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Moonta School. Opened in 1877 for 800 students. Identical to Moonta Mines and Wallaroo Mines and Wallaroo Schools which opened at the same time. It is now Moonta Area School.
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Whitwarta on the banks of the River Wakefield. On the left are the ruins of the hotel and the fine stable shed on the right. The Hotel opened in 1866 and closed in 1923.
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RATHGAR METHODIST CHURCH [ESTABLISHED 1874]-124641
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Beechworth gold mining town. The 19th century Wesleyan Methodist church hall. Now a community owned bookshop.
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Mt Gambier Christ Church Anglican Hall. Original hall 1915 this one a reconstruction built in 1951. The original hall burnt down.
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Mt Gambier. Norris Agency Offices in Mt Gambier opened in 1900.
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Oriel window at the Catholic Convent in Mt Gambier built in 1907.
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Catholic Convent in Mt Gambier built in 1907 with oriel windows with stone bases jutting out from the end gables of the facade.
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Statue in the ground of Tenison Woods Catholic College in Mt Gambier. It overlooks a former volcanic crater now a lawned playing field.
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Curramulka. Information board and old rusty plough on the site of Luxmoore's wheat store demolished in 1972.
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Laura. SA. The Laura Courthouse was completed in 1878. Elements of the original courthouseset up have been kept although it is now a very good local Art Gallery. .
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Bruce. Ghost town on the Willochra Plains. Bruce Hotel was built in 1886. More recently Cello's Art Studio. Now a deserted residence.
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Marree. The Marree Hotel was built in 1882 expecting the Great Northern Railway to reach the town in 1884.
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Flinders Ranges South Australia. Details of the Cradock Catholic Church built in 1883. The town established 1878 for wheat growing in semi desert land. Town soon deserted. Now almost a ghost town.
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Geelong. On the corner of Malop and Yarra streets. The former Corio lawyers Chambers. Built in the 1890s in Queen Anne style. Corner spire pediment in the roof line, elaborate window decoration.
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Orroroo. The old 1880s Police Station and some pretty tulips flowering in September in this town beyond Goyder's Line. The frosty spring nights are ideal for tulips.
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Wallaroo. Yorke Peninsula. The old Courthouse built in 1866. Closed as a courthouse in 1972.
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Marree. The railway station and date palms.
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Marree. South of the town a disused railway culvert filled with rain after heavy spring rains 2020.
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Sellicks Hill. Pebble house and garden named Grace and built in 1941 when building materials were limited. Grace is spelt out in pebbles across the facade.
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Geelong. Number 170 Yarra Street. The Jewish Synagogue. Land purchased 1851. Synagogue built 1861 and closed in 1984.
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Hammond. Ghost town beyond Goyders Line. One the town's old general stores built in the 1880s.
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Forbes. The first Methodist services were held on these goldfields in 1863. The first Wesleyan Methodist church was built in 1877. This Gothic brick church was erected in 1906. Now Uniting.
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Forbes. The Town Hall facing Victoria Squ. Gold royalties permitted a grand structure. The part with the corner tower finished in 1891. The left hand part was the first Town Hall about 1870 when Forbes became a municipality.
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Bendigo. MacKenzie Street. The old Congregational Church. Architect was William Vahland. Built in 1890.Opposite it was the old Catholic Pro Cathedral designed by Vahland and built 1869.
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Clare Chimney on the side wall of the old Courthouse. It was built in 1878 in local stone
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Bendigo. Ornate chimney on a cement rendered building behnid the Post Office which was built in 1887.
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Molong. Molong. Town Hall. Built in 1888. It was designed in Italianate style with many classical features such as Ionic columns, broken triangular pediment over entrance etc
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Adelaide. Mitcham. Mitcham cemetery with its row of Cypress Pines which Victorians always planted in cemeteries..
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Argus House Strathalbyn . Built in 1868 as a two storey residence and shop. The Southern Argus newspaper was printed here from 1872 to 1948.
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Gympie. The Mary Valley Rattler train in Gympie railway station.
