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KORUMBURRA COURT HOUSE (FORMER)

Other Names

- , Coal Creek Community Park & Museum

Location

12 SILKSTONE ROAD, and SOUTH GIPPSLAND HIGHWAY KORUMBURRA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

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Korumburra Court House

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The former Korumburra Court House, designed by W. Mackay or J.B. Cohen and constructed by John Eadie in 1899 at Bridge Road, Korumburra and now located at Coal Creek Community Park & Museum.

Why is it significant?
The former Korumburra Court House is of local historic and aesthetic significance to South Gippsland Shire.

Historically, it was the second Court House to be constructed in the Shire and, although no longer on its original site, it demonstrates the development of government institutions in the Shire. It is also of interest as the first building to be relocated to the Coal Creek Heritage Village. (AHC criteria - A.4, D.2 and G.1)

Aesthetically, it is a rare and early example in the Shire of fine Federation (Queen Anne) timber detailing applied to basic building forms, and is one of only two known examples in Victoria of a Court House in the Federation Queen Anne style, which was more commonly used in residential architecture. (AHC criteria - B.2, E.1 and F.1)

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