Historic photos of Melbourne, Victoria, Bellarine and Mornington Peninsula and more

**admin** · 21-11-17, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by Neddie

The amazing thing to me is that this video was shot only 75 years after Melbourne was founded and now over 100 years later many of the grand building shown are still there.

And many are not. Make that most.

**admin** · 09-01-19, 05:30 PM

I thought I might resurrect an interesting thread.

My great, great, great grandfather John Candy, a stone mason , assisted with laying the first stones on the first brick version of Melbourne's Princes Bridge (below) which was built 1846-1851. This bridge was dismantled and the stone reused on the current Princes Bridge which was built in 1888. John Candy also built a two story hotel in "Four Posts" (now Glenorchy, Victoria) in 1854, the "Kingungwill" homestead in Sheep Hills, Victoria in 1865, and the first brick building in Warracknabeal. He also built some of the first brick buildings in Brighton , Victoria.

**admin** · 09-01-19, 05:47 PM

The Sheep Hills Homestead. John Candy made all the bricks onsite and laid them. The homestead, built for the McMillan Brothers was of huge interest to many people at the time due to its HUGE cost in 1865....25,000 pounds ! It had 2 custom built Italisn marble fireplaces which cost 70 pound each , a lot of money in those days.