Victorian Heritage Register

Victorian Heritage Register

Data Sheets for Places on the Victorian Heritage Register

SEPTEMBER 2013

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Heritage Overlay Address Page Number

Dhurringile

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HO12 Dhurringile Homestead, 870 Murchison-Tatura Road, Dhurringile 1

HO55 Number One Internment Camp, 1320 Stewart Road, Dhurringile 4

Kialla

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HO22 Calder Woodburn Memorial Avenue, Goulburn Valley Highway, Kialla, Kialla West and Arcadia

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Murchison

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HO58 Day’s Flour Mill Complex, 75 Day Road, Murchison 8

HO60 Gregory’s Bridge Hotel, 10 High Road, Murchison 10

Shepparton

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HO150 Bangerang Cultural Centre, Parkside Gardens, 45 Parkside Drive, Shepparton

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Victorian Heritage Database place details - 2/9/2013DHURRINGILE

Location:870 MURCHISON-TATURA ROAD MURCHISON, Greater Shepparton City

Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number: H1554Listing Authority: VHRExtent of Registration:Amendment of Register of Government BuildingsRodney ShireH.M. Prison, Dhurringile, Murchison-Tatura Road, Murchison.[Victoria Government Gazette No. G39 12 October 1988 p.3093]Transferred to the Victorian Heritage Register 23 May 1998 (2 years after the proclamation of the Heritage Act1995 pursuant to the transitional provisions of the Act)

Statement of Significance:

Dhurringile, consisting of a two-storeyed brick residenceand gatehouse, brick stables and timber shearingshed, was constructed by James Winter in 1876-77. John [Jock] Winter, the son of a blacksmith, arrived inAustralia with his family from Scotland in 1841 and settled near Ballarat. The discovery of gold on their propertytransformed the life of the family and provided the basis for sizeable investment in large pastoral areasthroughout northern Victoria. Three of the four Winter sons who had taken up large areas of land in theGoulburn Valley each constructed a substantial home on their land, the grandest of them being Noorilim [VHRH0297], built by William Winter (later Winter-Irving) in 1878-79 and Dhurringhile. After the great Goulburn flood of 1870 had washed away his original wooden homestead, James Winter

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selected a site away from the river for the construction of a huge new towered brick mansion which he namedDhurringile. The mansion was designed by Lloyd Tayler and Wyatt, one of Melbourne's most prominentarchitectural firms. The style of Dhurringile suggests that it was probably designed by Frederick Wyatt as LloydTayler, the more well known of the two, was absent from his practice from January 1875 to May 1877 on anextended visit to England. The homestead also had extensive stabling, a shearing shed, and otheroutbuildings, and a manager's residence and stabling some distance from the house which may predate themansion as James Winter had taken up residence there by 1875.The shearing shed was reputed to be one ofthe largest in Victoria. Although often absent from his country property, James Winter was active in localcommunity affairs and through his interest in agricultural innovation, markedly increased the stock carryingcapacity of his property. He bred prize-winning sheep, was a founding member of the Northeastern Pastoraland Agricultural Society and served as councillor and later President of the Shire of Waranga in 1873. JamesWinter died in 1885 but Dhurringile stayed in the ownership of the Winter family until 1907. Dhurringile passed through a number of hands before being purchased in December 1925 by Vincent VernonHart. It appears that Dhurringile had been vacant for many years and remained unoccupied while in Hart'sownership. In 1939, the Commonwealth government negotiated with Hart to rent the property for use as aninternment camp for German and Italian aliens. Internees were held at Dhurringile until transferred to othercamps early in 1940 and by March 1940, the Department of the Interior had vacated the property. in 1941,Dhurringile was taken up by the army for use as a Prisoner of War Camp for Germans captured in the MiddleEast. The Murchison camp consisted of five compounds including the Dhurringile homestead which wasintended for German officers who were to be given more favourable treatment than other ranks. In July 1945,the German prisoners were transferred to other sites and at the end of the war, the site was cleared of hutsand all other military buildings. In 1947, Dhurringile was purchased by the Presbyterian Church for use as a home for migrant boys from theUnited Kingdom whose fathers had died during the war. The intention was to train the boys in farming methodsto prepare them for employment. By this time the homestead was in a deteriorating condition and substantialrepairs and alterations were needed. The Dhurringile Rural Training Farm did not open until 13 June 1951. Lifein the home was spartan, difficulties were encountered in recruiting boys from Scotland and the scheme hadlimited success. The Commonwealth Government continued to provide increasing financial support to thehome in accordance with a child migrant policy to promote British migration, but difficulties persisted and adecision was made in 1964 to close the Dhurringile Rural Training Farm.In March 1965, Dhurringile was purchased by Victorian Government Penal Department for use in therehabilitation of alcoholic prisoners. The farm was refenced and the agricultural part of the propertyrehabilitated to provide a level of self-support. Prisoners provided labour for extensive repair and alterationworks at the mansion. Dhurringile remains a minimum security prison, but the house itself accommodates noprisoners and has undergone some restoration and been adapted for use as a training centre.

