 | Community Centre: Opened 11.6.1983, replacing Mechanics
Institute and Library, built in 1897 and burnt down in July, 1978. Cenotaph and Memorial
Garden established in 1980’s. RSL maintains daily flag raising. |
| Methodist Church: [Site Only] Land purchased in
1923. The original Wonthaggi North Methodist Church was bought and moved to site. Opened
1930. Later Jumbunna Church added to the building. |
| Anderson Inlet School: Commenced in 1886 in a room in Mr
S J Laycock’s building and in 1891 moved to a’Beckett Street. In 1914 it moved
to a new building on present site. Cashins hill School was moved and added in 1954 and is
still in use. |
| Star of the Sea Catholic Church: First Church built in
Inverloch and opened 11.12.1906. A storm tilted Church toward the east in 1920s and
buttresses used to reinforce it. Existing building replaced it in 1960s. Extensions at
west side 1993. |
| "Pine Lodge Private Hotel": [Site
Only] Built 1930 by Mr Calvert (Cal) Wyeth. It included ballroom, restaurant, water
to bedrooms, septic toilets, swimming pool and generator for electricity. |
| Laycock’s Castle: House built and owned by Capt. S
J Laycock, first Post Master - he also provided buildings for first two schools. |
| Townsend’s Bluff: Named after Assistant Surveyor
Thomas S Townsend who surveyed the Inlet in 1840. Anderson Inlet was named by Townsend
after Samuel Anderson who discovered the Inlet in 1840 having settled at Bass in 1835. |
| Manawatu: A coastal steam ship operated as a supply ship
and took coal to Melbourne. It grounded on a sand bar in 1910 but was re-floated many
weeks later. |
| Houses: Two Scott families at 12 & 23 Venus Street
as holiday homes. No. 1 Freda Street was moved from Outtrim. |
| Abbott Street Baths: Lone pole remains of the
shark-proof swimming enclosure. Bathing boxes were on beach. |
| Uniting Church Camp Site: Purchased in 1920s by young
Presbyterians who came for summer camps. Land was advertised 50 pounds per block and PFA
members bought and donated them to the Church. |
| Halford Street: Named after Prof. George Britton
Halford, appointed to the Chair of Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology (Melb. Univ.) in
1862. Settled in Inverloch at No. 5 "Waverley" - died 1910. Three sons selected
land at Kongwak in 1885 and farmed there. |
| Clerk’s Residence (20): Clerk Family subdivided
estate. Donated land to Anglican Church in 1906. Named Clerk Crescent. Later bought by
CWA. Sold in 1975. |
| Anglican Church of the Ascension: Built in 1924 on land
donated by Sophia Ellen Clerk. |
| Neil’s Inverloch Hotel: [Site Only] In
1922 became "Two Views" Guest House and was demolished in 1950s. Original
licence was issued to Edward Hayes as Inverloch Hotel in 1896. |
| Neil’s Coffee Shop: The site of the Inverloch
School in 1910. Now demolished and replaced by Inverloch Central Motor Inn. |
| Fire Station: Opened 10.6.1990. Brigade was registered
in 1946 and first Station erected in 1953. Earlier a towed tank was garaged at a
member’s home and later in a shed. Historical pictorial display inside on western
wall. |
| Police Station (No. 37): [Site Only] Site
of Police Station 1934 - 1964. previously Ullathorne’s shop and livery stables. |
| Warrawee Senior Citizens Club: Formed in 1965. Met in
Football Club rooms until premises opened in 1968. |
| Post Office and Store (5): Now Riteway. In 1890 a
two-roomed house was built for the Kidd family. Later a bakehouse was added to the rear.
