Croydon Police Station, Heritage police station in Croydon, Australia

Croydon Police Station is a single-storey timber-framed former police barracks on low stumps at the corner of Samwell and Alldridge Streets. Its hipped roof is clad in corrugated iron, verandahs line three sides with stop-chamfered posts and a timber dowel balustrade, and a gabled projection marks the southern entrance. The police residence has a pyramidal hipped roof with an iron ridge ventilator, and the cells to the rear are clad in corrugated iron.

The building was constructed in 1899 during the gold rush era to serve the expanding mining settlement. It operated as a working station until 1977 and was recognized as heritage in 1999.

The station now serves as a library and museum, showing how law enforcement shaped this mining town's identity. Visitors can explore exhibits that reveal the connection between policing and daily community life in the past.

The site sits on Samwell Street near the Court House and Shire Hall, making it straightforward to locate. It operates as a library and museum that welcomes visitors interested in exploring the region's past.

In 1937 the barracks had grown too large for Croydon's small police force, so it was cut into sections: only a small part stayed as the police station, the kitchen became a tracker's quarters, and the rest was sold as timber. The 1889 lock-up was kept but reclad.