Dhurringile is of architectural, historical and social significance to the State of Victoria.

Dhurringile is of architectural significance as one of Victoria's grandest homesteads and a fine example of theVictorian Italianate style. It is significant as a rare work of the short-lived but prominent architecturalpartnership of Lloyd Tayler and Wyatt. Dhurringile is significant as an early demonstration of the rise of the redface brick aesthetic which arose as a reaction to the predominant use of stucco in the previous decades.

Dhurringile and its outbuildings are of historical significance as an important example of a substantialhomestead built on the proceeds of gold discoveries and subsequent pastoral wealth. It is significant for itsassociations with its owner John Winter and the prominent Winter and Winter-Irving families who were amongthe largest pastoral landholders in Victoria. Dhurringile is of historical and social significance for its use as an internment and World War Two prisoner ofwar camp which reflects an aspect of Australian life which is not well known. Its subsequent use by thePresbyterian Church as a rural training centre for migrant boys from the United Kingdom is a significantassociation with the perceived need to populate Australia with migrants of Anglo-Celtic background. It is alsosignificant for its later use as a rehabilitation centre for prisoners with alcohol or drug dependent dependency.[Online data upgrade project 2005] .

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Year Construction Started 1877

Architect / Designer Tayler & Wyatt

Architectural Style Victorian Period (1851-1901) Italianate

Heritage Act Categories Heritage place

Municipality GREATER SHEPPARTON CITY

Other names DHURRINGILE RURAL TRAINING FARM, H.M. DHURRINGILE PRISON,H.M.REHABILITATION CENTRE DHURRINGILE, PRESBYTERIAN BOYSHOME DHURRINGILE

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Victorian Heritage Database place details - 2/9/2013NUMBER ONE INTERNMENT CAMP

Location:1320 STEWART ROAD and 1275 CRAWFORD ROAD DHURRINGILE, GREATER SHEPPARTON CITY

Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number: H2048Listing Authority: VHRExtent of Registration:1. All of the land marked L1 on Diagram 2048 held by the Executive Director being all of the land described inCertificate of Title Volume 9528 Folio 467.2. All of the above and below ground archaeological relics on the registered land including (but not limited to):Cafe Welblech, the skittle alley, the Cell building, the drainage channels, and the garden beds and garden pathremnants.


Number One Internment Camp is located on the eastern side of Waranga Reservoir, 20 kms south of Tatura. Itwas Australia's first purpose built internment camp for housing enemy aliens and/or prisoners of war. Camp 1was established in 1940 and was closed in 1947. The camp housed male civilian internees, first of Germanorigin and later of Italian origin who had been resident in Australia. The camp is a superb archaeological sitewith most of its features such as huts, ablution blocks, kitchens, tennis courts, gardens, ponds, skittle alley,café, hall, sewerage works and security fencing easily recognised.

Number One Internment Camp is of historic, cultural, social and archaeological significance to the State ofVictoria.

