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ALEXANDRA COURT HOUSE AND FORMER SHIRE OFFICES

Location 38A DOWNEY STREET ALEXANDRA, MURRINDINDI SHIRE File Number 602248 (1) Level Registered

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Statement of Significance

The public offices at Alexandra are architecturally significant as an uncommon example of public works architecture, which incorporates a post office, shire offices and courthouse into a single, substantial compound. The complex, built in 1877, is unusual because the building has a symmetrical facade of hip-roofed wings united by wide, barrel vaulted central entry, typical elements of the Victorian free classical style, and forms a strong element in the streetscape.