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FORMER SOUTH MELBOURNE POST OFFICE
Location207-229 CITY ROAD SOUTHBANK, MELBOURNE CITY LevelHeritage Inventory Site |
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The South Melbourne Post Office archaeological site, north-southeast corner of Kings Way and City Road, South Melbourne.
How is it significant?
The South Melbourne Post Office archaeological site is of historical and archaeological (scientific) significance to Southgate and the city of Melbourne.
Contributory elements include:
• archaeological evidence of structural form and occupation deposits and
• present grassed open space as indicator of its location.
Why is it significant?
The South Melbourne Post Office archaeological site is historically significant as a potentially intact archaeological deposit relating to the late-19th and early-20th century occupation of this location.
Group
Postal and Telecommunications
Category
Post Office