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Number One Internment Camp is historically significant for its association with the Australian internment policyof the first half of the twentieth century. Camp 1 was the first of eighteen purpose-built camps, a number ofwhich were constructed in the Goulburn Valley. Crucial to the significance of the camp is its capacity todemonstrate to all visitors a direct impact of World War II on Australia. Although many of the internees wereAustralian residents, they were thought to be a potential security risk to the nation because of the country oftheir birth or their affiliations. The ruins and the landscape illustrate clearly the physical environment faced byinternees and the organisational arrangements of World War II internment camp.Number One Internment Camp is historically significant due to the impact it had on persons of German originin Victoria. Germans represented one of the major national groups in the early waves of immigration toAustralia. Although numerically fewer than British or Irish settlers, they nevertheless had a substantial impact informing the Australian society. Internment demonstrated to them that they were not considered a part ofAustralian society, which was at that time dominated by British values and politics. Number One Internment Camp is archaeologically significant because it contains an abundance ofarchaeological evidence on the layout and operation of the camp and life within the camp. Local historianshave recorded the memories of former German and Italian Internees who have returned to "revisit" a period oftheir live which had a profound effect on them. The compactness of the camp, and the quality and depth ofsurviving sources of information (archaeological, historical and oral history) bestows the ruins with tremendoussocial significance as touchstones to the experience of wartime internment.

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Year Construction Started

Architect / Designer

Architectural Style

Heritage Act Categories Heritage place, Archaeological place

Municipality GREATER SHEPPARTON CITYGREATER SHEPPARTON CITY

Other names NO.1 INTERNMENT CAMP

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Victorian Heritage Database place details - 2/9/2013CALDER WOODBURN MEMORIAL AVENUE

Location:GOULBURN VALLEY HIGHWAY ARCADIA and KIALLA WEST and KIALLA and ARCADIA SOUTH,GREATER SHEPPARTON CITY, STRATHBOGIE SHIRE

Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number: H1975Listing Authority: VHRExtent of Registration:1. All of the land marked L1 on Diagram Number 1975 held by the Executive Director being the GoulburnValley Highway road reserve extending approximately 19.7km between the MurchisonûViolet Town Road andSeven Creeks but excluding the road pavement and shoulders to a width of 13.0m from the centre line of theroad.2. All of the Eucalyptus spp. trees planted in four rows along the Goulburn Valley Highway and all of thememorial name plaques associated with 110 of the trees within the land marked L1 on Diagram Number 1975held by the Executive Director.


The Calder Woodburn Memorial Avenue was planted between 1945 and 1949 by Mr JLF (Fen) Woodburn as aliving memorial to his son Calder who lost his life while serving abroad with the Royal Australian Air Force.Calder Woodburn, a graduate of Dookie Agricultural College, enlisted 1940. He failed to return from a minelaying mission along the French coastline in April 1942. In late 1943 Fen Woodburn offered to plant two rows oftrees for a distance of 9.5kms along the Goulburn Valley Highway as a memorial to his son. Starting in 1945,by August 1947 Fen Woodburn had planted all the 1406 trees to complete his original vision. In 1948 he

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extended by a further 638 trees. In its final form the avenue was extended, in four rows, as far as theMurchison-Violet Town Road in 1949 making a total of 2,457 trees. Woodburn wanted the Avenue to be amemorial to all local servicemen who did not return from the Second World War. Memorial name plates werefixed to 110 of the trees, the trees selected being at the nearest point to the servicemen?s homes.

The Calder Woodburn Memorial Avenue is of historic, aesthetic and social significance to the State of Victoria.

The Calder Woodburn Memorial Avenue is historically significant for its commemorative association withservicemen who died during the Second World War. Planted by Fen Woodburn between 1945 and 1949initially as a memorial to his son Calder, the Avenue is the grandest and largest of the Second World Warcommemorative planting in Victoria and is important for its use of only Eucalyptus species. The use ofAustralian native trees is particularly historically significant when contrasted to the almost universal use ofexotic species for First World War memorial avenues and is consistent with a different view of Australiannational consciousness which emerged after the fall of Singapore in 1942.The Calder Woodburn Memorial Avenue is aesthetically significant as a prominent landscape planting of morethan 2,400 trees over a length of nearly 20 kilometres along the Goulburn Valley Highway. About one third areEucalyptus camaldulensis, and the other two thirds consists of roughly equal numbers of Eucalyptuscladocalyx, Eucalyptus microcarpa, Eucalyptus melliodora, Eucalyptus maculata, Eucalyptus polyanthemos,and Eucalyptus sideroxylon. There are some Eucalyptus leucoxylon, Eucalyptus citriodora, and a few otherunidentified Eucalyptus species. The whole forms an outstanding designed landscape and roadside planting ofa scale and complexity not seen in Victoria. The uniform planting, tree form, size and maturity provides anoutstanding landscape forms a dominant feature in the flat surrounding countryside, which is largely cleared foragriculture. The various bark characteristics and the alternating Ironbark and Lemon-scented Gums whichprovide contrasting texture and colours are also of interest. The visual impression, lineal form, planting densityand landscape character of the planting are distinctive and contribute strongly to the experience of the roaduser. The planting is a rare example in Victoria using four rows of formally planted trees.The Calder Woodburn Memorial Avenue is socially important for its relationship with the community as amemorial to servicemen who died during the Second World War. The Avenue was conceived as a livingmemorial and is recognised by the Returned Services League and the community for its continuingcommemorative importance.

