48-513: Bundaberg Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 155a Bourbong Street, Bundaberg Central , Bundaberg , Bundaberg Region , Queensland , Australia. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 8 November 2011. After JJ Clark 's dismissal as Queensland Colonial Architect in 1885, various emerging projects were left in limbo. One was the new Bundaberg Post Office, intended to replace
96-483: A Crown Lands Department Office. The French Cable Co. began exchanging messages through the Vancouver via New Caledonia undersea telegraph cable which terminated at its office on the first floor of the post office in 1893. In 1907, the first floor Lands Office was converted into post master's quarters, possibly involving construction of timber stud-framed partition in north pavilion. Additions and alterations to
144-491: A block bounded by Woongarra, Maryborough, Woondooma and McLean Streets ( 24°52′07″S 152°20′47″E / 24.8686°S 152.3465°E / -24.8686; 152.3465 ( First Bundaberg Cemetery ) ). But it was quickly recognised this could not be a long-term option and a new site of 40 acres (16 ha) was reserved for a new cemetery (now within Millbank ) and burials commenced there in 1873. In 1881
192-515: A fine representative example of large post office buildings of the period, though Bundaberg is similar in detail to the earlier Classical Revivalism of the Toowoomba Post Office (1879). In its departure from a squared or central corner clock tower with a single principal façade more typical of designs from the preceding couple of decades throughout Australia, to an angled corner feature flanked by equally weighted frontages, Bundaberg
240-448: A major refurbishment in 2012. In 2015, Bundaberg Central State School established a museum in a former storeroom. At the 2006 census , Bundaberg Central had a population of 256 people. In the 2016 census , Bundaberg Central had a population of 316 people. In the 2021 census , Bundaberg Central had a population of 162 people. Bundaberg Central has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Bundaberg Central State School
288-549: A memorial to Bert Hinkler . Astylar Astylar (from Gr. ἀ- , privative, and στῦλος , a column) is an architectural term given to design which uses neither columns nor pilasters for decorative purposes; thus the Riccardi and Strozzi palaces in Florence are astylar in their design, as opposed to Palladio 's palaces at Vicenza , which are columnar . This article related to an architectural style
336-407: A prosperity and future confidence in the city of Bundaberg which stemmed in large from the region's importance to Australia's sugarcane, mining and horticultural industries, exploited from the 1870s. The scale of the colony and its resources, linked by rail and, in the case of coastal cities, sea, combined to produce prosperous large centres with less dependence on the capital than in other states. This
384-464: A smaller post and telegraph office built in c.1879. Charles McLay , who like John Smith Murdoch was another Scot initially mentored by Clark, submitted designs for Bundaberg's new post office in 1886 to the new Colonial Architect , George St Paul Connolly . There were three of these designs in all - Connolly favoured internal competitions for Public Works designs - of which this one was chosen after revisions between 1887 and 1889. During this time McLay
432-426: Is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at the corner Barolin and Woondooma Streets ( 24°52′05″S 152°21′00″E / 24.8681°S 152.3500°E / -24.8681; 152.3500 ( St Joseph's Catholic Primary School ) ). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 162 students with 15 teachers (12 full-time equivalent) and 10 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent). There
480-427: Is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 13 Crofton Street ( 24°52′11″S 152°20′54″E / 24.8698°S 152.3482°E / -24.8698; 152.3482 ( Bundaberg Central State School ) ). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 75 students with 6 teachers (5 full-time equivalent) and 11 non-teaching staff (7 full-time equivalent). St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
528-423: Is an example of: Typologically, Bundaberg Post Office built during 1890–1891, belongs to the second generation of Australian post offices built between 1870 and 1929. These offices are generally assumed to incorporate separate components for the telegraph and postal functions in addition to quarters for the postmaster, and in this case an equal measure of integrated government offices. The integrity and legibility of
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#1732781139155576-451: Is an octagonal mansard with a wrought iron -railed platform and crimped metal cladding, flagpole and weathervane , and the main roof is a simply handled L-shape with two gabled hips . The loggia floor has a non-original anti-slip textured finish. The building has two storeys with a 6-storey clock tower and includes the following elements: Externally, Bundaberg Post Office exhibits its original design exceptionally well with regard to
624-461: Is at 34 Barolin Street ( 24°52′13″S 152°21′02″E / 24.8703°S 152.3506°E / -24.8703; 152.3506 ( Bundaberg Uniting Church ) ). Buss Park is on the corner of Bourbong Street and Maryborough Street ( 24°52′01″S 152°20′51″E / 24.8669°S 152.3474°E / -24.8669; 152.3474 ( Buss Park ) ). It contains
