St Laurence O'Toole church and cemetery is located in a rural setting at 801/821 Creswick-Newstead Rd, Sandon. Originally a small wooden school (22’x14’) was erected in Sandon by Father Patrick Smyth (who was involved in the Eureka Stockade movement) in 1859. It was also used for Mass and became known as a chapel. In June 1882 tenders were called for the construction of a brick Church by the Castlemaine architect, T.F. Kibble, and it was built at a cost of 1000 pounds. The church was blessed by Archbishop Goold on 06 May 1883 and dedicated to St Laurence O'Toole. The brick building demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian Rudimentary Gothic style, including the steeply pitched, parapet gable roof form, together with a central steeply pitched, gabled porch that projects slightly from the main gable end. Other intact qualities include the exposed brick wall construction, lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, minor gabled porch at the rear, small ventilation dormers nearby the roof ridgeline, series of stone steps that lead to the central porch with its double pointed door opening and vertical boarded doors, simple rose window in the main gable end, pointed windows, brick buttresses with double lower copings, and the light masonry detailing (the banding marking the floor level within, buttress copings, window and door surrounds and quoins, and the drip moulds).(Shire of Mount Alexander: Heritage Study of the former Shire of Newstead, 2000) The visually connected cemetery demonstrates important visual qualities formed by the regular rows of graves and cemetery architecture, and the grassed and treed rural landscape. It is a rare and substantially intact example of a Victorian Catholic Church with a cemetery in its churchyard. Many headstones and cemetery architecture, date from the 19th century and represent some fine examples of masonry craftsmanship. Some refurbisments occurred during the 1940s and in 2002 a major restoration project was undertaken from roof to footings, by a dedicated band of volunteers and trades people. Work was completed mid 2003 and in November 2003 St Laurence’s was re-dedicated with the celebration of Mass and a picnic tea. Colour photograph of a long drop toliet at the Catholic Church, Sandon, Victoria.sandon, sandon cemetery, st laurence o'toole catholic church, sandon

Born Elizabeth Hogan in Inglewood, she married Gus Gervasoni. They had a son, John Hogan Gervasoni. A photograph of the flower covered grave of Elizabeth (Hogan) Gervasoni in the Eganstown Catholic Cemetery.elizabeth gervasoni, bess gervasoni, elizabeth hogan, eganstown cemetery, eganstown catholic cemetery, grave

Colour photograph of a weatherboard house with caste iron lacework.ballarat, lyons street south, iron lace, wrought iron lacework, caste iron lacework, weatherboard

Colour photograph of a double storey building, which was built as a grocery store in c1869.ballarat, lyons street south, ballarat bertie, commercial building, architecture, \

Colour photograph of houses in South Street Street, Ballarat, near the intersection of Armstrong Street South.ballarat, south street, cast iron

Colour photograph of the bush around Marysville after the "Black Saturday' Bushfire.bushfire, black saturday, marysville, regrowth

Colour photograph of the Big Culvert near Marysville after the "Black Saturday' Bushfire.bushfire, black saturday, marysville, regrowth

Ballarat East from Svereign Hill, including a poppet head.sovereign hill, ballarat east, soho foundry, chimney

Daylesford Hospital was opened in 1862.Stairwell in the old section of the Daylesford Hospital.daylesford hospital

Stairwell in the old section of the Daylesford Hospital.daylesford hospital, ernest zelman, betty rea, elizabeth howe tognini, charles tognini, w. tognini, george monger, mervyn monger, maurice latimer, frederick sands, w. angliss, j.b. graham, a.e. shields, thomas orr, m.d.woodburn

Anticlines are folded rock formations that have an upwards convex shape. Anticlines can exist as a single fold or as a series of adjacent folds of alternating synclines and anticlines. The Hepburn Springs anticline is geologically associated with the west dipping fissures cutting across sandstone strata of the Hepburn Spring anticline.Colour photograph of an anticline at Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve, in close proximity to the Sulphur Spring. hepburn springs, anticline, geology, hepburn mineral springs reserve, hepburn anticline, hepburn geology

Colour photograph of the Locarno Spring at Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve.hepburn springs, locarno, mineral water, hepburn springs reserve

An avenue of trees in the Wombat Gardens. wombat botanical gardens, daylesford botanical gardens, daylesford, trees

Water stressed Rhododendrons in the Wombat Gardens. wombat botanical gardens, daylesford botanical gardens, daylesford, trees

Trees in the Wombat Gardens. wombat botanical gardens, daylesford botanical gardens, daylesford, trees

Trees in the Wombat Gardens. wombat botanical gardens, daylesford botanical gardens, daylesford, trees

Trees in the Wombat Gardens. wombat botanical gardens, daylesford botanical gardens, daylesford, trees

Trees in the Wombat Gardens. wombat botanical gardens, daylesford botanical gardens, daylesford, trees

Trees in the Wombat Gardens. wombat botanical gardens, daylesford botanical gardens, daylesford, trees

Trees in the Wombat Gardens. wombat botanical gardens, daylesford botanical gardens, daylesford, trees

Daylesford's begonia collection was stared by French born curator W. Gascoigne in 1885. He was an experienced horticulturalist. The plants were grown again in the 1930s in a new glasshouse. Curator Bill Greville obtained 45 plants from the Ballarat City Council, 30 from Queens Park in Essendon, and soon haad 250 tubers including a (lost) one named 'Daylesford'. When Alf Headland was appointed part-time caretaker in 1956, he found tw tubers in the wood shed and became expert in their cultivation. He continuted well into his retirement when Greg Rae too over. In 1988 the conservotory was named to honur Alf Headland's work.Hot house in the Wombat Gardens with a Begonia display.wombat botanical gardens, daylesford botanical gardens, daylesford, trees, begonia, begonia house, begonia conservatory

Colour photograph of the Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve.hepburn springs, mineral springs reserve

Colour photograph of the Hepburn Mineral Springs Reserve.hepburn springs, mineral springs reserve

ballarat east, sunset, mount warrenheip, armstrong street south

Martino Pedretti was born in Brusio, Switzerland.Four colour photographs of Martino Pedretti's farm, and the ruins of his drystone house. Mount Franklin (Lalgambook) in the distance.martino pedretti, elevated plains, dry diggings, drystone, mount franklin, lalgambook

Colour photograph of an interpretation panel at Camberville. camberville