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Name	Detail	File number	Level
Former Drill Hall Ranger Barracks 1 - 61 Curtis Street,, BALLARAT CENTRAL VIC 3350 - Property No B5305	Ranger Barracks was built in 1885 in response to the Victorian Government's reform of the colonial militia under the Minister for Defence, Sir Frederick Sargood. Prior to the 1880s Sargood reforms, volunteer military units were formed largely at the whim and expense of their members. The name Ranger Barracks commemorates the Ballarat Rangers, a volunteer rifle regiment formed in 1858 and disbanded in 1873. When the government took over responsibility for organising, housing, ... more	B5305	State
Former Drouin Co-Operative Butter Factory Cnr Main South Road and Montague Avenue,, DROUIN VIC 3818 - Property No B6199	The Drouin Cooperative Butter Factory building is important historically at a State level with important historical associations and of significant technological importance. It is an interesting example of adjoining dairy industry buildings, each representing a major era in the development of the Gippsland dairy industry. The buildings are significant because their prominent location demonstrates the importance of dairying in this region while the differing styles illustrate the ... more	B6199	State
Wight House Former Wight's House , Former Dr. Wight's House , Drummond House 3 Oak Dene Road,, KYABRAM VIC 3820 - Property No B2651	An experimental building of 1907 by the architect and engineer Gerard Wight, in which a conscious attempt is made to develop a rational Australian style and construction that has been adapted to hot dry areas. This is more particularly reflected in the use of galvanised iron walls packed with sawdust. Less rational, but even more unusual, are the banded verandah posts. Classified: Local 01/03/1984	B2651	Regional

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Former Drill Hall

Ranger Barracks

1 - 61 Curtis Street,, BALLARAT CENTRAL VIC 3350 - Property No B5305

Ranger Barracks was built in 1885 in response to the Victorian Government's reform of the colonial militia under the Minister for Defence, Sir Frederick Sargood. Prior to the 1880s Sargood reforms, volunteer military units were formed largely at the whim and expense of their members. The name Ranger Barracks commemorates the Ballarat Rangers, a volunteer rifle regiment formed in 1858 and disbanded in 1873. When the government took over responsibility for organising, housing, ... more

B5305

State

Former Drouin Co-Operative Butter Factory

Cnr Main South Road and Montague Avenue,, DROUIN VIC 3818 - Property No B6199

The Drouin Cooperative Butter Factory building is important historically at a State level with important historical associations and of significant technological importance. It is an interesting example of adjoining dairy industry buildings, each representing a major era in the development of the Gippsland dairy industry. The buildings are significant because their prominent location demonstrates the importance of dairying in this region while the differing styles illustrate the ... more

B6199

State

Wight House

Former Wight's House , Former Dr. Wight's House , Drummond House

3 Oak Dene Road,, KYABRAM VIC 3820 - Property No B2651

An experimental building of 1907 by the architect and engineer Gerard Wight, in which a conscious attempt is made to develop a rational Australian style and construction that has been adapted to hot dry areas. This is more particularly reflected in the use of galvanised iron walls packed with sawdust. Less rational, but even more unusual, are the banded verandah posts. Classified: Local 01/03/1984

B2651

Regional