Lake View House
Acclaimed Australian author Henry Handel Richardson immortalised Lake View in her trilogy The Fortunes of Richard Mahony. Built in 1870, the red brick house is furnished in period style recreating a lakeside country villa residence in a prosperous mining town. In 1876 Lake View House was home to Ethel Florence Richardson (known by her pen…
Read MoreDow’s Pharmacy
Step back into one of the few historically authentic shops in Australia with a visit to a country pharmacy. A pharmacy for over 160 years, this fascinating commercial premises was established in the mid-nineteenth century. The current building was constructed in 1868, but a pharmacy had been in operation on the site since 1859. David…
Read MoreThe Federal Standard Printing Works
Established in 1859, the Federal Standard Printing Works is one of the few substantially intact provincial newspaper printeries remaining from the gold mining era. The first proprietors were Felix Ashworth, George Boyer, and George H Mott. Within two years the Federal Standard had incorporated Rutherglen’s first newspaper, The Murray Gazette, Albury’s first newspaper, The Border…
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