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Werribee Railway Station

Location

Station Street,, WERRIBEE VIC 3030 - Property No B6129

File Number

B6129

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Statement of Significance

The last extant building of the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Co, designed by architect/engineer Edward Snell and opened with the line in 1857. Together with St Kilda Station, Werribee is the oldest railway building in the State, predating the earliest surviving Government railway building at Williamstown by two years. It is the oldest country railway building in Victoria and recalls the opening of the first country railway in the Colony. Although damaged by fire in 1927, and subsequently rebuilt unsympathetically, the original bluestone walls, sandstone quoins and Gothic style window openings remain and foreshadow the unusual Gothic design of 1864 at Little River. Today, Werribee offers unique information concerning the design of Victoria's pre-Government railway buildings.
Classified: 04/12/1989

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