—originally the Manager’s
mbala saleyards, which were
.
c 1920
- corner of Burton Street
rly a maternity hospital,
elling—cedar joinery and
ings
c 1912
ic School
c 1875
ch
1911
h lock up, replacing an earlier
rn side of the river
c 1882
eet—private home
c1870
n Ground—first show in
avilion opened in 1927
with locally quarried stone.
with iron roof and Gothic
open verandah with iron
ocal solicitor
c 1870
h fretted barge boards and
n columns and trim. Former
nd residence
c 1865
Hospital
c 1885
d as staff quarters for the
lth Service
—now a private residence
c 1890
x
an Church, Cardwell St. c 1856
e—now Mailcoach Inn. Built
nd has distinctive chimneys
c 1885
behind the Community Centre
n of Hamilton’s Inn which was
was the first building on the
Bombala. The town was
fter the owner applied to take
around the establishment.
34. National Australia Bank –originally the
Commercial Bank
c 1871
35. Earl’s Chemist Shop, now a hairdressers
- modernised in 1926
c 1860
36. Masonic temple
c 1863
Second storey of shingles and iron roof added
in 1920
37. Literary Institute made from local bricks and
designed by J.F.H. Tilley. Built as a partial two
storey building, it has internal and external
staircases. The upper storey provided gallery
and theatre facilities
c 1871
38. RSL Club—former Bank of NSW—two
storey brick building, slate roof with ventilators.
Fine chimneys. Fence incorporates original
gates
c 1880
39. The White House—originally the Commercial
Bank, now a private dwelling
c 1860
40. Two storey house—clock built into upstairs
window
c 1870
41. Goodman’s Stores—weatherboard with a
decorative verandah supported on paired timber
columns on brick plinths.
c 1890
42. Bombala Post Office—brick cottage with iron
hipped roof, face brick with rough cast details
set back with a forecourt
c 1915
43. Globe Hotel still retains its original awnings
and part of its tiled dado
Please remember that many of these buildings are
private dwellings and respect the owners’ privacy.
Produced by
Platypus Country Visitors Information Centre
with the assistance of the
Bombala and District Historical Society Inc.
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updated May 2016
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housing an amazing collection
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clubhouse is modelled after the
3. Former Bombala Railway Statio
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Was once a grocers store.
5. Bombala Court House
6. St Mary’s Catholic Church
replacing an earlier church bui
7. 10 Manning Street—old two st
8. Former Catholic Church presby
9. Olympia Theatre is of timber c
pressed metal façade, originall
Cinema Theatre
10. Store modernised in early 192
11. Imperial Hotel—two storey br
with timber columns and cast
shingle roof covered with iron
12. Bombala Hotel, originally calle
Arms”. At the rear you will fin
original stone buildings.
13. War Memorial, featuring an It
figure on a trachyte base.
Moved from the centre of the
present position in 1937.
14. 67 Maybe Street - Early red br
15. Uniting Church
16. Corner of Keys and Maybe
a boarding house. Recently