Queenscliff Post Office, 47 Hesse Street, Queenscliff

Queenscliff Post Office is of local historical, aesthetic (architectural) and social significance. Despite some alterations, it remains relatively intact externally and is a design of considerable refinement and interest. It is one of a group of post offices constructed in an Elizabethan revival style as compared with the Victorian Italianate style which dominated post office design in the late nineteenth century.

Historically, it is of importance as a prominent, purpose-built facility that has operated continually as a post office since completion in 1887. The post office also contributes to an understanding of the workings and delivery of post and associated postal services in Queenscliff from the late nineteenth century. The building is of social significance to Queenscliff as a postal facility that has been known, used and valued by the local community since 1887.

Group

Postal and Telecommunications

Category

Post Office