Published by the Heritage Council of Victoria, Melbourne, September 2017 Also published at: © State of Victoria, Heritage Council of Victoria 2017 This publication is copyright. No part may be reproduced by any process except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968. ISSN 1441 4856 (print), 1835 2227 (online) For more information contact the Heritage Council on 03 9651 5060 DISCLAIMER This publication may be of assistance to you but the State of Victoria and its
employees do not guarantee that the publication is without flaw of any kind or is wholly appropriate for your particular purposes and therefore disclaims all liability for any error, loss or other consequence which may arise from you relying on any information in this publication. COVER: 1 Spring Street, formerly Shell House, designed by highly regarded commercial architect and leading Australian modernist, Harry Seidler, was included in the Victorian Heritage Register during the year.
6623 (an average of 552 per certificates were issued 803 (an average of 29 per month or around 5%) were affected by the Heritage Act (or had a HERMES record). figures represent a decrease of approximately 0.1% from the previous year. The number of certificates issued tends to vary in line with activity in the real estate market. Places added to the Victorian Heritage Register in 2016–17 There was a wide range of places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register during the year. – BARUNAH PLAINS 4484 Hamilton Highway, Hesse, Golden Plains Shire September 2016 Owned by the pioneering Russell family from 1851 to 1978, this pastoral property developed into a highly successful Victorian sheep station. It contains a fine collection of farm buildings including a large T-shaped bluestone woolshed. – BRIGHT CHINESE CAMP SITE 14–20 Delany Avenue, Bright, Alpine Added June 2017 The Bright Chinese Camp was established on this site in 1859 by the Victorian Government to protect the residents from anti-Chinese violence. It included stores, a Joss House, gambling and opium dens, a boot maker, Presbyterian church, and a Chinese circus. H2366 – CAVE HILL LIMESTONE QUARRY Melba Avenue, Lilydale, Yarra Ranges Shire Added June 2017 The Cave Hill Limestone Quarry was established in 1878 by David Mitchell, one of Victoria's most prominent nineteenth century entrepreneurs. Demonstrating three generations of lime processing, it was known for its use of innovative technologies and was recognised as one of the leading industrial plants of its time in Australia. H2361 – FAWKNER PARK 23–169 Toorak Road West and 24–88 Commercial Road, South Yarra, Melbourne City Added September 2016 Fawkner Park was part of Charles La Trobe's vision, to develop Melbourne as a city surrounded by extensive public parklands. One of Melbourne's outer ring parks, it has impressive avenues, plantings, lawns and playing fields and was the site of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) and the Australian Corps of Signals Land Headquarters during WWII. H2360 – FORMER RED CROSS REST HOUSE 294 Kooyong Road, Caulfield, Glen Eira City Added March 2017 Located in the grounds of the Caulfield Repatriation Hospital, Red Cross Rest Home (1916) was one of many
established in Victoria during World War I (1914–18) to provide convalescent care to soldiers recovering from wounds and disabilities. H2362 – FORMER ROYAL AUSTRALIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS DRILL HALL Albert Road Drive, Albert Park, Port Phillip City Added October 2016 The Former Australian Corps of Signals Drill Hall is an impressive example of the Stripped Classical architectural style. It was built in 1936 to strengthen Australia's defence forces in response to the impending threat of war, and used as a training facility for around 60 years. H2371 – LOWER STONY CREEK DAM WALL Anakie Walking Track, Staughton Vale, Great Geelong City Added June 2017 The Lower Stony Creek Dam (1873–74) is Victoria's and Australia's first mass concrete gravity dam and the third such structure of its type in the world. It is a pioneering engineering structure and demonstrates a high level of technical achievement for its time. H2365 – 1 SPRING STREET 1 Spring Street, Melbourne, Melbourne City Added June 2017 Shell House is a