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Name	Detail	File number	Level
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
Former Port Melbourne Naval Drill Hall (Includes Former Post Office) Former Post Office 40 Bay Street, (Cnr Rouse Street), PORT MELBOURNE VIC 3207 - Property No B4788	The Port Melbourne Naval Drill Hall was built in 1912 to the design of Commonwealth Department of Works architect JS Murdoch and is one of the first major buildings constructed for the newly formed Royal Australian Navy. The drill hall adjoins the former Sandridge Post Office which was built in 1862 to the design of Victorian Public Works Department architect JJ Clark by builders Griffiths and Co. The design, apart from being executed in brick rather than bluestone, is ... more	B4788	Local
Post Office 4 Murray Street,, COLAC VIC 3250 - Property No B0390	Built 1876 with additions in 1888. Classified: 29/07/1959	B0390	Local
Post Office YACKANDANDAH VIC 3749 - Property No B6061	Erected in 1862 to the design of J J Clark, 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 developed within the Public Works Department, when W W Wardell was Chief Architect. Classified: 04/05/1989	B6061	Local
Former Post Office- Port Fairy Historic Area Former Borough Chambers , The Saltra Restaurant 20 Bank Street,, PORT FAIRY VIC 3284 - Property No B0333	The former Borough Chambers were erected originally as a post office in 1865. The Borough acquired the building in 1881 and after alterations, met in the building from August 1882. The Council had previously met at the Merrijig Inn (one of the earliest buildings surviving in Port Fairy) and in the stone building south of 'Seacombe House'. The Borough Chambers is an interesting example of architectural design in the Conservative Classical Revival style, almost universally used ... more	B0333	Local
Post Office 187 - 191 Timor Street,, WARRNAMBOOL VIC 3280 - Property No B0329	Two-storey symmetrical building of rendered masonry in simple classic detail with central arcaded entrance, projecting single-storey western wing added in matching detail. First floor residence still in use. Further red brick additions at rear along Gillies Street allow earlier building to retain its character and proportion. Classified: 11/12/1958	B0329	Local
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

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