Bacchus Marsh Lawn Tennis Club Inc. (Former Maddingley Courthouse)
Maddingley Park, Taverner Street BACCHUS MARSH, MOORABOOL SHIRE
Statement of Significance
An unusual Court House designed by the recently formed Public Works
Department and built in 1857-8, but closed in 1858 to be replaced by the Bacchus Marsh Court House in Main Street, then subsequently used as Municipal offices by the Bacchus
Marsh and District Road Board and the Shire Council until 1896(?). It is the earliest government building in the municipality: the first courthouse as well as the first office of municipal government.
It is of regional historical significance for its association with judicial and municipal development in the early settlement, and in demonstrating the effect of early government action.
It is of regional architectural significance as a very early work of the recently formed Public Works Department in Victoria. It is a representative, if unusual, example of a very early courthouse building and a rare relatively intact survival of this building type.
More recently it has acquired local historical significance associated with sporting and social developments in community life and social significance. Throughout its life as a public building over 140 years as a traditional community focus and meeting place.
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MILLBANK
Victorian Heritage Register H0263 -
COURT HOUSE
Victorian Heritage Register H1461
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POLICE STATION AND OLD LOCK-UP
Victorian Heritage Register H1546
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'Altona' Homestead (Formerly 'Laverton' Homestead) and Logan Reserve
Hobsons Bay City -
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