FORMER SUPREME COURT, BENDIGO

Other Names

HIGH SCHOOL ,  Bendigo Senior Secondary College

Location

10-20 GAOL ROAD BENDIGO, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

File Number

601858

Level

Registered

Statement of Significance

The Former Supreme Court, Bendigo is located on Dja Dja Wurrung Country.

 

 

What is significant?

The Former Supreme Court, Bendigo constructed in 1857-58 by the Public Works Department for the Crown Law Department, including a single-storey sandstone Court building designed in a simple Italianate style with a double height courtroom at its centre. 

How is it significant?

The Former Supreme Court, Bendigo is of historical and architectural significance to the State of Victoria. It satisfies the following criterion for inclusion in the Victorian Heritage Register: 

Criterion A
Importance to the course, or pattern, of Victoria’s cultural history.

Criterion D
Importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural places and objects

Why is it significant?

Group

Education

Category

School - State (public)