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Former Police Station & Old Police Cells

Former Bourke Street West Police Barracks ,  Former Bourke Street West Police Station and Cells

621 - 629 Bourke Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B2477

Classified as a group, the Bourke Street West Police Station and attendant Cell Block have no matching examples as to function and design in Melbourne's central business district. Both were built under the direction of the Public Works Department: the brick police station, a well-proportioned statement with restrained gothic elements and carriageway entrance, was built in 1887-8 to the design of S.E. Bindley and S.C. Brittingham and the basalt cell block with its extended ... more

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