Melbourne has
a fine offering of heritage and National Trust classified buildings. The following is a list of buildings in the centre of the city that are listed on the Historic Buildings Register.
Rippon Lea - Magnificent Rippon Lea is the oldest Victorian-style suburban mansion
and estate in Victoria.
Labassa - Labassa is a Trust-classified two-storey Victorian mansion in North
Caulfield.
Como - The Como House estate, situated in South Yarra, is named after Lake Como in Italy. It is a single storey villa built 12 years after the first European settlement in the Port Phillip district.
La Trobe Cottage - A prefabricated cottage brought from England for the first governor,
Charles La Trobe.
Old Melbourne Gaol - A bleak, but fascinating, reminder of Melbourne's hanging days and
the place where the infamous Ned Kelly was hung.
The Johnston Collection - A fine and decorative arts museum in East Melbourne known for its exceptional decorative arts pieces from the Georgian, Regency and Louis XV periods.
Polly Woodside - A restored 1885 iron barque, the Polly Woodside has been classified by the National Trust and is now the centrepiece of the Melbourne Maritime Museum.
Westgarthtown - Westgarthtown is a heritage registered precinct in the Melbourne suburb of Thomastown.
Royal Agricultural Showgrounds - The Royal Agricultural Showgrounds are the home of the Royal Melbourne
Show and were added to the Victorian Heritage Register in 1997.
