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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Natural Entrance | Once joining the Gippsland Lakes to Bass Strait – Ninety Mile Beach, Lakes Entrance, VIC

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Though the landscape has changed dramatically since the construction of the artificial Entrance linking the Gippsland Lakes to Bass Strait in 1889, historical accounts and records provide the tools to estimate the location of the intermittent and ever moving Natural Entrance that challenged shipping and transport between Gippsland and Melbourne in those early years of settlement. The Natural Entrance was situated between 4.5 to Read more…

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Site of the Theatre Royal c 1855 – 215 Bourke Street, Melbourne, VIC

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Category: Historical POI's 1841-1860, Historical, and Site | Cultural
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Viewing the construction that now occupies the site of the very first grand theatre to be built in Australia, it is impossible to comprehend that such a magnificent structure would be demolished to be replaced with that, that we see today.  Another example of Melbourne’s total disregard for its pioneering firsts – and, the quality, beauty & pride of Melbourne’s pioneers, its original buildings Read more…

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Site of Queen’s Theatre c 1843 – Cnr Queen & Little Bourke Sts, Melbourne, VIC

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Category: Historical POI's 1841-1860, Historical, and Site | Cultural
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Whilst wandering the streets of Melbourne, perhaps spare a moment, and a thought, for the beautiful hand-crafted buildings that once adorned the streets – and compare them to the architecture that has replaced them.  It is a tragedy that allows such beauty and history to be demolished, and with it, the memory of our first pioneers who laboriously shaped this country less Read more…

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Site of Coppin’s Olympic Theatre ‘The Iron Pot’ c 1855 – Cnr Exhibition & Lonsdale Sts, Melbourne, VIC

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It’s hard to imagine that in a time when ships were propelled by sail, a trip to the England would take between 2 to 4 months, when there were no power tools, steam was still in its infancy . . . → that an entire 2 storey, pre-fabricated Theatre could be cast in iron on the other side of the Read more…

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Toorak Estate c 1840’s – 7 Tahara Rd, Toorak, Melbourne, VIC

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In the book ‘Australian Aborigines’ by James Dawson, published in 1881, he documents the Aboriginal word Tuurak, translating to Duck Weed in English – and therefore, quite possibly, the origin of the name ‘Toorak Estate’. Interestingly, ‘Toorak’ would later become the name of the wealthy and exclusive inner suburb of Melbourne . . . The ‘Toorak Estate’ – c 1840’s to 1875 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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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…

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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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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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Heaton’s Monument c 1856 – Quarantine Station, Point Nepean National Park, Portsea, Mornington Peninsula, VIC

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Category: Historical POI's 1841-1860, Historical, and Site | Memorial, Monument
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Heaton’s Monument marks the location of the original cemetery established at the Quarantine Station at Portsea in Victoria which has since been relocated further inland c 1854.  Upon the arrival of the tragic Clipper ship ‘Ticonderoga’ on the 22nd December 1852, a quarantine station was hastily erected at this site.  Sadly, a cemetery was also immediately required as of the 170 people that died due 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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Royal Botanic Gardens c 1846 – Birdwood Ave, Melbourne, VIC

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The ‘City of Melbourne’, Victoria’s capital city, enjoys an enormous expanse of garden totalling some 314 acres.  Located on the southern banks of the Yarra River, the gardens stretch out from Princes Bridge eastward to Anderson Street, and southward to Domain Road.  The ‘Royal Botanic Gardens’ occupy approximately 89 acres of the eastern sector of this beautiful part of Melbourne. Read more…

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Sandridge, Victoria by H Gritten c 1865

Port Melbourne Beach – previously ‘Sandridge’, Beach St, Port Melbourne, VIC

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Category: Beach, Historical POI's 1841-1860, Historical, Natural POI, and Site | Cultural
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‘Port Melbourne Beach’ is the location where once international travellers would disembark their sailing ship and traipse their way along a tiny trail to the infant Melbourne.  As they arrived at the Yarra River they would be handsomely charged to cross the river via a punt. The following extract describes the experience of arriving Melbourne, Victoria pre 1849 when the first pier was Read more…

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Site of ‘Sandridge Pier’ c 1849 – Sth End Bay St, Port Melbourne, VIC

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The first pier to be built at ‘Sandridge’ (now known as Port Melbourne) dates way back to 1849: ” . . . In January, 1849, a jetty was commenced at Sandridge; and in a year was completed.  It was 400 feet long by 15 feet wide.  Its cost was about ,£1,000, and at high water the small steamers lay at the end Read more…

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Queen’s Bridge c 1889 – William St, Melbourne, VIC

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The location of ‘Queen’s Bridge’ in Melbourne occupies the most historically significant site of the city.  It represents the location which instilled hope, happiness, sheer excitement and elation – that would soon turn to heartbreak and tragedy – for the founder of Melbourne: ” . . . but pause long enough to reflect that it was probably about the Queen’s Bridge (earlier 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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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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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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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…