Historical
Historical - Sights & Sounds
Local places of historical importance including locations, events, festival, open days, re-enactments and rallies.
◉ Barwon Grange
25 Fernleigh St Newtown
Barwon Grange is a place in an elegant early Victorian suburban villa built for upper middle class merchant, property financier and banker, Jonathan Porter OBrien.
This property captures and conserves a par ..◉ Barwon Park Mansion
105 Inverleigh-Winchelse Rd Winchelsea
Imposing bluestone mansion built in the 1860s for Thomas Austin, its first owner. The property comprised 12,000 hectares, and was noted for its sheep and horses.
Barwon Park was built by Thomas Austin, and ..◉ Cape Otway Lighthouse
Cape Otway Lighthouse Cape Otway
Cape Otway Lightstation is the oldest, surviving lighthouse in mainland Australia.
The light, which has been in continuous operation since 1848, is perched on towering sea cliffs where Bass Strait and the So ..◉ Ceres Homestead
76 Coghlans Road, Learmonth
Located in Central Victoria 90 minutes from Melbourne
Ceres Homestead is an elegant estate in regional Victoria that serves as a symbol of the rich history and culture of Australia.
As you enter the grou ..◉ Cunningham Pier
10 Western Beach Foreshore Road, Geelong
The historic Cunningham Pier in Geelong was constructed in 1864 by the Geelong and Melbourne Railway company.
Cunningham Pier is an iconic structure and a vital part of our port with rail being used to load ..◉ Fort Queenscliff
1 King St Queenscliff
With over 150 years of Australia's heritage on display, Fort Queenscliff is one of Victoria's most important historic sites and one of the largest and best preserved forts in the Australia.
Fort Queenscliff ..◉ Geelong & District Peace Memorial
Johnstone Park, Gheringhap Street, Geelong
The Geelong and District Peace Memorial was built to commemorate the soldiers who served in World War One, and continues this role with the addition of names of service men and woman who served in every war sin ..◉ H.M. Geelong Gaol
202 Myers Street Geelong
The HM Prison Geelong was a high security prison until July 1991.
Based on the Pentonville Prison, building of the Geelong Gaol commenced in 1849 and completed in 1865. A key feature of the Pentonville desi ..◉ National Trust of Australia
Canberra
The National Trusts are Australia's leading conservation organisations. Our mission, which started with the conservation of historic Sydney architecture, has grown to include natural, Indigenous and cultural he ..◉ Osborne House Closure
Swinburne St Geelong North
Osborne House is closed indefinitely to all tenants and visitors due to health concerns as mould spores have been found in a limited number of areas in the building.
The 12 tenant groups of Osborne House, th ..◉ Palace Letters: Sir John Kerr and Buckingham Palace
Australia
Tuesday 14th of July 2020 sees the release of the Palace letters between Sir John Kerr and Buckingham Palace that led to Gough Whitlam's sacking in 1975 and dismissal of the Whitlam government.
Hundreds of p ..◉ Pirra Homestead
108 Windermere Road, Lara
Pirra Mansion, the elegant old lady of Lara.
Pirra Mansion has a rich and colourful past - and now, thanks to a major restoration and renovation project by Bisinella Developments, this iconic heritage proper ..◉ Point Cook Homestead
1 Point Cook Homestead Road Point Cook
Please note: The Point Cook Homestead site, including the café, is currently closed to visitors. The Point Cook Coastal Park can still be accessed.
The Point Cook Homestead is a magnificent bayside heritage .. ◉ Remembrance: HMAS Goorangai | Commemoration Service 2025
➲ When: Sunday 23rd November 2025
Sunday 23rd November 2025* @ Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
This annual service commemorates the sinking of the Minesweeper HMAS Goorangai in Port Phillip on November 20, 1940 with the loss of all hands.
T .. ◉ The Heights Heritage House and Garden
140 Aphrasia St Newtown
Prefabricated in Hamburg, Germany, the Heights was erected in 1854 and is the largest dwelling of its kind in Victoria.
Owned by three generations of the one family; bequeathed to the National Trust in 1975. ..◉ The Twelve Apostles
The Twelve Apostles Port Campbell
The Twelve Apostles is a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park, by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. Their proximity to one another has made the site a popul ..◉ Werribee Park Mansion
K Road Werribee
Discover the Victorian era in Australia with a visit to beautiful Chirnside Mansion better known as Werribee Park Mansion.
Werribee Mansion was completed by wealthy pastoralists, the Chirnside family in 187 ..