All Historical POI's 1841-1860

The following is a comprehensive list of Historical POI’s 1841-1860 available to the Public for their Interest, Exploration, Research, Knowledge & Appreciation, noting that where are number of categories or time-frames are relevant, the first function &/or moment in time will be allocated to the heading and the default category. The Category of Historical POI’s 1841-1860 incorporates historical Things to See, Points of Interest, Monuments, Memorials, Ruins, Artifacts, Plaques, Historic Sites, etc. that were established in Australia during the years 1841 to 1860, noting that many interesting historical facts, persons of interest, incidents, etc. are further displayed in the numerous historical timelines exhibited in the Chronicles of Aus, which are an ever growing graphical depiction of the Evolution of Australia, its states & territories, etc. into the country that we know today . . .
Historical POI’s 1841-1860 is a Sub Category of Historical.



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Quarantine Cemetery & Ticonderoga Monument c 1852 – Quarantine Station, Point Nepean National Park, Portsea, Mornington Peninsula, VIC

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Located on the shores of Ticonderoga Bay, within Port Phillip Bay, this relatively new granite monument erected by the Nepean Historical Society Inc. on the 10th November 2002 lies adjacent to the historical ‘Heaton’s Monument‘ c 1856 – both of which identify the location of the original cemetery established at the Quarantine Station at Portsea in Victoria.  Upon the arrival of the tragic Clipper Read more…

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Ban Ban Homestead c 1860 – 8 Simon St, Gayndah, QLD

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Originally located some 4 km West of Ban Ban Springs, on the western banks of Barambah Creek, the ‘Ban Ban’ Homestead is estimated at a build date c 1860.  It was relocated to Gayndah’s Historical Precinct in 1975. Beautifully restored and set amidst other historical properties of the town and region, the homestead provides and insight into the lifestyle, hopes and dreams Read more…

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Historic ‘Calhoun’s Family Hotel’ c 1855 – 40 Newcombe St, Portarlington, VIC

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Located in Portarlington, Victoria, the Seaview Hotel was built c 1855 by Mr Duncan McKenzie. Argus (Melbourne, Vic) – 8 Jan 1881 The historic hotel is perfectly positioned on an elevated hillside, directly in line with, and overlooking the Portarlington Pier.  It enjoys the most outstanding and magnificent views of the pier, marina, Port Phillip Bay – all the way across to Melbourne in the distance. Portarlington’s Sea Read more…

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Dandenong & the No Good Damper Inn c 1840’s – Vicinity of Dandenong Town Centre, VIC

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The flourishing city of Melbourne demanded huge supplies of lime, much of which was initially sourced from the Mornington Peninsula.  Lime was an essential ingredient with which to make the mortar that held the bricks of Melbourne’s buildings together as well as the render which coated the bricks.  Bullock teams would drag wagons loaded with bagged lime into the shallow waters of Port Read more…

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Angus McMillan Monument c 1840 – Merrick St at Blackburn St Intersection, Stratford, Gippsland, VIC

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Located in Stratford, Victoria, this monument commemorates the location, and the date, of the crossing of the Avon River by one of Gippsland’s first explorers and settlers, Angus McMillan and his team, on the 21st January 1840 . . . Helpful Hints: – Close proximity to Town Centre – obtain Directions here – Car Parking available along Merrick Street – Other Historical POI’s Read more…

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Yan Yean Reservoir c 1853 | Melbourne’s First Dam – East End Reservoir Rd, Yan Yean, VIC

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Melbourne’s Yan Yean Reservoir was commenced just 18 years after John Batman embarked on his exploratory voyage to Port Phillip in mid 1835, and, upon siting the Yarra River, the infamous notation in his diary that stated ” . . . This will be the place for a village . . . ”  The location must have been breathtakingly beautiful: ” . . . To the new arrivals the Read more…

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Tyrone Homestead c 1850’s – Cnr Flinders & Locke Sts, Rye, Mornington Peninsula, VIC

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. ‘Tyrone Homestead’ c 1850’s – built from the beautiful limestone on which it stands, remains as a memorial to the very first European settlers who defied all odds and built their homes, families and livelihoods on the Mornington Peninsula.  Considering two official settlements had previously failed, this must have been no mean feat . . . Sample – Wattle & Daub Read more…

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Site of Shakespeare Hotel c 1848 – 1 Raymond St, Stratford, VIC

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It is recorded that WO Raymond established the Shakespeare Hotel upon his ‘Stratford Run’ (some 16,000 acres in size) in the year 1848.  This hotel, sited on Gippsland’s oldest road running from Omeo to Port Albert, would mark the beginnings of the township of Stratford.   Plan of Stratford – Excerpt – c 1855Following the crossing and naming of the Avon River by explorer, Angus McMillan on Read more…

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Arthurs Seat Summit – Opposite 791 Arthurs Seat Rd, Arthurs Seat, Mornington Peninsula, VIC

