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	Former General Post Office 338-352 Bourke Street and 188-218 Elizabeth Street and 327-337 Little bourke Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B0445	The Melbourne General Post Office is of great social and historical significance for its association with the development of Melbourne into a major city and as the focal point for social and cultural events as varied as New Year's Eve revelries and Armistice Day celebrations. It is only the second post office building to occupy the site since 1841 when the land was set aside as a post office reserve. The postal services for Victoria for more than a century. Identified as the ... more	B0445	National
	General Post Office & Parcels Post Building Mail Exchange Building 670 - 696 Bourke Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B3399	Built during 1913-17 to the design of the office of the Commonwealth Home Affairs under Chief Architect, Horace J Mackennal, the seven storey steel-framed Mail Exchange Building is architecturally significant at the state level as an impressive example of the conservative classical design by the youthful Commonwealth government and in being distinguished by its Greek flavour, ten years ahead of Melbourne's mainstream Modern Greek Revival. Its architectural significance is enhanced ... more	B3399	Regional

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Former General Post Office

338-352 Bourke Street and 188-218 Elizabeth Street and 327-337 Little bourke Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B0445

The Melbourne General Post Office is of great social and historical significance for its association with the development of Melbourne into a major city and as the focal point for social and cultural events as varied as New Year's Eve revelries and Armistice Day celebrations. It is only the second post office building to occupy the site since 1841 when the land was set aside as a post office reserve. The postal services for Victoria for more than a century. Identified as the ... more

B0445

National

General Post Office & Parcels Post Building

Mail Exchange Building

670 - 696 Bourke Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B3399

Built during 1913-17 to the design of the office of the Commonwealth Home Affairs under Chief Architect, Horace J Mackennal, the seven storey steel-framed Mail Exchange Building is architecturally significant at the state level as an impressive example of the conservative classical design by the youthful Commonwealth government and in being distinguished by its Greek flavour, ten years ahead of Melbourne's mainstream Modern Greek Revival. Its architectural significance is enhanced ... more

B3399

Regional