Martin and Matt McCraw. High local historic significance as associated with major pioneer and a very old white settlement in Gippsland.A square shaped timber house, with a corrugated iron roof over shingles. It has a verandah that covers both the front and sides of the house. The house is contructed of redgum timber, and internally has four rooms.National Trust of Australia Plaque - Bushy Park Homestead - Class 'C'mcmillan, angus, old gippstown, west gippsland, gippsland, gippsland heritage park, city of latrobe council, goldfields, victorian era, moe, historical village, wellington shire, avon river, boisedale, briagolong, dargo, murdoch mackintosh, national trust, andrew martin and matt mccraw.