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FORMER WALHALLA POST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE
MAIN ROAD WALHALLA, BAW BAW SHIRE

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FORMER WALHALLA POST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE SOHE 2008
FORMER WALHALLA POST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE SOHE 2008
FORMER WALHALLA POST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE SOHE 2008
H00583 former walhalla post office walhalla front view sep1982
H00583 walhalla po exterio7 mar 2003
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H00583 walhalla po exterior interp board mar 2003
H00583 1 walhalla po exterior mar 2003
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H00583 walhalla po exterior outbuilding mar 2003
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Walhalla Post Office Exterior March 2003
Walhalla Post Office Exterior March 2003
Walhalla Post Office Exterior Outbuilding March 2003
Walhalla Post Office Exterior Outbuilding March 2003
Walhalla Post Office Exterior Outbuildings March 2003
Walhalla Post Office Exterior Side March 2003
Walhalla Post Office Exterior Twin Gables March 2003
Walhalla Post Office Exterior Verandah March 2003
Walhalla Post Office Exterior Verandah March 2003
Walhalla Post Office Exterior Water Tank March 2003
Walhalla Post Office Exterior Rear Mound March 2003
Walhalla Post Office Interior March 2003
Walhalla Post Office Interior March 2003
Walhalla Post Office Interior Hallway March 2003
Walhalla Post Office Interior Wallpapers March 2003
Walhalla Post Office Exterior Side March 2003
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Statement of Significance

The former Walhalla Post Office and the Post Master's residence incorporated with it were built in 1885. The contractor was John Richmond. The design was prepared in 1884 for the Public Works Department by J R Brown under John Thomas Kelleher who was the supervising architect for Gippsland at that time.

The Walhalla Post Office and Residence is typical in its form and planning. The designer has taken advantage of the necessity of timber construction by elaborating the verandah and roof details. The gables of the main roof are half-hipped. The front gable projects with an arched truss and king-post finial. Dormer vents decorate the main roof and the residential wing roofs.

The building is very much intact and the main office is as it was left in 1963. The whole building has a very high degree of integrity. The only external alterations are the enclosure of the south verandah and part of the main verandah and the removal of the chimney pots. The existing external painting survives from the 1940s when the present owner purchased the property. Internally very little has been altered with significant paint, paper and carpet finishes surviving.

[Source: Historic Buildings Council]
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    • Plaque Citation

      FORMER WALHALLA POST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE - Plaque Citation

      This remarkably intact example of an 1880s timber post office with an attached Post Master's residence was built in 1885 to designs by the Public Works Department. It is notable for its elaborate timber detailing and intact interiors.

      Permit Exemptions

      FORMER WALHALLA POST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE - Permit Exemptions

      General Exemptions:

      General exemptions apply to all places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). General exemptions have been designed to allow everyday activities, maintenance and changes to your property, which don’t harm its cultural heritage significance, to proceed without the need to obtain approvals under the Heritage Act 2017.

      Places of worship: In some circumstances, you can alter a place of worship to accommodate religious practices without a permit, but you must notify the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria before you start the works or activities at least 20 business days before the works or activities are to commence.

      Subdivision/consolidation: Permit exemptions exist for some subdivisions and consolidations. If the subdivision or consolidation is in accordance with a planning permit granted under Part 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the application for the planning permit was referred to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria as a determining referral authority, a permit is not required.

      Specific exemptions may also apply to your registered place or object. If applicable, these are listed below. Specific exemptions are tailored to the conservation and management needs of an individual registered place or object and set out works and activities that are exempt from the requirements of a permit. Specific exemptions prevail if they conflict with general exemptions.

      Find out more about heritage permit exemptions here.

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