9-586: Dhurringile is a heritage-listed mansion and former rural estate in northern Victoria, Australia. It is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register for its architectural significance as "one of Victoria's grandest homesteads", for its associations with the Winter-Irving pastoral family, and for its later uses as an internment and prisoner of war camp, boys' training home and most recently, as part of HM Prison Dhurringile . Dhurringile
18-486: A permit has been granted for total demolition or alterations so extensive the place no longer has State level significance. The Planning Minister may intervene in the process of listing or the granting of a permit, by not accepting the advice of Heritage Victoria or the Heritage Council, preventing a place from being listed, or allowing greater alteration or even total demolition. All places and objects listed on
27-580: A woolshed, its own gasworks, and a "village of numerous buildings". At its height as a pastoral property, the Dhurringile estate carried 50,000 sheep. Winter remained at Dhurringile until his death in 1885, and it remained in his family until 1907. It subsequently had a number of owners and was vacant for long periods of time. It was leased by the Government of Australia in 1939-40 as an internment camp for detainees of German and Italian descent during
36-613: Is now used as a training centre. Victorian Heritage Register The Victorian Heritage Register ( VHR ) lists places deemed to be of cultural heritage significance to the State of Victoria , Australia . It has statutory weight under the Heritage Act 2017. The Minister for Planning is the responsible Minister. Heritage Victoria was established as the State Government listing and permit authority in 1995, replacing
45-604: The Register and hear appeals when a registration is disputed. The council also hears appeals by an owner to a permit issued by Heritage Victoria (third parties cannot appeal). As of 2021, there are over 2,400 places and objects listed on the VHR. The Act allows the registration of a wide range of cultural heritage places and objects, including: Places listed on the Victorian Heritage Register can be found on
54-525: The Victorian Heritage Database, which also lists many places with a local level of protection. Listing on the Victorian Heritage Register does not mean a place cannot be demolished or altered; instead a permit from Heritage Victoria is required, which may or may not be granted, or granted with conditions. Information on permits can be found here . 'Delisting' a place occurs only if the place has been destroyed (for instance by fire), or
63-717: The early stages of World War II , and again from 1941 to 1945 as a prisoner of war camp for captured German prisoners. It was sold to the Presbyterian Church of Australia in 1947 for use as a home for migrant boys from the United Kingdom , and operated as the Dhurringile Rural Training Farm from 1951 to 1964. It was then purchased by the Government of Victoria in 1965 for what would become HM Prison Dhurringile. The historic mansion subsequently underwent restoration by prisoners, and
72-593: The original authority, the Historic Buildings Preservation Council, established in 1974. Listing on the Victorian Heritage Register is separate from listing by a local Council or Shire, known as a Heritage Overlay. Heritage Victoria is currently part of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning of the Government of Victoria , Australia . Heritage Victoria reports to the Heritage Council who approve recommendations to
81-548: Was built in 1876-77 for James Winter, a member of the established Winter-Irving pastoral family, replacing an earlier wooden homestead on the property. The double-storey brick mansion, designed in the Victorian Italianate style by prominent Melbourne architectural firm Lloyd Tayler and Wyatt and built at a cost of £30,000, had between 65 and 68 rooms, with a large entrance hall, a tower, hand-painted windows and hand-carved staircase, extensive staff quarters, stables,
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