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92657

Post Office

146 Elgin Street,, CARLTON VIC 3053 - Property No B0579

The Carlton Post Office was erected in 1883 by James Kennedy for the Public Works Department. The design of the building can be attributed to J H Marsden, then an assistant architect who executed the working drawings. The two storey brick structure has rendered facades. The street facade is composed of a three bay two tier arcade flanked by slightly projecting solid wings. Both floors are articulated by a pier and arch system and superimposed trabeation. This is a fine ... more

B0579

Local
68994

Former Post Office

162 Toorak Road,, SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141 - Property No B2191

On a restricted and precipitous site adjacent the railway cutting at 162 Toorak Road stands the former South Yarra Post Office. Designed in 1890 by Public Works Department (PWD), Architect, A J McDonald and erected in 1892-3, the three-storey red brick structure combines basic American Romanesque characteristics with Scottish baronial forms and art nouveau and Australian decorative motifs in an asymmetrical picturesque compostiion. The former South Yarra Post Office is ... more

B2191

State
69690

Post Office

1 Church Street,, CAMPERDOWN VIC 3260 - Property No B2676

B2676

File only
172959

Chiltern Post Office

54-56 Main Street, CHILTERN VIC 3683 - Property No B2933

Erected in 1863 to the design of H A Williams, this is an early example of the first group of post offices to be built in Victoria, employing a low-key but nevertheless distinctive architectural vocabulary within the Public Works Department, when W W Wardell was Chief Architect. Classified: 04/08/1989

B2933

Local
70757

Former Post Office

Hamilton Highway,, HEXHAM VIC 3273 - Property No B4821

B4821

File only
71253

Post Office - Port Albert

Wharf Street,, PORT ALBERT VIC 3971 - Property No B2732

Built in 1864 of brick in 'conservative' Italianate style - an unusual design for a post office of the 1860's. Historic association with Gippsland Mail Service. Possibly the oldest in Gippsland. No longer used as a post office. Classified: 15/10/1970

B2732

Regional
67744

Former Court House, Post Office & Police Station

Cnr High Street & Cotham Road,, KEW VIC 3101 - Property No B5560

The earliest and finest complex of public buildings in the English "Queen Anne" manner in Victoria, the Kew Post Office Court House and Police Station were erected in 1887 to designs prepared in the Victorian Public Works Department by J H Harvey, under the supervision of G W Watson in December 1886. Classified: 18/09/1986 Revised: 03/08/1998

B5560

State
 

Post Office

296 Brunswick Street,, FITZROY VIC 3065 - Property No B4472

B4472

File only
69713

Post Office - Terang Historic Area

28 High Street,, TERANG VIC 3264 - Property No B5034

Part of Historic Area Area. Statement of Significance: Terang is significant in several respects: the extent and richness of its early twentieth century commercial architecture in comparison to other country towns; its picturesque setting and exotic tree plantings; and the buildings, avenues and monuments which are a legacy of its strong community ideal. Terang's townscape comprises an unusual, attractive and harmonious juxtaposition of two important and conflicting ideals in ... more

B5034

File only
179618

Court House & Post Office

161-169 Franklin Street and Cnr Kay Street,, TRARALGON VIC 3844 - Property No B2722

Built in 1886, this combined courthouse and post office occupies a prominent position and its contrasting brick and rendered trims emphasise the elaborately detailed decoration characteristic of the period. Classified: 'Local' 20/08/1970 Revised:'Regional' 17/11/1977 Revised: 03/08/1998

B2722

State
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