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26-561: The Bendigo Post Office is a building on Pall Mall in Bendigo , a provincial city in the Australian state of Victoria . The post office backs onto and is partly surrounded by Rosalind Park . The building was built between 1883 and 1887 by the contractors McCulloch and McAlpine and designed by Public Works architect George W. Watson in the Second Empire architectural style. The building shares

52-501: A building or structure in Victoria (state) is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pall Mall (Bendigo) Since the 1860s, Pall Mall has been regarded as "one of the most charming thoroughfares in Australia" and the collection of Victorian-era buildings in the Second Empire architectural style, gardens and statuary on either side of the wide tree-lined streetscape

78-461: A great deal with its neighbouring building, the Bendigo Law Courts , and had the same builder and designer and was built at around the same time. Notable features of the building include its 43-metre-high (141 ft) clock tower (housing a five-bell carillon ) and the elaborate facades on all four sides of building. The building was extensively restored between 1978 and 1987. The building

104-595: A large information area, an adjoining First Nations Gallery - Djaa Djuwima - and a Living Arts Space, which showcases some of the region's best artists. The building has been included on the Victorian Heritage Register as being of "architectural, historic, and aesthetic significance to Victoria". [REDACTED] Media related to Bendigo Post Office at Wikimedia Commons 36°45′29″S 144°16′48″E  /  36.75816°S 144.28010°E  / -36.75816; 144.28010 This article about

130-555: A late 19th-century public park. The area is of archaeological significance given its past importance in the Bendigo goldfields as well as architectural and botanic features. The cast iron conservatory within the grounds of the parks is the only surviving example of a 19th-century conservatory in a public park in Victoria. Rosalind Park contains a number of notable trees and plants, some listed on heritage registers in their own right. Of note are

156-578: A north-easterly direction from the Charing Cross intersection, across Williamson Street and Sidney Myer Place, then across Bull Street and William Vahland Place, to continue as McCrae Street. It is part of the Midland Highway , a major regional highway in Victoria. Pall Mall runs parallel to the south-eastern side of Bendigo Creek and the south-eastern boundaries of Rosalind Park , the Queen's Gardens and

182-421: A park in 1987, the area was used as a rubbish tip. The garden now comprises an ornate cast-iron fence as well as some notable exotic palms ( Washington Fan Palm ) which were planted in the late 1800s. The garden contains a range of statuary. The garden area is used to showcase a range of floral exhibitions throughout the year, both in the garden beds and within the conservatory. In the early days of settlement

208-549: A park, but it was not until 1861 that 59 acres were formally reserved for the park and handed over to the Sandhurst Borough Council (now the City of Greater Bendigo ). The first park gardener was appointed in 1870 and established the basic layout of Rosalind Park which remains to this day. The park is effectively bounded by View Street, Pall Mall, Bridge Street, Park Road and Barnard Street, but shares some of this space with

234-512: Is unparalleled in regional Victoria. Pall Mall in Bendigo is named after Pall Mall in London , England : a street known for its shops and architecturally important buildings. Like its English namesake, Pall Mall in Bendigo is also in the immediate vicinity of the Charing Cross intersection. The street is around 500 metres long - only 140 metres shorter than its London namesake. It runs in

260-565: The Bendigo Creek was the only practical source of water and soon became completely inadequate to service the growing population. The creek as it appears today is a direct result of a "competition" held in 1862 to find a way to transport water from the Coliban River to the goldfields. This "artificial creek" was completed in 1877 and is still in use today, although Bendigo is no longer dependent on it as its sole source of water. The portion of

286-597: The Bunya-Bunya Pine , Hoop Pine , South African Yellowwood , River Red Gums , Canary Island Pines , Cedar, California Bay (also known as the headache tree and the only example in Victoria), a Crows Ash (one of three in Victoria ), Queensland Kauri along with a number elm and oak species. The Chilean Wine Palm , now rare in Chile, thrives despite the climate being less than ideal for this plant. Prior to being turned into

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312-513: The Queen Elizabeth Oval , Bendigo Senior Secondary College , Courthouse , the former Bendigo Post Office (now a tourist information centre), Camp Hill Primary School and the former Bendigo Jail which is now Ulumburra Theatre. The Rosalind Park area is of historic significance as the site of one of the largest government camps in the Victorian goldfields as well as a significant example of

338-416: The 1850s gold was discovered in the area, radically transforming the area that is now Rosalind Park. Bendigo was one of the richest gold mining regions in the world, with more gold found in the region from 1850 to 1900 than anywhere else in the world. At present it remains the seventh richest goldfield in the world. Puddling mills, shafts and piles of mine wastes and cast offs dominated the landscape. In 1852