significant example of a late modernist office building designed by internationally renowned architect Harry Seidler. Completed in 1989, this building demonstrates a curvilinear sculptural form and generous civic spaces. Right: The aesthetic qualities of 1 Spring Street are enhanced by the incorporation of large-scale artworks selected by Seidler to complement the architecture. Significant pieces include the foyer mural 'Bathers and Pulpit Rock' by Arthur Boyd (1988) and the external plaza sculpture 'Shell Mace' (pictured) by Charles O Perry (1989). H2359 – ST KILDA ROAD Melbourne, Southbank and St Kilda, Melbourne City and Port Phillip City Added September 2016 One of Melbourne's grandest thorough-fares, this 1850s tree-lined boulevard is an iconic part of Melbourne's urban landscape. With sweeping views between the Shrine of Remembrance and the Melbourne CBD, it has been used for important ceremonial and celebratory processions. H2357 – ST MICHAEL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 33–35 Wandong Avenue, Wandong, Mitchell Shire
Amendments to the Victorian Heritage Register in 2016–17 The majority of amendments involved the addition of land to the registration or a similar refinement. Early registrations by the former Historic Buildings Council did not define the land included in the registration. H0211 – FORMER LALOR HOUSE, RICHMOND October 2016 H1009 – DESBROWE ANNEAR HOUSE, EAGLEMONT October 2016 H1611 – GLENORMISTON HOMESTEAD AND FORMER AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, GLENORMISTON SOUTH December 2016 H2050 – RICHMOND MALTINGS, RICHMOND December 2016 H0848 – SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE, MELBOURNE January 2017 H0364 – INGLEBY HOMESTEAD AND OUTBUILDINGS, BIRREGURRA March 2017 – ROYAL MELBOURNE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, PARKVILLE June 2017 H2066 – AVENUE OF HONOUR, WOODEND June 2017
Sunnyside Wool Scour, Geelong – $1 million for priority conservation works to stabilise the building Former Royal Australian Army Medical Corps Training Depot (Drill Hall), Melbourne – up to $1 million for urgent conservation works Former Reid’s Coffee Palace, Ballarat (now Reid’s Guest House) – $700,000 for urgent exterior conservation works to the parapet and verandah Woodside, South Wharf – $500,000 for essential repairs to the three timber masts and riggings Day’s Flour Mill Complex, Murchison – $500,000 for urgent exterior conservation works Camperdown Turf Club Grandstand, Camperdown – $330,000 for the final stage of conservation works to restore access to the grandstand Former Moonee Ponds Court House – $300,000 for emergency stabilisation and conservation works following fire damage. The first round of the Contested (community) Grants Stream in 2016–17 provided a total of $1.65 million for urgent conservation works or studies to 20 significant and publically accessible places across Victoria. Following assessment by Heritage Victoria, the Heritage Council is involved in the selection of these projects to be recommended to the Minister for Planning. The following projects were funded in 2016–17: Captain John Mills House, Port Fairy – $200,000 for exterior and specialist interior conservation works Tarndwarncoort, Warncoort near Colac – $50,000 for stage 1 documentation and stage 2 priority conservation works Psyche Bend Pumping Station, Psyche Bend near Mildura – $50,000 for reconstruction of the timber support structure Barmah Punt, Barmah near Echuca – $200,000 for lifting of the punt and urgent stabilisation works Water Tower, Fletcher Jones Factory and Gardens, Warrnambool – $70,000 for urgent conservation works to the silver ball and adjacent roofs; funding to be matched Mortuary Chapel, Bendigo Cemetery, Bendigo – $200,000 for urgent exterior and interior conservation works Theatre, Winchelsea – $70,000 for essential timber and metal repairs Traralgon Court House, Traralgon – $115,000 for essential exterior and interior conservation works Maryborough Olympic Swimming Complex, Maryborough – $35,000 for documentation and structural engineers report Portland Battery & Gun, Portland – $30,000 for a structural engineering report that includes a geotechnical investigation Bendigo Trades Hall, Bendigo – $25,000 for urgent roof replacement