672-465: Is consistent in planning with Warwick. Bundaberg Post Office is an example of the work of Charles McLay under the aegis of Queensland Colonial Architect, George Connolly. Criterion E: Aesthetic characteristics Bundaberg is a large-scaled building with impressive dual street frontages on a busy principal intersection and a very high degree of landmark quality. This is principally due to its repetitious double-height loggia and verandah screening both of
720-401: Is evidenced in the provincial centres such as Maryborough , Rockhampton, Mackay and Townsville , all of which had substantial masonry post offices erected. The significant components of Bundaberg Post Office include the main postal building and clock tower dating from 1891 and the single storey additions to both street frontages. Criterion D: Characteristic values Bundaberg Post Office
768-619: Is no government secondary school in Bundaberg Central. The nearest government secondary school is Bundaberg State High School in neighbouring Bundaberg South to the south. The Bundaberg Regional Council operates a public library at 49 Woondooma Street. The Bundaberg branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the QCWA Hall at 15 Quay Street, Bundaberg Central. The Hinkler branch of
816-589: Is the central suburb and central business district of Bundaberg in the Bundaberg Region , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census , Bundaberg Central had a population of 162 people. The suburb is bounded by the Burnett River to the north, Bundaberg Creek to the east, Saltwater Creek to the south and the North Coast railway line to the west. In 1869, a cemetery was established
864-435: Is therefore lightly proportioned on a three-step stylobate , the upper level is a verandah with sculpted cornice , Romanesque cast iron columns, and plain masonry pedestals interspersed with a cast iron lace balustrade . The upper trios of wing front windows are set in a plain panel flanked by quasi- pilasters which are scored down their centres, topped with a short floral frieze and then paired brackets to support
912-602: The Governor-General Lord Gowrie laid the foundation stone of the new church. On Saturday 7 August 1937, the new church was officially opened by Reverend Hubert Hedley Trigge, the Master of King's College at the University of Queensland . The former combined church building was retained for use as a hall, being replaced by a brick hall in 1964. The church was part of the amalgamation that created
960-542: The Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the McDonalds Central Bundaberg on the corner of Woongarra & Targo Street, Bundaberg Central. Christ Church Anglican is on the corner of Woongarra and Maryborough Streets ( 24°52′03″S 152°20′50″E / 24.8675°S 152.3473°E / -24.8675; 152.3473 ( Christ Church Anglican ) ). Services are conducted on five days each week. Bundaberg Uniting Church
1008-567: The Queensland Government donating a further £500. The monument was designed by Brisbane architect RP Cummings and was built by Messrs A Armitage & CoIt in the centre of Buss Park. It required about 40 tons of granite quarried at Gracemere . On 30 July 1936, it was officially unveiled by the Governor-General Lord Gowrie in front of a crowd of 3,000 people. The Bundaberg Library opened in 1994 with
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#17327811391551056-769: The Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, becoming the Bundaberg Uniting Church. The first Anglican church in Bundaberg was in Quay Street and was completed in March 1876. Christ Church Anglican was consecrated on Sunday 4 April 1880 by Bishop Stanton . In July 1898, it was proposed to relocate the church to a more central site. In 1899, the church building was relocated close to the site of
1104-465: The pediment above each wing. The two flanking pavilion wing pediments have plain panelled tympani . The first floor openings to verandah areas contain paired half-glazed panelled timber doors. The corner tower is angled diagonally to the street corner, and has an astylar arched window set in a plain stuccoed wall at street level, an oriel bay in astylar Italianate at first floor level, two levels of rusticated walling enclosing three slot windows on
1152-469: The Barolin and Bourbong Street intersection. In context, several notable late Italianate designs are nearby, including the unusual palazzo-form St Joseph's Catholic Cathedral of c.1888–1900. Essentially L-shaped in plan, the original double-storey building is constructed hard up to the street boundaries at the corner of the site. The clock tower is set 45 degrees to the bulk of the building and dominates
1200-484: The Holy Rosary Church. The Sisters of Mercy reduced their involvement with the operation of the school with the first lay principal appointed in 1985. Buss Park officially opened on Saturday 20 December 1930 replacing the former Market Square that had been an eyesore for many years. The site had originally been used for the first school. After World War I , there was a proposal to build a memorial hall on