364-527: The 1880s. It is thought that the cascades were not reliable due to the available pumps' technology being inadequate, but the historic record is not clear on this matter. The cascades fell into disrepair in the early 20th century and were effectively buried until they were partially restored in 1997. Located opposite the Alexandra Fountain the Queen Victoria Gardens are especially notable for

390-515: The Bendigo Creek which flows through the Rosalind Park precinct reached its current form in the late 1800s and is bridged by three cast-iron bridges installed in 1882. The creek itself is lined with hand-laid flagstone and sandstone and is capped with granite . It represents the infrastructure and craftsmanship of the time. The fernery was initially proposed in 1879 and is notable as being

416-630: The Conservatory Gardens. After rapid European settlement in the Bendigo Valley following the official discovery of gold on Bendigo Creek in October 1851, "Pall Mall", together with the neighbouring "Charing Cross" junction, was planned in 1858 by the government and district surveyor Richard William Larritt, who planned the original township of "Sandhurst" in his "Plan of the Valley of Bendigo". Bendigo

442-419: The area was officially designated a Government Camp precinct, the bounds of which still roughly designate the park today. The Government Camp area comprised 66 acres and contained police barracks, gaol and lock-up, the former courthouse , a gold office and other government buildings, offices and quarters. In 1856 the local gold commissioner, Joseph Panton , first suggested that the camp should be turned into

468-451: The father of Sir George Victor Lansell . Rosalind Park Rosalind Park is an Australian park in Bendigo , Victoria . Prior to white settlement, a grassy woodland surrounded what is now called Bendigo Creek . At that time the creek was little more than a chain of pools and billabongs . The area would have been an important source of food and water for the indigenous Dja Dja Wrung people living in dry central Victoria. In

494-413: The inclusion of an imposing statue of Queen Victoria (1903) as well as bust of Sir John Quick (1934), one of the "fathers of federation". There are also a number of notable plants and garden features in the area. This small garden contains an imposing statue of George Lansell with a large piece of quartz held in his hand. The statue is shown right: the inscription at the base reads "In appreciation of

520-483: The indomitable courage and persistent enterprise of George Lansell in the development of Bendigo's gold resources. This memorial was erected by the citizens of Bendigo. 1823 – 1906." Lansell was one of the most famous and successful miners in the Bendigo region. In 2014 the City of Greater Bendigo council unveiled plans to create a revitalised park space which draws in Rosalind Park, the Queen Elizabeth Oval,

546-471: The last remaining fernery from this era on public land. It was constructed by filling in the existing billabong, however some of the larger trees, typically River Red Gums, where preserved to provide a shelting canopy for the ferns that are planted below. The lookout, situated at the top of Camp Hill, was originally a poppet head from the Garden Gully United mine (one of Bendigo's richest mines) and

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572-483: Was completed by local volunteers. The mosaic depicts various aspects of the town's history and is designed to be viewed while looking down from the lookout. Typical in 19th-century gardens were water features and in 1880 the "Cascades" were constructed. Designed by notable Bendigo architect William Vahland after being advised by George Lansell when he returned from a European trip. The cascades originally featured statues and fountains which may have been operating around

598-547: Was installed in its current location in 1931. During goldrush times, prior to the poppet head's installation, a flag was flown at the top of Camp Hill to signal that the mail had arrived in town. At this time Camp Hill was completely denuded of trees and the flag could effectively be seen from across the town. At the foot of the poppet head lookout is the Bendigo Heritage Mosaic which was completed in 1987 and designed by mosaic artist Maery Gabriel. The installation work

624-456: Was officially named "Sandhurst" from 1853 to 1891. In 1861, to "retain an association with Pall Mall and Charing Cross", there was even a proposal to give the name St James's Park to what became the adjacent Rosalind Park , as St James's Park in London is also in the immediate proximity of Charing Cross and Pall Mall . As Pall Mall in Bendigo was further developed in the late 1860s, the street

650-753: Was planned as the location for many of Bendigo's most important civic buildings and landmarks including the former Bendigo Post Office (now the Bendigo Visitor Centre and Post Office Gallery), the Bendigo Law Courts , the Bendigo Soldiers' Memorial Institute Military Museum, the Shamrock Hotel , and the intersection with Bull Street offering a vista to the Bendigo Town Hall . There is also much fine statuary along Pall Mall, including statues of Queen Victoria and mining entrepreneur George Lansell,

676-510: Was used as a post office until 1997. It is currently used as Bendigo Tourism's Visitor Information Centre and won Victorian Tourism Awards in 2009 and 2010. It was further inducted into Victorian Tourism's hall of fame in 2011. It was also awarded a tourism award by Qantas in 2010, in the category of Visitor Information and Services. Bendigo Tourism describes the Information Centre as "Australia's Grandest Visitor Centre". The Centre boasts

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