Blue Plaque: Customs House Robe SA, Australia
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froghoppin
S 37° 09.749 E 139° 45.162
54H E 389254 N 5886374
The Robe customs house was built in 1863 to cater for the large number of Chinese passing through the port en route to the Victorian goldfields trying to avoid an arrival tax.
Waymark Code: WMG3P0
Location: South Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 01/08/2013
Views: 8
The Robe Customs House is centrally located at the Royal Circus, a roundabout overlooking the small harbour.Built (1863) of limestone and brick quoins, the Customs House is a curiously shaped five-sided building with a panoramic view of Guichen Bay and the surrounding countryside.
Indicative of the size of the town perhaps, it later was used as the local council chambers and in 1969 was converted into a museum.
Blue Plaque managing agency: Robe district council
Individual Recognized: No individual, a building
Physical Address:
Royal Circus roundabout
Robe, SA Australia
5276
Web Address: [Web Link]
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