Around Melbourne
Labassa |
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 Labassa |
With its opulent architecture and largely intact decoration, Labassa is one of Australia's most outstanding 19th century mansions. The house as we see it today, reflects the work of architect John Augustus Bernard Koch who was employed by Cobb & Co. millionaire Alexander Robertson to create a lavish setting for grand social occasions. |
La Trobe's Cottage |
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La Trobe's Cottage was the home of Charles Joseph La Trobe, Victoria's first Governor, and his wife Sophie and their children from 1839 to 1854. He arrived as Superintendent of the Port Phillip district of New South Wales and became Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria in 1851. |
Portable Iron Houses |
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 Portable Iron Houses |
The arrival of thousands of fortune hunters in the Colony in the early 1850s placed an enormous strain on the limited accommodation of the pastoral township of Melbourne.On the slopes of “Emerald Hill”, a “canvas town” of tents and other temporary buildings set in an orderly street pattern grew into the present suburb of South Melbourne. |
Glenfern |
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A two storey house built in 1857 in early Victorian Gothic character with steeply pitched gables ornamented with elaborately carved barge boards and crowned by quarters of angled chimney; from 1876-1907 occupied by Captain Boyd - progenitor of the Boyd family of artists. |