Charles Vietz ran the store. A front verandah was added with a small room at the end which
served as a Post Office, Telegraph Office and Commonwealth Bank Agency. In 1939 a new Post
office was built further up the hill. This closed in 1953 and a new one opened in William
Street. |
| The Esplanade Hotel: In 1896 original licence was
granted to Mr J E O’Brien. Hotel was destroyed by fire in 1934 when owned by Mr A J
Frongerud who later rebuilt it. In 1940 the Frongerud family drowned in a boating tragedy
outside the entrance to the Inlet. |
| Community Centre: Opened 11.6.1983, replacing Mechanics
Institute and Library, built in 1897 and burnt down in July, 1978. |
| Cenotaph: Memorial Garden and cenotaph was established
in 1980’s and commemorative services are held there. RSL maintains daily flag
raising. WW1 cenotaph built by school children who collected beach stones. It is opposite
school. |
| Methodist Church: [Site Only] Land purchased in
1923. The original Wonthaggi North Methodist Church was bought and moved to the site.
Opened 1930. Later Jumbunna Church added to the building. |
| School: No. 2776 was opened in 1886 in a room in Mr
Laycock’s building and in 1891 moved to a’Beckett Street. In 1914 moved to new
building on present site. Cashins Hill School was moved and added in 1954 and is still in
use. |
| Police Station: Relocated here in 1964. Previous sites
were in a’Beckett and Hopetoun Streets. |
| Ully’s Garage: Demolished in March 1997,
redeveloped into a Mobil Gas Station. It marks the site of an early store operated by J
Bergin. |
| Canary Cottage: [Site Only] The nickname
for a small yellow cottage out in the scrub - now in a well settled area in town. |
| Beilby’s Farm: [Site Only] Located in
Beilby Avenue in the early 1900s. George Beilby was President of Shire of Woorayl in 1933. |
| Cuttriss’s Farm: [Site Only] Jack Cuttriss
purchased Beilby’s farm of 12 hectares in 1944. This was sold to Land Developer who
created the Nautilus Estate in 1957. |
| Cuttriss’s Guest House: [Site Only] In
1918 Percy Cuttriss purchased land designated as a racecourse and the lower area as a
rifle range. A guest house and golf course were established. |
| Anderson Inlet Angling Club: Formed in 1959. In 1962
they opened their club rooms and meet regularly. |
| Beach Walls: On the northern side of town beach
retaining walls were built during the depression of 1930s. Stone walls are visible but
were gradually covered by sand dunes. |
| Jetty: The original jetty started at the Esplanade and
ended where it starts today due to sand movement and reclamation. Shipping services
operated in early 1900s, transporting goods and people to and from Melbourne. |
| Bowling Club: Established in 1960 and the bowling green
opened in 1961. |
| Bathing Enclosure: [Site Only] Built in
early 1900s by Mr Bowen, shipbuilder, to provide Inverloch with a shark-proof enclosure
for swimming. The outer timbers were removed in winter and replaced summer. It silted up
and was reclaimed for Bowling Club and car park. |
| Toy’s Backwater: [Site Only] Mr. Allan Toy
had boat shed and hire boats near junction of Pier Road and Hopetoun Street. Camping was
permitted in this area and a nearby well provided water. |
| High Street Houses: No. 1 built for Matron Garnham. No.
2 when built it was dubbed "The Bandstand" - high symmetrical roof. Home of
Corrie and Moira Azzopardi. No. 11 Arthur McNish lived here - an amateur fisherman who
tragically drowned in 1957 in the Inlet. No. 15 Home of Bill and Annie Jacobson who ran a
dairy from home. No. 24 Original home of John Muldoon a bullock wagon driver. |
| Post Office: Built in 1953 in William Street and
redeveloped in 1994 in keeping with new concepts of Post Offices. Original Post Office was
in a’Beckett Street. |
| Uniting Church: In 1954 a decision was made to open a
Presbyterian Church in Inverloch. Outtrim church moved here and opened in 1956. In 1977
the Uniting Church of Australia was formed by combining Methodist and Presbyterian
Churches - the Inverloch Church was dedicated in 1983. |
| The Esplanade Hotel: In 1896, original licence was
granted to Mr J E O’Brien. Hotel was destroyed by fire in 1934 when owned by Mr A J
Frongerud who later rebuilt it. Mr Frongerud and family drowned in a boating tragedy
outside the entrance to the Inlet in 1940. |
| Post Office and Store (5): Now Riteway. In 1890 a
two-roomed house was built for the Kidd family. Later a bakehouse was added to the rear.
Charles Vietz ran the store. A front verandah was added with a small room at the end which
served as a Post Office, Telegraph Office and Commonwealth Bank Agency. In 1939 a new Post
Office was built further up the hill. This closed in 1953 and a new one opened in William
Street. |
