Buildings
Victorian State Parliament
The colony of Victoria got self-government in 1851 and this building was begun in 1855 and opened in 1856 although not completed until 1929. John Knight and Peter Kerr were the architects. The proposed dome has never been completed.
Melbourne High School
Melbourne High School A selective boys' school that achieves top academic results. Established: 1905 Would you like us to create a virtual tour for you? We create tours for councils, clubs, organisations and...
John Darling Mill
John Darling & Son Mill A huge flour mill is being redeveloped into offices. Address: 74 Sydney Street, Albion Opened: 1926 Interesting facts: The founder, John Darling Sr., was born in Edinburgh and left school at the age of 11. Apart from being a businessman he...
Hotel Windsor
Hotel Windsor Melbourne's grandest old hotel – a gold rush treasure. Australia's only surviving 19th century city hotel. Address: 111 Spring Street, Melbourne Opened: 1884 Interesting fact: Built by shipping magnate, George Nipper. to view...
Scots Church
Scots Church This is a virtual tour from spire to pulpit, of a famous historic landmark in Collins Street. Style: Decorated Gothic Height of spire: 210 feet (for many years the highest point in the city) Opened: 1874 Interesting facts: Built by David Mitchell, who was...
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Hawthorn
Immaculate Conception Church Immaculate Conception Church This is a tour from spire to chancel, of a famous landmark in Hawthorn Victoria. Address: 345 Burwood Road, Hawthorn to view photos [ngg src="galleries" ids="35"...
Auburn Uniting Church
Auburn Uniting Church This page takes you from tower to pulpit, of a famous landmark in Hawthorn Victoria. Address: 81 Oxley Road, Hawthorn Architect: Alfred Dunn Completed: 1890 Interesting facts: The architect died at the age of 29 only a few...
Robin Boyd Walsh Street House
Robin Boyd Walsh Street House This virtual tour is of a Robin Boyd designed house, also know as Boyd House II. Location: Walsh Street, Melbourne, Australia International recognition: The house received wide international recognition in the...
Royal Exhibition Building
Royal Exhibition Building This tour is of the magnificent Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne. It's one of the few such buildings surviving in the world. Location: 9 Nicholson Street, Melbourne, Australia, in the Carlton Gardens Built for:...
Capitol Theatre
This theatre was designed by US architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin and is considered their finest interior design. Opened in 1924 it was described by the leading architect Robin Boyd as “the best cinema that was ever built or is ever likely to be built”.
Newport Substation
Newport Substation This tour is of the magnificently restored and repurposed Newport Substation. Location: Newport, Melbourne, Australia, near Newport Railway Workshops (est. 1882) Engineers: Merz and MacLellan Notable fact: One of the oldest...
Steamrail Victoria
Steamrail Victoria was founded in 1965 to preserve Victoria's railway heritage. The organisation is located in the rail workshops at Newport.
State Library of Victoria
State Library of Victoria Address: 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne Opened: 1854 Interesting facts: Oldest public library in Australia and one of the first free libraries in the world. The collection contain over 2,000,000 books and 350,000...