Bundaberg Police Station, Heritage-listed police station in Bundaberg Central, Australia
The Bundaberg Police Station is a heritage-listed former court house and police station at the corner of Maryborough and Quay Streets. The former court house is a rendered masonry and timber building constructed from 1882 to 1884, designed by George St Paul Connolly in a T-shape. The former lock-up keeper's quarters is a single-storeyed brick and timber building, and the lock-up is a single-storeyed L-shaped brick building, both built in 1900.
The building started as a courthouse in 1882 serving the Queensland judicial system. In 1958 it became a police station, marking a shift from purely legal functions to active law enforcement operations that continued for many years.
The T-shaped layout shows how people organized law enforcement buildings in the 1800s, with separate spaces for administration and holding prisoners. You can still see this practical division when you walk through the building today.
The former police station complex stands at the corner of Maryborough and Quay Streets, with the main address on Quay Street, opposite Anzac Park on the Burnett River. The 1882–84 court house is the rendered masonry and timber building; the 1900 lock-up and keeper's quarters are single-storeyed brick structures behind it. The site is not open as a hostel; it is a heritage-listed former police station.
The 1900 lock-up keepers quarters and the L-shaped brick lockup survive beside the former court house, while the grand two-storey brick police station built with them was later demolished. The site was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 1 December 1998.
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