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Architectural Style


Municipality GREATER SHEPPARTON CITYGREATER SHEPPARTON CITYGREATERSHEPPARTON CITYSTRATHBOGIE SHIRE

Other names

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Victorian Heritage Database place details - 2/9/2013DAY'S FLOUR MILL COMPLEX

Location:75 DAY ROAD MURCHISON, Greater Shepparton City

Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number: H1523Listing Authority: VHRExtent of Registration:The whole of the buildings and land being Lot 1, PS 148686A, Part of Crown Allotment 6, Parish of Noorilim,more particularly described in Certificate of Title Vol. 9604 Folio 117 and chattels as shown in attachedschedule Appendix B, held by the Director, HBC.

Statement of Significance:Day's Mill near Murchison, Victoria, is important as an example of a mid-nineteenth century steam-poweredflour mill, particularly so for its physical integrity and the retention of original mill technology and artefacts. Thislarge complex established by William Day c.1865 provides an outstanding record of an importantmanufacturing process at a particular stage of its regional and technological development. The development ofnew "roller" flour mill technology in the 1880s forever changed the nature of this industry. The growth of themetropolitan market and the railway system, and also the extension of wheat growing regions further north,provided the basis for the concentration of mills in Melbourne and other major centres. Day's Mill is, therefore,a rare and remarkable relic of an important manufacturing process in the pre-1900 period.Day's Flour Mill is still owned by the Day family. A straight tree-lined drive with gatehouse leads to the complexwhich comprises the three storey brick mill with ancillary boiler structure and brick chimney. There is a twostorey brick manager's residence with two storey encircling verandah and several brick, timber and ironbuildings. All the original mill machinery and equipment remains.

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This is one of the finest flour mill complexes in Victoria. It has remained in the Day family since 1865 and hasplayed an important role in the early development of this area. The large complex, complete with all its originalmachinery, provides an outstanding historic record of nineteenth century milling methods. The local handmadebricks, the tree-lined driveway, the gatehouse and outbuildings are distinctive features. The manager'sresidence with its fine cast iron decoration and unusual rendered decoration is also important.[Source: Register of the National Estate]

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Architectural Style Victorian Period (1851-1901) Georgian

Heritage Act Categories Heritage place, Heritage object/s


Other names DAYS MILL

History

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Victorian Heritage Database place details - 2/9/2013GREGORYS BRIDGE HOTEL

Location:10 HIGH ROAD MURCHISON, Greater Shepparton City

Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number: H0963Listing Authority: VHRExtent of Registration:1. All the buildings known as the former Gregory's Bridge Hotel, being the hotel building B1 and the stables B2as shown on Diagram 963 held by the Executive Director. 2. The London Plane tree shown as T1 on Diagram 963 held by the Executive Director.2. All the land in Crown Allotment 1 described in Certificate of Title Vol. 6442 Folio 205 and part of the RoadReserve of the Murchison - Violet Town Road and marked L1 on Diagram 963 held by the Executive Director.


