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Geelong. Corio Bay and the esplanade looking into the sun
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Gulgong. School room and students. Henry Beaufoy Merlin and Charles Bayliss photographed Gulgong gold rush in 1872. 500 glass plate negatives are now the Holtermann Collection Museum. UNESCO heritage listed.
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Penola. The interior of St Josephs Catholic church built in 1924.
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Adelaide. Thebarton Police and Mounted Police Barracks. Built in 1916. Soon to be demolished. Currently the Police Museum. Mounted and modern policing display. .
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Geelong. The inmpressive classical facade of the Gheringhap frontage of 1917. The first section was built in 1855 facing Little Malop St..
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Coonalpyn South Australia. The Superb Australian blue Fairy Wren. Done in a mosaic on a besser block wall in front of the public toilets. near the silo art. Part of Coonalpyn's art trail.
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Maryborough. Entrance to Customs House Hotel. Built in 1868 and then extended in 1870 when the Gympie goldfields were going. Extended again in 1883 and Art Deco stained glass windows added in early 20th century.
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Dares Hill Circuit. Ketchowla sheep station. Established 1853 by C Giles. 7 roomed homestead and outbuildings erected before 1860. 1873 to 1890 leased held by Frederick Austin. 1890 to 1980s Dearlove family. Outbuild ruin.
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Coonalpyn. The Coonalpyn Congregational Church built in local limestone in 1927. Congregational services began in 1907 in the old institute.
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Scandinavian Crescent, Talbot
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Adelong gold mining town. Old faded cotttage in the main street.
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Tumut. Worte Cottage. Built around 1890 with red brick walls and yellow brick quoins, a bay window and very decorative barge boards on the gables. Very pretty.
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Young. The first Courthouse built in 1861. This grand Greek temple ediface opened in 1886 and cost 12,000 pounds. Given to Education Dept in 1924. Became senior school in 1935. With additions opened Young High School in 1947
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Gympie. A view of the Mary Valley Rattler steam train in the Dagun station between Gympie and its terminus at Amamoor.
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Grenfell NSW. Old gold mining town. Vista from O'Briens Hill gold mine site. Catholic Church and former Primary School stands out.
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Dares Hill Circuit. East of Hallett. The ruins of Piltimitiappa homestead. This sheep station established 1853. Held until 1892. William Dare buill this home about 1858.
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Dimboola. The old 1909 bank is now a fascinating shop called the Imaginarium. This stunning wall paper adorns the old bank hallway. .
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Corowa. The former flourmill and silos. The mill was built in 1921 and closed in 1970. Now a whisky distillery .The first town flour mill was built in the 1870s..
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Williamstown in the Adelaide Hills. The Soldiers Memorial Hall in Williamstown.
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Beechworth. The two storey bakery built in the 1870s and still operating. Began as a pie shop.
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Tintinara sheep station. The original open hearth fire and stove area of the shearer's quarters. The quarters were built in 1865.
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Edenhope. The new Catholic Church opened in 1981. The first Edenhope Catholic Church opened in 1868.
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Maryborough. Side view of the former Joint Stock Bank in Kent St. Built in 1882 with a grand facade to the other street. P L Travers was born inside.
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Penola. The Woods MacKillop School House. Built in 1867.
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Geelong. Part of the Geelong Railway Station built in 1877 in poly-chromatic bricks. The railway from Melbourne reached Geelong in 1854.
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Robe in the South East of South Australia. Small rock stack and arch by Cape Dombey at the entrance to Guichen Bay and the historic town of Robe.
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Bendigo. The Grimbsy roller flourmill. Part was built in 1873. A second stage was built in 1887. It ceased operations in 1970 and has been converted into offices.
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Penola. Old church pedal organ in the Mary MacKillop Intrepretive Centre in Penola.
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Geelong. Cafe on the pier on Corio Bay. Note the Geelong Baths Swimming Club painted bollards on the edge of the esplanade.
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Bendigo. Bendigo. The Anglican church was built in 1868 and added to in 1872. The chancel and transepts were added in 1927. The fine tower was added in 1872. It became the Anglican Cathedral of Bendigo in 1981..
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Corowa. The former flourmill and silos. The mill was built in 1921 and closed in 1970. Now a whisky distillery and chocolate factory.
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Dawson. Ghost town beyond Goyders Line. Established in 1881. Altar of the disused Catholic Church which was built in 1885.
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Penola. The former National Bank. Built in 1868 after the bank bought the land in 1866. In grand classical style. Great symmetry. Rounded windows ground floor but upper ones rectangular. Architect W Gore.
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Adelaide. Thebarton Police and Mounted Police Barracks. Built in 1916. Soon to be demolished. Currently the Police Museum. Behind the desk officer display. .
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Grenfell NSW. Old gold mining town. O'Briens gold mine site with poppet shafts etc and Information Board.
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Grenfell. The Tattersalls Turf Hotel established in 1866 during the gold rush. Burnt down in 1888. Rebuilt 1889 with veranda and cast iron lace work.The arch was used for coaches to enter the courtyard. Closed as a hotel 1933
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Tumut. The fast flowing Tumut River in the middle of the dry Australian summer.
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Gulgong. Historic gold mining town.
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Grenfell NSW. Repainned old advertising on a brick warehouse wall.
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Coonalpyn. All that remains of the Coonalpyn Railway Station - the platform and a crane.
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Dimboola. The Art Nouveau style bank was photographed in 1909 on its opening with all the town's residents. Recreated in 2009 with all the towns residents.
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Goldfield Ghost Town
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Goldfield Ghost Town
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Penola. SA. The Mary MAcKillop Interpretive Centre. Built in 1998.
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Middleton. The original town school built in William Street in 1869 with stone gable end with rounded window. Used until the government school opened in 1880. First Middleton school opened 1856.
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Family group
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Gympie. Elevated bridge to a gold poppet. In the Gympie Gold Museum complex.
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Peterborough. Part of the old 22 stall Roundhouse in the railway yards. It was built in 1927 when Peterborough became a major regional rail headquarters with 1800 railway employees in the town.
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Young. The neo classical Courthouse. Built in 1928.
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Penola. The Uniting Church which was previously the Methodist Church. Built in local Mt Gambier limestone blocks.
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Gympie old Railway Station. The Mary Valley Rattler steam train ready for tourists to climb aboard for a train trip to Amamoor.
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Bendigo. The Presbyterian Church in Meyers Street near the Anglican Cathedral. Built in 1859. Demolished in 1930 and this new church built then. Now a Uniting Church.
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Native Pomegranite
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St Arnaud. Classical style 19th century bank building.
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Tumut. All Saints Anglican church and spire. Architect Edmund Blacket. Started 1875 completed 1878. Tower added 1881. Note dark bricks used for patterns on the walls.
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Gympie. The Mary Valley Rattler train carriages in Gympie railway station.
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Young. The 1886 Courthouse with its trianguar pediment and grand Greek temple facade and the NSW insignia. Given to Education Dept in 1924. With additions opened as Young High School in 1947
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Sevenhill. Clare Valley. Beautiful stained glass window in Sevenhill Catholic Church. It was built from 1861 to 1866.
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Maryborough. Side view of the Heritage Centre. Built in 1878 as the Bank of New South Wales. It handled much of the gold sent down to the port here from Gymie goldfields.Cast iron veranda supports.
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Victorian Goldfields Railway - Maldon Yard/Station
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