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Name	Detail	File number	Level
Former Ammunition Factory Adi Site (Australian Defence Industries) Gordon Street,, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 - Property No B5028	Small Arms Ammunition Clean Area. See also B5029, Former Ordnance Factory, Wests Road, Maribyrnong and B6137 Former Explosives Factory, Cordite Avenue, Maribyrnong.	B5028	File only
Pipe Organ - Uniting Church Cnr Carrier and Church Streets,, BENALLA VIC 3672 - Property No B6721	A rare early example of an organ built by J E Dodd showing his developing symphonic style and case design, the latter including two slender three-pipe towers and three flats, with carved filigre details. The original tonal scheme, pipework, windchests and case survive intact, although the console and mechanism were altered in 1975. It is the earliest example of a Dodd organ in Victoria, pre-dating other examples by more than 15 years and the oldest surviving organ in the ... more	B6721	Regional
Jack's Magazine (Ammunition Factory) Saltwater River Powder Magazine Gordon Street,, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 - Property No B5837	A powder magazine complex with original buildings of exceptional size and massive bluestone construction, reflecting the aspirations of the colony and aspects of a now obsolete technology. The canal by which the complex was serviced is unusual in Australian terms, and forms a part of the Classification, as do the tramway lines, the blast mounds, perimeter walls, and the more modest brick magazines of the early twentieth century. Classified: 06/08/1987	B5837	State
United Brothers Battery Site GLEN VALLEY VIC 3898 - Property No B5280	Statement of Significance: At the time of its erection (late 1894/early 1895) the installation was regarded as a model gold processing plant. It was only the second plant in Victoria to use the newly imported Luhrig vanners for the treatment of heavily mineralised ore and its operation was described several times in the Australian Mining Standard. After the original company ceased operations in 1904 the plant was taken over by local miners and became the centre of a four year ... more	B5280	Local
Community Arts Centre Henderson House 45 Moreland Street, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 - Property No B1604	Interesting architectural design carried out in good stonework. Classified 26/11/1969 Revised: 03/08/1998	B1604	State
Scots United Presbyterian Church Uniting Church 17 Tyers Street,, PORTLAND VIC 3305 - Property No B5117	The oldest surviving United Presbyterian church in Victoria, dating from 1849-50 and designed in a rudimentary Early English Gothic style, but spoiled by subsequent alterations, especially the tiled roof. Classified: 08/09/1983	B5117	Regional
Tony Trembath - The Fences Act, 1968 - Entrance to Edendale Community Farm Off 30 Gastons Road,, ELTHAM VIC 3095 - Property No B6746	The Fences Act 1968 is a major installation work by Tony Trembath, created over a lengthy period but officially dated 1996. It was commissioned by the Eltham Council as a gateway to mark the boundary of a significant community facility in the area, Edendale Community Farm.The work is rustic and both large and informal, comprising a series of tree trunks with metal caps, suggesting groups of people talking, and other components suggesting buildings. The installation has particular ... more	B6746	Regional
George Fincham Pipe Organ - All Saints Uniting Church Forest Street,, BENDIGO VIC 3550 - Property No B7217	The surviving remnants of the pipe organ built in 1867 by George Fincham, of Richmond, for the Wesleyan (Methodist) Church, Forest Street, Bendigo, and later enlarged and placed in the present church in 1877 The organ is significant for historic and aesthetic reasons at a local level The pipe organ at Wesley Uniting Church, Bendigo is significant for the following reasons: . It was one of the six earliest examples of George Fincham's Australian work; . The ... more	B7217	Local
Fincham & Hobday Organ - Uniting Church 163 Chapel Street,, ST KILDA VIC 3182 - Property No B6113	A two-manual organ of nine stops built in 1891 by Fincham & Hobday, remaining largely unaltered. The instrument retains its mechanical action, detached console, tonal scheme, and attractive casework incorporating diapered pipework. Classified: 14/12/1989	B6113	Local
Berry United Gold Mining Co Mine & Machinery Site SMEATON VIC 3364 - Property No B6003	This was one of the last mines to be opened on the lead system. The plant was installed and operational by 1903 and consisted of 2 compound condensing steam engines (one of 275 horsepower) driving 22 inch pumps. In 1906 it was discharging 6 million gallons per day and this made it the most powerfull plant in the area. Winding and puddling plant were installed in 1908. The site provides evidence of the level of technological sophistication in deep lead mining towards the end of ... more	B6003	State

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