The Gregory's Bridge Hotel, situated on the banks of the Goulburn River was built between 1865 and 1868 andwas known until the 1890s as Thorne's Bridge Hotel and Store. It is a substantial country hotel which alsocomprises a large general store and cellar as part of the building, stables at the rear and the remnants of aonce magnificent garden. In front of the Hotel on the road reserve is a large and outstanding London Plane(Platanus x acerifolia) which was planted in 1916. The tree dominates the north side of the Hotel, and mostlyblocks out the facade of the building. The tree has outstanding form, size and branch structure, and is one ofthe finest and largest London Plane trees in Victoria. The only larger trees known in Victoria occur at TheMelbourne Club, Harrietville, and Kyabram.Once known as the "Mecca of the Valley" because of its four acres of magnificent gardens and riverside

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setting, the former Gregory's Bridge Hotel was extensively patronised by tourists, commercial travellers andlocal inhabitants. Thorne was succeeded as licensee by Mr E. J. Gregory who added a second storey to therear of the building in 1905 and renamed the hotel Gregory's Bridge Hotel. The hotel was said in 1909 to be'easily the best known hotel in the Goulburn Valley' and was patronised by commercial travellers and touristsas well as locals. It is a historic symbol of the importance of hotels in a late nineteenth century community.The former Gregory's Bridge Hotel is a substantial reminder of the importance and influence of commercialtravellers and the Commercial Travellers Association in Victorian society.

Gregory's Bridge Hotel Murchison is of architectural, aesthetic and historical significance to the State ofVictoria.

Gregory's Bridge Hotel Murchison is of architectural significance as a representative example of a substantialtwo-storeyed brick country hotel with stables of the 1860s with cast iron decorative panels to the returnverandah. The London Plane tree (Platanus x acerifolia), planted in 1916, is of aesthetic (landscape) significance,providing an attractive landscape setting for the historic Gregory's Bridge Hotel. The tree has outstanding form,size and branch structure, and is one of the finest and largest London Plane trees in Victoria. Gregory's Bridge Hotel Murchison is of historical significance as an example of a substantial country hotel,stables and general store built in the 1860s catering to commercial travellers and tourists.

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Other names BRIDGE HOTEL, THORNES BRIDGE HOTEL

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Victorian Heritage Database place details - 2/9/2013BANGERANG CULTURAL CENTRE

Location:45 PARKSIDE DRIVE SHEPPARTON, GREATER SHEPPARTON CITY

Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number: H1082Listing Authority: VHRExtent of Registration:1. All the building known as the Bangerang Cultural Centre marked B1 on Diagram 1082 held by the ExecutiveDirector.2. All the following objects:four dioramas (including figures).3. All the land marked L1 on Diagram 1082 held by the Executive Director, being part of the land described inCertificate of Title Volume 10591 Folio 689.


The Bangerang Cultural Centre, originally known as the Aboriginal Keeping Place, was built as part of theInternational Village project in Shepparton. First conceived in 1974, the Keeping Place was finally opened in1982 after many years of planning. The International Village was set up in 1974 as a tourist attraction by theShepparton Council to celebrate the contributions of different ethnic groups. A space was allocated to the localAboriginal community for an arts and crafts centre. The community, and in particular John (Sandy) Atkinson,OAM, a leading figure in Aboriginal organisations, had a more imaginative plan to set up their own museum orkeeping place which would display artefacts and provide a resource centre for educating people about thecultural heritage of the Aboriginal people. The Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council, to which SandyAtkinson was appointed in 1976, met with the local community with the result that the Shepparton Aboriginal

