List of Historic Sites in Victoria

Aboriginal settlement in Victoria dates back at least 25,000 years. European and Chinese settlers brought their own cultures in layers as original colonisation was succeeded by the gold rush and post-war immigration.

Guidebook lists:
Inner Melbourne Parks & Gardens
Melbourne Environs Parks & Gardens
Inner Melbourne historic sites
Melbourne Environs Historic Sites
Art Deco Walk of Inner Melbourne
Another View Walking Trail
Inner Melbourne museums, galleries and craft markets.
Melbourne Environs museums, galleries and craft markets.
All lists

Note: This list is constantly being updated, contributions are welcome. Contact Ali Kayn

Barwon Park (1869)

Gothic style brick home dating back to Geelong's earliest residential settlement. Authentic collection of furniture and fittings. Garden planted from species from a mid-19th century plant catalogue. Most interiors original including the central staircase.

Contacts:

See web site for opening hours.
web site

Getting there:

105 Inverleigh Road, Winchelsea

The Briars Park (1840s)

Pastoral station on the Mornington Peninsula. Refurbished homestead houses the Dame Mabel Brookes napoleonic Collection. Wetlands, woodlands, bird hide, wine tastings. 96 hectares was never cleared and now forms an important Wildlife Reserve, protected by a vermin proof fence.

Contacts:

See web site for opening hours.
Phone 03 5974 3686 Fax 03 5974 1167 Email the.briars@mornpen.vic.gov.au
web site
Getting there:

450 Nepean Hwy, Mount Martha VIC 3934

Gulf Station

One of the oldest and most intact timber farms in the Australia, buildings date from the 1850s. Restored cottage garden, farm tools, farm animals.
Monthly farmers market on the last Sunday of every month.

Contacts:

See web site for opening hours.
Feb 2009: Gulf Station is temporarily closed to casual visitors but welcomes group bookings and school tours.
web site

Getting there:

11029 Melba Hwy, Yarra Glen
One hour by car from the Melbourne CBD by Eastern Freeway and then onto the Maroondah Highway via Ringwood to Lilydale.

Joss House

(House of Prayer), only surviving building of its kind in the Victorian countryside, still used as a place of worship. Timber and handmade bricks.

Contacts:

See web site for contact hours
Contact: General: 03 5442 1685 Bookings: 03 5443 8255
web site

Getting there:

Emu Point, Finn Street, North Bendigo

See also: Bendigo

McCrae Homestead and Museum

One of the first homes built on the Mornington Peninsula (1844). Original heirloom furnishing and paintings.

Contacts:

See web site for opening hours.
Ph 03 5981 2866 (03) 5986 5688 (+61 3 5981 2866)
web site

Getting there:

11 Beverley Road, McCrae

Moorabbin Air Museum

Owned and operated by the Australian Aircraft Restoration Group (AARG), the oldest volunteer Aviation Museum in Australia with some 50 aircraft, engines and other material.

Contacts:

See web site for opening hours.
Contact: web site

Getting there:

105 Inverleigh Road, Winchelsea

Mooramong (early 1870s)

3,854 acre working farm once home of silent screen star Claire Adams. Extensively remodelled in 1937. Hundreds of acres of operating farmland, National Trust flora and Fauna reserve.
The Mackinnon legacy included the establishment of a 600acre nature reserve to maintain a sample of the vegetation and habitats of the western basalt plains and native grasslands. Blacks Creek and the Horseshoe Lagoon are also part of the nature reserve and provide a wetlands environment. (source: National Trust site)

Contacts:

Open by appointment, regular open days held throughout the year.
Ph: 03 5340 6556 (+61 3 5340 6556) E-mail: mooramong@bigpond.com
web site

Getting there:

Glenelg Highway, near Skipton

Mott's Cottage (c. 1850-6) National Trust Site

Once a residence and boarding house, now houses a collection of National Trust memorabilia and the Port Fairy Genealogical Society centre.

Contacts:

Visitor Centre - 5568 2682 E-mail: info@nattrust.com.au
web site

Getting there:

5 Sackville Street, Port Fairy

Mulberry Hill

American colonial style residence, late 1920s, home to Sir Daryl Lindsay and author Joan Lindsay, (Picnic at Hanging Rock). Georgian furniture, artworks, views of Westernport Bay.

Contacts:

Confirm opening hours on web site. Closed on days of total fire ban.
Ph: (03) 5971 4138
web site

Getting there:

Golf Links Rd, Langwarrin South

National Air and Space Museum of Australia

This museum is currently in development, the exhibition centre will be located at Point Cook, Victoria. In the mean time visit the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) Museum at the same location.

Contacts:

Ph: (03) 5259 3048

Getting there:

Point Cook, Victoria

Portarlington Mill

1857 steam four mill on the Bellarine Peninsula, local history exhibitions, interpretations of the Mill's history.

Contacts:

check web site for opening hours
Ph: 03 5259 2804 or 03 5259 3847
web site

Getting there:

Turner Court, Portarlington

RAAF Museum

Contacts:

Open Tuesday to Friday 10 am-3 pm, Saturday, Sunday and Public holidays 10 am-5 pm, closed Monday, Good Friday and Christmas Day. Entrance is free. Visitors over 16 require photo ID.
Public Affairs Officer Ph: 1902 240 553 E-mail: RAAF.MuseumInfo@defence.gov.au
web site

Getting there:

Located 25 minutes from Melbourne GPO on Melbourne-Geelong Freeway, take Laverton/Point Cook exit and follow the tourist signs.

St Peters Church

Contacts:

Getting there:

Cape Bridgewater, Portland

Steam Packet Inn (1842)

One of the oldest buildings in Victoria, thought to be prefabricated in Tasmania. Began life in 1840 as a police barracks and at one time was a bordello before becoming an hotel.

Contacts:

Ph: (03) 5521 7496

Getting there:

33 Bentinck St, Portland