A number of historic buildings survive including the Manor House built by Captain William Henry Bacchus in 1846. This two­storey house in Manor Street is privately owned. James Watt and James Cook founded the Tudor­style Border Inn (1850) from where Cobb & Co coaches travelled to the Ballarat diggings. Andrew George Scott, who later became infamous as the bushranger Captain Moonlight, lay­preached from the pulpit of the 1877 Holy Trinity Church. The Court House was built of sandstone in 1859 and is still in use and the Mechanics Institute (1858) is one of the earliest in Victoria. On Fisken Street is an interesting old Chicory Kiln (1885) where chicory roots were roasted before being ground and added to coffee.

On Main Street, English oaks, elms and plane trees and American elms form an Avenue of Honour for those who died in World War I. Here also are roadside stalls selling local produce.

• Name origin: Named in 1836 by Kenneth Scobie Clarke, who was the first to take up land in the area. He later gave up the land to Captain William Henry Bacchus in 1838 and the area was subsequently named after the new owner.