Local Government
Victoria Park
Region
Metropolitan
879 Albany Hwy East Victoria Park
Cnr Canterbury Tce
Christian Centre for Social Action
Victoria Park
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1946
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| Local Heritage Survey | Adopted | 15 Jun 2021 | Management Category 3 | |
The former East Victoria Park Post Office has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons: • The place represents an era of custom built Post Offices which have now been replaced by service outlets in shopping centres or agencies in other stores.
The fmr Post Office building is located on the corner of Albany Highway and Canterbury Terrace. Located to the south of the building is a car park area and to the east are other commercial tenancies. The single storey building has a simple rectangular plan form with a low-pitched gable roof and projecting eaves. The exterior walls are predominantly clad with corrugated steel. Facing Albany Highway, the base of the walls are painted rendered masonry. The eaves have compressed fibre cement sheeting and the roof uses a profiled steel roof sheeting. There is a centrally located roller door to the building off Albany Highway. This roller door is accessed via a central flight of tiled stairs with steel handrails to either side, painted red. A flat, light weight cantilevered awning is suspended over the stairs. The Canterbury Terrace elevation has a red painted double door entry with a similar flat cantilevered awning. Above the door is a red sign that reads 'The Haven' which is the current building name and indicates the building's use as a community centre. The Canterbury Terrace elevation has multiple horizontal windows that feature steel louvres for solar control. A smaller gabled roof extension is located to the south towards the car park. This extension has two door entrances facing the street and no openings facing the carpark. Brick paving is used around the building and there is a small garden area to the north, facing Albany Highway. A former post box and a interpretative sculpture of a post box are located near Albany Highway. An inscription in the paving next to the sculpture states: Canterbury. Albany. Victoria. Names from other Worlds. Now our own. You are at the message centre. Watch the traffic move, people and cars. Love. Labour. Commerce. News A column symbolizing reconciliation with the colours of the aboriginal flag and the word 'Sorry' is located to the corner of Albany highway and Canterbury Terrace. Red bike racks are located near a mature tree on the corner to Canterbury Terrace.
The East Victoria Park Post Office (fmr) was established as a temporary premises in 1946 and remained a post office until April 1995 when a new Post Office was opened as Australia Post on another site. The historic red post box on the footpath outside the building is an interpretative piece that was installed on the site by the East Victoria Park Townscape Committee. The post box is accompanied by an urban art to the Cantebury side of the site that was designed by Malcolm McGregor called, ‘The Bicycle’. In 2020, the premises is occupied by The Haven Centre Inc. who offer community relief services for Christmas hampers, educational support and employment & training services.
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| Ref ID No | Ref Name | Ref Source | Ref Date |
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| Chamber of Commerce. 1996. Victoria Park Businesses & Enterprise | Biiklet | 1996 | |
| Southern Gazette. 01/09/1992 | Newspaper | 1992 | |
| AU.2015. Cast Iron Pillar Boxes of Western Australia: An Early History of the J & E Ledger Foundry Book | Book |
| Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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| 11358 | Cast iron pillar boxes of Western Australia: An early history of the J & E Ledger foundry | Book | 2015 |
Individual Building or Group
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Original Use | RELIGIOUS | Other |
| Present Use | SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL | Other Community Hall\Centre |
| Original Use | Transport\Communications | Comms: Post or Telegraph Office |
| Type | General | Specific |
|---|---|---|
| Wall | OTHER | Other Material |
| Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
| Other | METAL | Other Metal |
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