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Forbes. Forbes. This National Bank was erected in 1884 and is still in possession of the National Bank. Note the fine cast iron veranda columns
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Mintaro in the Clare Valley.This former Primitive Methodist Church was built in 1858. With Methodist Union in 1900 it became the Anglican Church in 1905. Now a retreat centre for victims of abuse. .
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Hoyleton South Australia. Canola fields through the former town oval gates. Hoyleton was the terminus of an 1870 horse tramway.
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Geelong. La Trobe Tce now the highway. Four ages of architecture in one city block. Left 1913 Art Nouveau house. Right 1860s French doored residence. beside these Art Deco and 1880s Victorian
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Bendigo. The former Masonic Hall and Temple designed by Vahland and built in 1867. It later became the Capitol theatre in 1890 and is now part of the Art Gallery.
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Goolwa. The Model School opened in 1879 after the passing of the 1876 Education Act.
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Broken Hill cemetery. Headstone in the Muslim section for Gunny Khan. Middle Eastern script on the headstone. Erected by Dost Mahomet who was a cameleer on the Burke and Wills expedition of 1860.
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Blinman. Part of the local hard quarzite topped hills known as the Great Wall of China.
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Police Station. Bordertown. Opened 1930 but now part fo a cafe and information centre.
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Bendigo. The Art Gallery. This original section was designed by Vahland and built in 1867.
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Gladstone. The guards residence. and prison offices facing the street. Built 1879 to 1881. Closed 1939. Now permanently closed by the government.
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Wirrabara. The fine old foot pump bellows church organ in the Catholic Church. The church was consecrated in 1934.
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Wirrabara. The 1884 Institute closed 1912. It was vacant and then a furniture shop for decades. In 1964 it was converted into an Anglican Church. The 1908 foundation stone was used from an earlier Anglican church .
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Mount Templeton. The ruins of Mt Templeton estate homestead. Probably built in the 1870s when the property totalled 41,000 acres.
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Tarndwarncoort. Near Colac. Veranda of the two storey basalt homestead of 1877 looks like a good place to sit and take in the garden views.
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Marree in the Outback. A memorial cairn to the pioneering Afghan cameleers who helped open up outback South Australia.
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Broken Hill. The 1889 built Courthouse designed by the Colonial Architect James Barnet. Stuccoed brick with NSW state emblem and triangular pediment
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Wirrabara. As the sign says a Fairmont Model ST2 railway ganger's maintenance car. Used on the line to Wilmington until around 1989.
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Maryborough Victoria. The impressive 1890 railway station with Dutch gables and some ornate decoration.Still in use. .
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Heritage listed Georgian style box shaped house in main street of Nairne. 12 paned windows, shutters, perfect proportions and symmetry. Built for Henry Timmins a tanner. 3 paned fan light above doorway. Probably built in 1851 when Timmins opened his tanne
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Booleroo Whim township. The Wesleyan Methodist Church also known as McCallums Church. Built 1880 and porched added 1911. Still in use.
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Redhill. The memorial cairn to the 1876 built Catholic Church with the old Catholic cemetery behind it.
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Geelong. The now closed former 12 Fenwick Street Baptiist Church. Built in 1911 next to the orginal Baptist church built around 1860.
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Lancelot ghost town ruins in South Australia. Hotel ruins.
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Broken Hill. The galvanised iron Gohic style Picton Methodist church erected around 1890. Moved to this Kaolin St site 1911. Closed some time after it became a Uniting Church in 1977. Recently sold.
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Kersbrook. This old school room was built in 1868 as a town school. It became a state school after the 1875 Education Act. Still in use. The first school opened in 1848.
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Yorke Peninsula. Agery. A lake in front of the old Methodist Church. Unusual for summertime in South Australia.
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Port Augusta. The former Freemason Lodge built in 1907. It is now Quinn funeral chapel.
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Port Augusta West. The local Police Station and lockusp behind built in local red iron stone. Built 1879 for 950 pounds.
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