1248-1006: The Sacred Heart . It initially operated in St Mary's Church of the Holy Rosary with student numbers reaching 60 by the end of the first year of operation. Disagreements between Mary McKillop , the leader of the Sisters of St Joseph, and the Catholic bishops in Queensland led to the Sisters of St Joseph leaving Queensland with operation of the school passing in 1987 to five Sisters of Mercy from All Hallows' School in Brisbane . The school relocated in 1908 and then again in 1918 to its current site in Barolin Street adjacent to
1296-423: The architectural conception, principal materials and detail, although cumulative works have resulted in the loss of some architectural detail and overall form, such as alterations to the flanking single-storey wings, painted wall surfaces and removal of the main entrance doors. Internally, original fabric and joinery remains, although cumulative refurbishment works throughout the building, particularly with regard to
1344-532: The building were carried out in the mid-1950s, including the tower clock and mechanism, probably including new clock faces, and additions such as the garage, bicycle shelter and toilet block. About 1998, the building underwent major refurbishment of public spaces with replacement of original lath and plaster ceiling with plasterboard ceilings, installation of polished timber joinery and services; repartitioning of area behind public space for administrative offices; creation of continuous bays of private letter boxes within
1392-438: The changing uses of the spaces, have diminished the integrity of the original finishes. Similarly, works in relation to use and technology such as installation of floor linings, partition walls, suspended ceilings, mechanical ducting, joinery and the like have resulted in the loss of some original fabric and fittings. Bundaberg Post Office was listed on the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 8 November 2011 having satisfied
1440-697: The city. It provides a visual and symbolic landmark for the local community and is of social significance for the continuity of postal services which have operated from the building for almost 120 years. [REDACTED] This Misplaced Pages article was originally based on Bundaberg Post Office , entry number 106125 in the Australian Heritage Database published by the Commonwealth of Australia 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence , accessed on 30 September 2018. Bundaberg Central, Queensland Download coordinates as: Bundaberg Central
1488-402: The corner tower on the diagonal to the main plan and street alignments has strong artistic merit and draws the eye to the building in three dimensions, a departure from the more common use of the corner tower at the time. Criterion G: Social value Bundaberg Post Office, built in 1891, to replace the former 1879 building on the same site is important for its association with the development of
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1536-449: The current site in Barolin Street and joined to accommodate the combined congregations with a stump-capping ceremony held on Thursday 7 April 1904. A parsonage was built beside the combined church in 1908. In 1936, the congregation began to raise funds to build a new brick church building capable of seating 500 people and to be designed by Brisbane architect Walter Kerrison and constructed by C. J. Vandenberg. On Thursday 30 July 1936,
1584-677: The deteriorating condition of the old cemetery led to calls to exhume and relocate the burials from the old cemetery to the new, with the rationale that the proceeds of selling the land of the old cemetery would outweigh the cost of relocating the graves. The relocation of the graves was completed by January 1882. Bundaberg South State School opened on 6 February 1875. On 30 June 1885, it closed and split into two schools: Bundaberg South Boys State School and Bundaberg South Girls and Infants State School. Circa November 1894, both of these schools were renamed to be Bundaberg Central Boys State School and Bundaberg Central Girls and Infants State School. In 1926,
1632-563: The following criteria. Criterion A: Processes Bundaberg Post Office, constructed in 1891 and incorporating a Crown Lands Department Office as well as offices of the French Cable Co., is a large regional postal facility which is an integral part of the city's historic central civic and administrative precinct, stemming from its rich history and wealth as one of Queensland's great coastal ports. The substantial dual frontage and landmark tower in scale and architectural achievement embody
1680-415: The intersection; there is a single-storey wing set back slightly from the frontage at both the north and west ends of the building. The remaining rear portion of the site is accessed via Post Office Lane which runs along the northern boundary. This area has been largely infilled with later building area over an extended period of time to provide a business centre, covered loading dock and additions to both of
1728-531: The northern end wing including a projection and new verandah facing Post Office Lane; construction of disabled access ramp to private letter box entrance from Barolin Street; construction of new stair and glazed partition in north pavilion, provision of business mail centre to north of public office, doors removed from corner clock tower entrance and replaced with automatic sliding glass doors, general upgrade of services and finishes throughout building. The work also included conversion of former private letter box area in
