Local Government
Bunbury
Region
South West
4 Stephen St Bunbury
Bunbury
South West
Constructed from 1896, Constructed from 1894
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 31 Jul 1996 | Historic Site |
DEMOLISHED Bunbury Post and Telegraph Office was built to accommodate the postal and telegraphic needs of the growing Bunbury and district population. It operated from 1895 to 1969.
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In 1891, Chief Architect of the Public Works Department, George Temple Poole, prepared plans for a new post and telegraph office for Bunbury. However, it was not until 1894 that A Pugh built it for a cost of £1,838/19/7. Sir John Forrest laid the foundation stone for the new Bunbury Post and Telegraph Office on 24 May 1894 and the building was completed later that year. The new building provided post, telegraph, savings bank and telephone services. Additions costing £581 were completed in October 1896 by John Gibbs. He was contracted again the following year to complete works costing £749/8/4. In 1904, the building was described as ‘a fairly presentable pile of bricks, with little striking or uncommon in outward appearance.' By this time, Mr E Woodrow had been in charge of the Bunbury Post Office for twenty five years. On 14 October 1968, the Meckering Earthquake damaged the building, which fast tracked deliberations to replace it. In 1969, a new $500,000 combined post office, telephone exchange and administration building was built on the former site of the “Willows”, at the corner of Victoria and Stirling Streets. By this time, the telephone exchange had already moved out of the building to a site in Victoria Street. Between 1970 and 1974 the building was used as a court house. The building was purchased by the Bunbury City Council in 1974 and in 1976, it was demolished to make way for new council offices.
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DEMOLISHED
Historic Site
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Present Use | VACANT\UNUSED | Vacant\Unused |
Original Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Post or Telegraph Office |
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TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS | Mail services |
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