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Arts Council Co-operative was set up with funding by the Arts Board. The Co-operative, managed by Sandy Atkinson, spent many years convincing organisations and individuals tocommit to their visionary plan. Shepparton Council set aside a grant of $70,000 and provided the land on thesite. Subsequently in July 1978 a deputation visited the Premier of Victoria Rupert Hamer to seek a firmcommitment to the project by the State Government. The deputation headed by the leader of the CountryParty, Peter Ross Edwards, included the Chairman of the Australia Council, Geoffrey Blainey; Sandy Atkinson;and the Mayor of Shepparton, Murray Slee. As a result the Government allocated $170,000 towards thebuilding. The Australia Council and the Aboriginal Arts Board provided an additional $140,000.The innovative architect Robin Boyd (1919-1971) had designed a circular interpretation centre at Tower Hill,Koroit in 1962, although it was not completed until 1970. When Sandy Atkinson visited the centre at thesuggestion of Shepparton identity Mr Kilgour, he was inspired to contact Boyd's partner Frederick Rombergwho agreed to design the building, with assistance from Ken Edelstein. The plans were drawn up in 1979 andthe successful tenderer was KG Renwick Holdings Pty Ltd of Deniliquin.Sandy Atkinson saw the building as a circle, an important symbol in Aboriginal culture. Romberg translated thisidea into a brick octagonal building originally with a wide cedar shingle roof lit by skylights and surrounded by atimber colonnade. The windows are narrow and full height. Internally the space is divided into eight bayshousing the four dioramas and other display areas. There is a theatrette and a mezzanine level containingstorerooms and office space. Due to failure of the shingles, the original roof was replaced by the Rotary Clubwith the existing metal sheet roof.The building was deliberately sited in a prominent position near the entrance to the International Village andset in landscaped undulating grounds partly encircled with water. A grassed amphitheatre was established tostage cultural events. It was originally intended that a bush garden would surround the building with ediblefruits and plants. Although this did not eventuate, cumbungi reeds (Typha sp.) were planted along thewaterways to provide the material for spear making and basket weaving. The Centre, housing a range of cultural items from both the local area and other parts of Australia, continues torun as a museum and cultural centre operated by the Bangerang Cultural Centre Co-operative Ltd.

Bangerang Cultural Centre is of historical, social and architectural significance to the State of Victoria.

Bangerang Cultural Centre is historically significant as an important landmark in the struggle of the Aboriginalpeople to maintain their own culture. As the first Aboriginal managed museum in Victoria to be planned, theCentre is a tangible symbol of the shift of attitude in society from the idea of assimilation to self-determination.The idea for a Keeping Place was conceived in the early 1970s in a climate of increasing consciousness ofAboriginal conditions and issues. In Victoria a long campaign for community control at Lake Tyers Reserve hadresulted in the Aboriginal Lands Act 1971 which transferred land deeds to the Lake Tyers and Framlinghamcommunities. The Shepparton Keeping Place was an early and innovative idea for a museum whichempowered Aboriginal people to interpret their own heritage for indigenous and non-indigenous people.Bangerang Cultural Centre is historically significant for its collection of four dioramas: Bogong Moths, RiverEconomy, Mount William Technology and Corroboree which feature life size figures engaged in traditionalaspects of Aboriginal life. The figures are copies of the Museum of Victoria 19th century lifecasts made frommembers of the Yarra tribe of Melbourne. The dioramas were the work of Victorian artist George Browning(1918-2000), graduate of the National Gallery of Victoria School and RMIT. As an official war artist attached tothe Military History Section in New Guinea and Borneo from 1943 to 1946, he not only produced a substantialcollection of paintings and drawings but after the war he also worked extensively on the Australian WarMemorial dioramas, as well as work for the Museum of Victoria. Bangerang Cultural Centre is of social significance for the important role it has played for many Aboriginalpeople in preserving their identity and raising awareness of indigenous culture. It has assisted in maintainingthe cultural heritage of descendants of the Bangerang people. The Bangerang tribe of Northern Victoriaconsisted of ten different clan groups living in the region between the Murray and Goulburn Rivers.Bangerang Cultural Centre is architecturally significant as a work of renowned architect Frederick Romberg(1913-1992). Romberg was a partner in the innovative firm of Grounds, Romberg and Boyd from 1953 to 1962;and later with Romberg and Boyd. In 1965 Romberg was appointed Professor of Architecture at the Universityof Newcastle, returning to Melbourne in 1975. The modest Keeping Place is perhaps the most interesting workfrom the latter part of his career. Architectural historian, Harriet Edquist has suggested that the Keeping Place,designed after Boyd's death in 1971, could be Romberg's homage to his partner. That such a ground-breaking

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architect as Romberg was chosen for the Keeping Place project adds to our appreciation of this place as aninnovative project ahead of its time.

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Architect / Designer Romberg, Frederick

Architectural Style Late Twentieth Century (c.1960-c.2000) Structuralist

Heritage Act Categories Heritage place, Heritage object/s


Other names ABORIGINAL KEEPING PLACE, BANGERANG KEEPING PLACE

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Documents

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