1776-399: The original design in internal plan form has been somewhat diminished through alterations and additions, including blurring the relationship of the integrated government offices with the rest of the planning (other than their location at first floor level), and impacting on the original planning of the quarters component. However, the building still demonstrates some principal characteristics of
1824-428: The period 1879–1898 with similar characteristics. As with the other examples such as Charters Towers Post Office (1892) and Warwick Post Office (1898), the large masonry buildings demonstrate landmark qualities on prominent corner sites with clearly defined frontal components, reflecting the prosperity of their regions and scale of their postal activity. Stylistically, the building's Victorian Italianate frontages are
1872-472: The present church. On Sunday 8 August 1920, the foundation stone for a new church was laid by Bishop Henry Le Fanu . However, it was not until Sunday 20 February 1927 that the new church was opened and dedicated by Archbishop Gerald Sharp . It was consecrated on Sunday 23 February 1936 by Archbishop William Wand . St Joseph's Catholic School was established in June 1876 by two Sisters of St Joseph of
1920-450: The second floor and a voussoired arched window on the third. These are topped by a frieze of plain-surfaced brackets, a clock level with scored and chamfered quasi-pilasters similar to those on the first floor wing fronts, and a miniature basilica-fronted sixth level with an arch containing metal louvres enclosed in a pedimented breakfront, and two flanking " aisle " bays with orb finials and oval vents in their spandrels . The tower roof
1968-431: The single-storey wings. In details and represented style the building is in a largely astylar Italianate. The principal street elevations are screened by a double-height arcade. The ground floor arcade columns are square-chamfered components, with the suggestion of a Tuscan capital carried in the moulding . This is sustained across the stilted arcades on the ground floor of each flanking pavilion. The street level
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2016-502: The site but this did not come to fruition. Local businessman Horace Buss then donated £500 towards city beautification with a particular desire to see the Market Square be converted into a public park and the park was named in his honour. Following the death of Bundaberg-born aviator Bert Hinker in 1933, a public meeting held in Bundaberg in 1934 decided to honour Hinkler with a monument. A public appeal raised about £1,000 with
2064-507: The street elevations and the six level clock tower. It also shares an important civic precinct with the former Commercial Bank and the Bundaberg war memorial . Criterion F: Technical achievement Bundaberg Post Office is composed as a landmark corner building with two equally prominent street frontages and central clocktower, expressive of the dual, but independent, operations of the original post and telegraph functions. The placement of
2112-559: The two schools were combined to create Bundaberg Central State School. Reverend William NcNaught of the Primitive Methodist Church was appointed as its first minister in Bundaberg. He conducted his first service there on 12 August 1875. A "primitive" slab-and-shingle church was built in Walla Street (which did not keep the rain out). In 1878, Reverend J. Williams became the minister and a new "handsome" church
2160-412: The type including an accomplished application of style and endowment of monumental civic form; incorporation of frontal components such as offices, public spaces, clock tower, loggia and verandahs; and an increased size to reflect the increased volume of a rapidly developing region. With regard to operating post offices, Bundaberg Post Office is one of three "Type M3 Victorian Italianate" examples built in
2208-403: The western single-storey bay to a lettable external revenue area. At some point in time, some original features were lost, including: Bundaberg Post Office is at 155a Bourbong Street, corner Barolin Street, Bundaberg, comprising the whole of Lot 11 RP147676. The Bundaberg Post Office is at the commercial centre of the large provincial city of Bundaberg and is located on the northwest corner of
2256-809: Was built on the Walla Street site. In 1882, the Wesleyan Methodist Church commenced services in the Victoria Hall in December 1882, later they used the Congregational Church for their services, and finally they erected their first church at the lower end of Maryborough Street in late 1885. The union of the Methodist denominations occurred in 1902 and the two Methodist churches in Bundaberg were amalgamated in 1904. The two church buildings were then physically relocated to
2304-639: Was promoted to chief draftsman in the Colonial Architect's office. He designed the Brisbane Customs House in 1886, a seminal late Renaissance-early Baroque design. He then designed the Fortitude Valley Post Office of 1887, and prepared an unbuilt design for Rockhampton Post Office which was similar in appearance to Fortitude Valley. The Bundaberg Post Office was constructed in 1890–1891; it also included
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