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Lynes Road,, TOORADIN VIC 3980 - Property No B1969 |
Tooradin Estate Homestead, Lynes Road, Tooradin, is a single storied house built for Thomas Lynes probably in the late 1880s. The area was first settled in the 1840s and Lynes acquired the property in 1887. The symmetrically planned house has an encircling verandah with a bullnose roof and central gabled porch. The house is constructed of brick with a slate roof. The details of the house are typical of its period. Tooradin Estate Homestead is of note for its associations with the ... more |
B1969 |
Regional |
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75 Canterbury Road,, TOORAK VIC 3142 - Property No B5466 |
B5466 |
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Swedish Church
21 St Georges Road,, TOORAK VIC 3142 - Property No B0226 |
Toorak House, constructed c.1848-51, was designed by architect Samuel Jackson and erected for but never occupied by wealthy Melbourne merchant James Jackson. The asymmetrical, rectangular plan two storey brick and stucco Italianate style mansion, complete with dominant tower and ground floor colonnade was leased and then extravagantly extended as the residence of the Governor of Victoria from 1854-74. Toorak House is of special historical importance as the first substantial ... more |
B0226 |
National |
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Former Toorak Presbyterian Church
Toorak Uniting Church
603 Toorak Road,, TOORAK VIC 3142 - Property No B3640 |
An imposing church in Barrabool sandstone with Camaru limestone dressings, designed by Reed and Barnes and built in 1875-6 with the addition of second transepts in 1888-89 designed by J F Smart. The building, of complex plan, includes a tall tower and broach spire, with flanking stair turret, nave and aisles, crossing fleche, double transepts and apse. The spacious interior includes cedar fittings and impressive stained glass window by Ferguson & Urie and others. Classified: ... more |
B3640 |
Local |
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St Peter's Catholic Church - Toorak
581 Toorak Road,, TOORAK VIC 3142 - Property No B4127 |
B4127 |
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Toorak/Sth Yarra Branch library
340 Toorak Road,, SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141 - Property No B7079 |
The Toorak South Yarra Library, designed by Yuncken Freeman Architects and completed in 1973 is of architectural, aesthetic and technical importance at the State level. The Toorak South Yarra Library is one of the most notable Australian examples of the conceptual ideas expounded in the international movement of modern architecture. Specifically, it is an excellent example of the formal minimalism developed by the internationally acclaimed architect Mies Van der Rohe in the ... more |
B7079 |
State |
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Former Toora Creamery & Cheese Factory (Former)
Toora Village Creative Arts Centre
Stanley Street, TOORA VIC 3962 - Property No B6172 |
B6172 |
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37 Victoria Street,, TOORA VIC 3962 - Property No B5941 |
B5941 |
File only | |
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Toorak Road,, TOORAK VIC 3142 - Property No B7299 |
In 1854 the State Government leased James Jackson's Toorak House for use as the Governor's residence, and Gardiner's Creek Road (subsequently Toorak Road) was transformed from a rough bush track into a made road. The presence of the Vice-Regal residence attracted wealthy merchants, pastoralists and politicians to the area and a small village gradually developed around Notley's Hotel at the foot of Orrong Hill, to service the mansions and villas of the gentry. This group of modest ... more |
B7299 |
Regional |
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58 Toorak Road,, SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141 - Property No B0224 |
Built c.1854. Classified: 17/07/1958 Substantially altered by1978. Classification Withdrawn: 17/08/1978 |
B0224 |
File only |
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