Somers c,1935. Old Police Station on Sandy Point.
OBJECT TITLE / NAME
Somers c,1935. Old Police Station on Sandy Point.
DATE1930 to 1938
MEDIAImage
PHOTOGRAPHERPossibly Doug Mentiplay
COLLECTIONBalnarring and District Historical Society
REG NO.P 0789
HISTORYSomers c,1935. Old Police Station.
The Police Station was erected at Sandy Point in 1859 as a measure to halt illegal Chinese immigration into Victoria and the goldfields and to protect the settler. Built of bluestone it operted until 1862.
