Central Government Offices

Author

Heritage Council

Place Number

01973

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Location

28 Barrack St Perth

Location Details

Additional Address details: Lot 100 Cathedral Ave, Perth. 27/1/2011 - VFL. Alternative Street Addresss: 589 Hay Street, Perth - 26/8/2013 - DD

Local Government

Perth

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1874 to 1904

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	20 Dec 1985		City of Perth
Heritage Agreement	YES	09 Jul 2012	Text of the Heritage Agreement
Heritage Agreement	YES	23 May 2012	Text of the Heritage Agreement
State Register	Registered	08 Jan 1999	Register Entry Assessment Documentation

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	13 Mar 2001	Category 1	Category 1 Exceptional significance - Essential to the heritage of the locality. Rare or outstanding example.	City of Perth
Perth Draft Inventory 99-01	YES	31 Dec 1999
Survey of 20th Ctry Architecture	Completed	01 Mar 1988
Register of the National Estate	Permanent	21 Mar 1978
Classified by the National Trust	Classified

Parent Place or Precinct

03480 Central Government Offices & Town Hall Precinct

Child Places

Condition

The Central Government Offices are a complex of Victorian public buildings erected from 1874 to c 1905. The northern half of the west wing was commenced in 1874, and in 1882 the lower two storeys of the east wing were built. Two sections were designed by the contemporary government architect, R R Jewell. The section linking these two wings was built from 1887 to 1890 to designs by G T Poole, and was at that time used for the General Post Office. The third storey was added in 1896, 1903 and 1905. The north-eastern section of the complex was built in 1896, also under Poole's supervision (Ref: Australian Heritage Council, 'The Heritage of Western Australia', MacMillan, 1989, p 34). The present imposing complex is a unified group in the Victorian Second Empire style (except for the north-eastern section which is in a Federation Free Classical style) with mellow brickwork, elaborate stuccoed decoration and projecting pilasters. This group of early civic buildings occupies nearly an entire city block.

Associations

Name	Type	Year From	Year To
George T Poole	Architect	-	-
John Grainger	Architect	-	-
Richard R Jewell	Architect	-	-
Hillson Beasley	Architect	-	-

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
1653	Central Government Precinct Perth: conservation plan. Volumes 1 & 2.	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1995
10012	Old Treasury Buildings Perth: archival record	Archival Record	2012
10125	Old Treasury Buildings - archival window schedule	Archival Record	2013
10130	Old Treasury Buildings; Postal Hall Roof Curtains archival record.	Archival Record	2013
9855	Central Government Buildings: background documentation for expression of interest.	Report	1998
3621	Central Government Offices Perth - Conservation Plan	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1998
3349	Central Government Offices Perth Conservation Plan Summary Draft	Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan}	1992
1035	Feasibility report on the upgrading and adaption of the Central Government Offices, Perth	Report	1995
9929	A new library and plaza for the City of Perth.	Other	0

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	GOVERNMENTAL	Office or Administration Bldg
Original Use	GOVERNMENTAL	Office or Administration Bldg

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Georgian
Federation Free Classical
Victorian Second Empire

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick
Wall	BRICK	Rendered Brick

Historic Themes

General	Specific
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Government & politics

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Approved

Last Update

31 Dec 2016

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