Mount Gambier Fire Station

The Mount Gambier Fire Station, at 40a Sturt Street, in Mount Gambier, South Australia is a historic site listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. It was built in 1955. It was deemed notable as "an unusual and intact example of a mid-1950s utilitarian purpose built service building. The building is representative of post-war functionalist architecture on a minor scale, and was the basis of the prototype for of a number of new regional fire stations. It demonstrates the provision and upgrading of public utilities after World War Two (Mt Gambier Heritage Survey, 1994)."[1]

Mount Gambier Fire Station
Mount Gambier Fire Station is located in Australia
Mount Gambier Fire Station
Location of Mount Gambier Fire Station in Australia
LocationMount Gambier, South Australia
Coordinates37.832216°S 140.784415°E / -37.832216; 140.784415
Built1955

As of 2018, the building is being used as an optometrist office.[2][3]

The current Mount Gambier Fire Station is located at 20 Crouch Street. It is staffed by alternating shifts of 5 firefighters during the day, and is backed up by retained crew overnight.

References
  1. "SA Heritage Places: Mount Gambier Fire Station". Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. Google street view, image capture January 2010, accessed 14 October 2018}}
  3. "Tony Bolton Optometrist at The Eye Station". Retrieved 14 October 2018.


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