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Name	Detail	File number	Level
Barwonleigh Homestead Inverleigh/Winchester Road, INVERLEIGH VIC 3321 - Property No B1447	The original Barwonleigh station tooks its name by virtue of being sited at the junction of the Barwon and Leigh Rivers. The original homestead consisted of 4 bluestone rooms constructed in about 1851 and this was later extended to 15 rooms including a ballroom, an addition of 1919. The house was destroyed by fire on March 1st, 1965. A reconstruction tookplace in 1966 and adhered as faithfully as possible to the original design and features.Original features which did survive ... more	B1447	File only
Barwon Heads Bridge Barwon Heads/Ocean Grove Road,, BARWON HEADS VIC 3227 - Property No B6798	The 1927 Barwon Head Bridge is of State significance for its exceptional size, its estuarine setting on an historic tourist road, and as the best illustration of sympathetic modifications to a major timber bridge over time. The 308 metres deck length makes it one of the two longest timber road bridges in the State, and it is believed to be the longest all-timber bridge ever built by the Country Roads Board. Its Country Roads Board origins indicate that it was always considered ... more	B6798	State
Barwon Grange 25 Fernleigh Street, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No B1061	Barwon Grange, the single storey gothic style villa situated on the northern bank of the Barwon River, was erected in 1856 for Jonathan Porter O'Brien, a merchant shipowner. This brick house of 6 rooms and attic was occupied by a succession of distinguished tenants from 1858-1867, when John Haines, formerly of Mamre Station, near Colac, was owner/occupier. A detached kitchen building was added in 1871. Barwon Grange is a notable early Victorian villa designed in the ... more	B1061	State
Former Barwon Paper Mill Lower Paper Mill Road on Barwon River, FYANSFORD VIC 3221 - Property No B3100	Probably the largest paper mill of early date extant in Victoria. Situated on the Bawon River near Fyansford. Notable substantially bluestone structure. Impeller shaft appendage on the Barwon side and associated mill race are most notable. Classified: 18/03/1976 See also B3361, Manager's house & workers cottges.	B3100	State
Barwon Bank 35 - 43 Riversdale Road, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No B2802	Between the years 1853-1856, Geelong solicitor John Alexander Gregory built the 18 room stone mansion Barwon Bank in extensive gardens on the high northern bank overlooking the Barwon River at Marnockvale, Geelong. T R Yabsley was the architect for this colonial regency style single storey attic house, built of basalt with contrasting Barrabool freestone dressings and dominated by a massive doric portico and battlemented bay windows. Barwon Bank is an important early ... more	B2802	State
Pollocksford Bridge over Barwon River Pollocksford Road,, GNARWARRE VIC 3221 - Property No B2639	Note: Barwon River is boundary of Golden Plains and Surf Coast shires so bridge is in either/both LGA's.	B2639	File only
Barwon River Bridge - Winchelsea Princes Highway, WINCHELSEA VIC 3241 - Property No B1304	The Barwon River Bridge at Winchelsea was erected in 1867 for the Council of the Shire of Winchelsea, replacing an earlier timber structure of 1849. The three span arch structure was built of bluestone by James Sinclair at a cost of 4,602 pounds and officially opened by Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, on 3rd December 1867. The Barwon River Bridge is the third structure erected at this historic crossing place and has since 1867 provided an important link with Geelong and ... more	B1304	State
Barwon Park Mansion & Garden 105 Inverleigh - Winchelsea Road,, WINCHELSEA VIC 3241 - Property No B0064	The mansion house, Barwon Park was built of basalt for prominent Western District squatter Thomas Austin and completed in 1869. Architects Davidson and Henderson of Geelong designed the 42 room Italianate mansion and supervised construction on a sub-contract basis at a cost of c.10,000 pounds. The square and utilitarian two storey building is enhanced by a distinctive cast iron verandah, elaborate entry hallway, staircase and high quality crafted interior. Barwon Park when ... more	B0064	State
Barwon Bridge over Barwon River Moorabool Street,, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No B7305	File note 21/09/2012: The four lane Barwon Bridge carries Moorabool Street over the Barwon River, and is located on the site of the first Barwon crossing. The first wooden bridge opened early in 1848. Tolled by the South Barwon council, 4 years later it was swept away in a massive flood on 23 May 1852. From December that year a government punt operated at the site. By late 1853 two government punts were used to form a pontoon bridge. It was not until 1859 that a proper ... more	B7305	File only
Barwon Heads Golf Club House & Golf Course Golf Links Road, BARWON HEADS VIC 3227 - Property No B7368	The Barwon Heads Golf Clubhouse, designed by the Melbourne architects Klingender and Hamilton and built in 1923-24, is situated on undulating coastal land on the Bellarine Peninsula south of the town of Barwon Heads and looking out over Bass Strait. The building is clad in horizontal and vertical weatherboard, now painted in a uniform pale green but originally designed to simulate a half timbered style. It has a dominant gable roof which traverses the site and has ... more	B7368	State

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