See also: Perth's Architecture
The Cloisters
The Cloisters is one of a small number of remaining convict-built colonial buildings of the mid-nineteenth century in the central area of Perth. Located at 200 St Georges Terrace, opposite its intersection with Mill Street, it is a two-storey dark coloured Tudor brick building, which terminates the vista at the top of Mill Street and is a landmark in the rise of the street to the ridge of the plateau.
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McNess Royal Arcade
McNess Royal Arcade is one of those very special Perth buildings that came about as a result of the first gold boom of the 1890s. The first shopping arcade in the centre of Perth, this building set a trend in Perth shopping that would continue to the present day.
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Perth Town Hall
Said to be the only convict-built capital city town hall in Australia, the Town Hall was built between 1867 and 1870. It was designed by Richard Roach Jewell and James Manning in the Victorian Free Gothic style to reflect its important role in the administration of the colony. A fine example of the Victorian Free Gothic style, it is located at the highest point of the City, at the corner of Hay and Barrack Streets.
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The Barracks Arch
In 1863, 300 rank and file pensioners were employed in building a large pensioner's barracks at the head of St George's Terrace in Perth. When they were completed the barracks contained 120 rooms, a hospital, magazine, and other facilities. The original design of the four storey Tudor barracks was by Captain E.M. Grain and James Manning and included wings extending either side of the arch.
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The Central Govt. Office Complex
The Central Government Office group of buildings and Town Hall cover a complete city block, close to the site where a tree was felled in 1829, to mark the foundation of the capital. Described as some of Australia’s finest and most dramatic free classical style buildings, the Central Government Offices includes the original General Post Office (1889), the Treasury Department (1874), the Lands Department (1893), and the Titles Office (1897). Distances from Perth are still calculated from the site of the Post Office, which was in the section connecting the east and west wings. Thir third storeys were added in 1896, 1903 and 1905.
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Old Perth Court House
A single-storey cream rendered building with a wooden shingle roof, the Old Perth Court House is now the oldest building in central Perth. Designed by Henry Reveley, the colony’s first Civil Engineer, and completed in 1837, the building is located in the Supreme Court Gardens in Barrack Street, Perth. It is one of the few remaining buildings designed in the classical Greek revival style of the 19th century in Perth.
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