Civic Centre Heritage Area
Civic Centre Heritage Area
Statement of Significance
This civic precinct of institutional, transport, municipal and government buildings reflects Geelong's position as Victoria's major provincial coastal city. The area is unified by Johnstone Park and the close proximity to the Geelong Railway Station. The buildings date from the early 1850s with representative development from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including many individually significant places. Both individually and collectively, these places reflect significant historical and social developments of the City's civic life.
The buildings are architecturally diverse in terms of style and age. They are strongly related visually by scale, monumentality and siting, usually to the street line; the use of massive construction and substantial building materials, such as pressed, evenly colured bricks and stucco; and ornate design including complex building forms and rich architectural detail.
