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BALLARAT POST OFFICE
2-6 LYDIARD STREET NORTH BALLARAT CENTRAL, BALLARAT CITY

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BALLARAT POST OFFICE SOHE 2008
BALLARAT POST OFFICE SOHE 2008
BALLARAT POST OFFICE SOHE 2008
BALLARAT POST OFFICE SOHE 2008
1 ballarat post office aerial view 1992
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Statement of Significance

The Ballarat Post Office is the third such building erected on the site since 1858. The earliest section, designed in Italianate palazzo style by the Public Works Department during William Wardell's tenure as Inspector-General and Chief Architect, opened in 1864. A telegraph office and treasury was added to the Lydiard street north frontage in 1871, followed by further offices and a clock tower in 1885.

The Ballarat Post Office is an extraordinary exemplar of the financial activities of the Colony's largest non-metropolitan economy. It was the centre of its fiscal and communications networks, demonstrated by both its location, physical context and its size.

It is a representative and an essentially intact example of a building type - a purpose-built and substantial example of a major Victoria post office, the second largest outside the Melbourne GPO. The Post Office is now part of the Camp Street Campus, of the University of Ballarat.

The building is a representative and early example of the work of renowned Public Works Department architect, William Wardell.

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    • Permit Exemptions

      BALLARAT POST OFFICE - 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.

  • Tours involving this place See all tours

    Lydiard St Ballarat Tour

    21/12/11

    Regent Picture Theatre - Eureka Flag - School Of Mines - Ballarat Post Office - Gas Lamps - Ballarat Railway Complex - Fine Art Gallery - Her Majesty's Theatre - Former Reids Coffee Palace - Provincial Hotel - Alexandria Tea Rooms - Craig's Royal Hotel - Former Anz Bank - Former Union Bank Building

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Lydiard St Ballarat Tour

21/12/11

Regent Picture Theatre - Eureka Flag - School Of Mines - Ballarat Post Office - Gas Lamps - Ballarat Railway Complex - Fine Art Gallery - Her Majesty's Theatre - Former Reids Coffee Palace - Provincial Hotel - Alexandria Tea Rooms - Craig's Royal Hotel - Former Anz Bank - Former Union Bank Building

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