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Arthurs Seat Lookout Tower c 2012 ‘Arthurs Seat’ is a rocky granite outcrop that rises sharply from the surrounding landscape.  The north-western face basically runs along the Selwyn Fault, which is still active, and also essentially marks the beginning of the limestone outcrop that extends out to Point Nepean.  Sand dunes separating Port Phillip Bay from Bass Strait built up, and over Read more…

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Site of Langwarrin Station c 1840’s – approx 8 km South of Cranbourne, Peacedale, VIC

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In a time when the lowest price for an acre of land was set at a mere £1 per acre in accordance with the ‘Sale of Waste Land belonging to the Crown in the Australian Colonies Act’ dated the 22nd June 1842, William Willoby acquired the ‘Langwarrin’ which consisted of 6,400 acres in the year 1843, noting that approximately half of Read more…

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Site of Historic Road Bridge c 1850’s – 3 McMillan St, Stratford, Gippsland, VIC

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Gippsland Times – 6 Apr 1950 The frequent flooding of the Avon River at Stratford in Victoria has reeked havoc on the bridges suspending it.  Being reported as being the fastest river to flood and drain in the entire southern hemisphere, it is hard to believe that the gently flowing stream of clear, tranquil waters has claimed the life of so many a bridge. Read more…

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Prince’s Bridge c 1845 – St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, VIC

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Within the first few years of the establishment of the city of Melbourne in 1835, it became apparent that the river that had first drawn the people to the area, also greatly divided the rapidly expanding city.  The need for a reliable means of crossing the river became increasingly necessary . . . The ‘Melbourne Bridge Company’ was established on the 22nd Read more…

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St. Andrews Uniting Church c 1880’s & Site of Presbyterian Church c 1857 – Opposite 101 Tyers St, Stratford, VIC

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Gippsland Times – Excerpt – 5 Aug 1865   Formerly the ‘St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church’, the ‘St. Andrew’s Uniting Church’ has been reported to be built in the 1880’s when many of the original wooden buildings of Stratford were replaced by brick structures . . . When the Uniting Church was formed in 1977, the Stratford congregation chose the old ‘St. Andrew’s Read more…

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1840’s Lime Kiln Replica – Rye Foreshore, opposite 2543 Point Nepean Rd, Rye, Mornington Peninsula, VIC

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Set just behind the sand dunes at the base of Whitecliffs Lookout, a replica Lime Kiln has been built by the Rotary & Lions Clubs of Rye in 1989.  It has been sited where once the historic ‘Devine Kiln’ stood, as well as an old loading point where bullock teams would drag wagons loaded with bagged lime into the shallow waters, transfer it to barges, then Read more…

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Surveyor James Charles Burnett Monument c 1847 – Burnett Hwy, opposite Isis Hwy Intersection, Ban Ban Springs, QLD

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” . . . Other squatters followed until a large area of Burnett country was taken by men under the impression that the river was the Boyne of Oxley in 1823, and they remained in that belief until Surveyor Burnett in 1847 found that Oxley’s Boyne was 110 miles north of the Burnett.  Even to-day on the maps one of Read more…

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Wreck of the ‘Cataraqui’ c 1845 – Australia’s Worst Maritime Disaster, King Island, TAS

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The wreck of the barque ‘Cataraqui‘ was to become, and still remains, Australia’s worst maritime disaster . . . Migration to Australia was already in full swing in the early 1800’s.  It is relevant to take a moment and remember that it was only in the May and June of 1835 that John Batman executed his voyage of discovery to Port Phillip – Read more…

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Site of St Paul’s Anglican Church c 1850’s – Cnr Portarlington & Church Rds, Bellarine Peninsula, VIC

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East Bellarine was once a thriving little village.  From the 1850’s, the township grew housing its own:  Post Office, Bakery, Blacksmith, School (No. 231), ‘Willey’s Pub‘, Cobb & Co. Station, Church and community. St Paul’s Anglican Church, today The only evidence that remains today, is the rebuilt ‘Avondale Farm’ . . . The ‘East Bellarine Christ Church’ which was of an Read more…

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Gayndah Cemetery c 1850’s – Porter St, between Downing & Meyer Sts, Gayndah, QLD

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Site of Latrobe Wharf c late 1850’s – Downstream of Latrobe & Thomson River Junction, Sale, VIC

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Excerpt – Map showing Existing & Proposed Swing Bridge over the Latrobe River c 1880’s Interestingly, the need for the Latrobe Wharf or Landing (as it was also known) was due to the lack of foresight. Philip McArdell began building his paddle steamer, the PS ‘Enterprise’ in 1857 at McArdell’s Gap on the banks of the Thomson River near the township of Sale (previously known Read more…

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Burwood – 21 Coppin Gv, Hawthorn, Melbourne, VIC

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” . . . Several pretty spots lie within pleasant drives of Melbourne.  Heidelberg, of which I heard great eulogy, I only saw from a distance, but the situation must be very lovely, embosomed in swelling woods, undulations, with the Dandenong range of hills in the distance.  Kew, though so near the city, is (or was tolerably fresh and unspoiled, with some fine trees, on parklike ground, and Read more…