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Heritage

Throughout the Goldfields there are fine examples of colonial and Victorian architecture.  The prosperity of the gold mining era has left a plethora of notable civic buildings such as town halls, court houses, post offices, schools and churches. 

Maryborough Post Office

The use of local stone in particular, plus brick and bluestone, adds to the elegance and charm of the historic buildings, many of which are classified by the National Trust or Heritage Victoria. Many attractive homes, their verandahs lavishly trimmed with ornate cast iron lace, grace the streets of towns throughout this area.

Carisbrook has the historic Junction Lodge bluestone farmhouse and outbuildings, which can be seen from the road. Carisbrook's Log Gaol, churches and public buildings are also worth a visit.

Carisbrook Log Gaol

The most outstanding public building in the region is the Maryborough Railway Station, once described by the author Samuel Clements (Mark Twain) when he visited Maryborough as "a railway station with a town attached."

Maryborough Railway Station

Maryborough has arguably one of the finest clusters of civic buildings in Victoria with the Court house, Post office and Town Hall built around McLandress Square.

 





                                   
                                    Simson Memorial a tribute to the original settlers of the region


Dunolly, also has some fine buildings and a drive through Broadway and the back streets is most rewarding. Talbot has a magnificent court house, lock-up and Post Office in its fascinating historic precinct.

Dunolly Court House

Pick up a self guided walking tour leaflet from the Maryborough Visitor Information Centre


Other buildings of interest:

Maryborough Primary School - No. 404
Palmerston Street.  Based in the old Wesleyan Sunday School Hall (1874).

Methodist Church
Corner Inkerman and Clarendon Streets. One of the oldest buildings in town (built 1854), not currently open to the public.

St Andrew's Uniting Church
Corner Neill and Palmerston Streets.  Built in 1860 to a Gothic design. 

Anglican Church
Nightingale Street.  The bluestone Gothic Anglican church was built in 1860.

Former State Bank
106-108 High Street it was built in 1882.

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