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Name	Detail	File number	Level
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
Former Post Office 172 Peel Street,, WINDSOR VIC 3181 - Property No B4689	A finely detailed and refreshingly innovative example of Edwardian Free Style design with Arts and Crafts leanings, the Windsor Post Office and Telephone Exchange was erected in 1907-8 to the design of H J MacKennal of the Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs. The reinforced concrete frame which carries much of the structure was designed by John Monash and is an early example of the use of this technique in Australian building. The compact Peel Street facade is of red ... more	B4689	State
Old Post Office - Cobram COBRAM VIC 3644 - Property No B1732	Unworthy: 26/09/1974	B1732	File only
Post Office - Beechworth Historic Area Cnr Camp and Ford Streets,, BEECHWORTH VIC 3747 - Property No B0380	A substantial two storeyed Italianate Post Office and quarters with a staged tower in the campanile form with belfry at the uppermost level. The upper floor has a hipped slate roof whilst ornamentation is restrained. Sections of stone work are from an earlier P.O. on this site. Classified: 'Local' 09/04/1959 Revised: 03/08/1998 Historic Area Statement of Significance: Beechworth is a picturesque nineteenth Century provincial town. It is a well preserved example of ... more	B0380	State
Post Office - Koroit Historic Area 99 Commercial Road,, KOROIT VIC 3282 - Property No B2278	Individual Statement of Significance: An early Post Office with interesting stonework. Classified: 'Local' 20/08/1969 Revised: 05/07/1979 Historic Area Statement of Significance: The significance of Koroit derives from its role as the urban centre of one of the most concentrated Irish Roman Catholic rural districts in Australia, noted for its mixed livestock and cropping argicultural patterns. This is reflected in two separate and distinctive areas in the town - the ... more	B2278	Regional
Rosedale Post Office Prince Street,, ROSEDALE VIC 3847 - Property No B5982		B5982	File only
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
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
Post Office 1 Church Street,, CAMPERDOWN VIC 3260 - Property No B2676		B2676	File only
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

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