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Jolimont Centre

The Jolimont Centre is a commercial building in Canberra, Australia. It is also the city's long-distance coach station.

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History

In the late 1920s, a timber building named the Jolimont Building was erected in Civic, on a block bounded by Northbourne Avenue, Alinga, Moore, and Rudd Streets. The building had originally been manufactured in England in 1899 for use at Jolimont railway station in Melbourne.[1] It was partially damaged by fire in 1969, and was demolished in 1977.

In 1978, approval was granted for the construction of a hotel complex and a long-distance coach terminal.[2] After the project had not commenced in 1981, Lend Lease Development began work on a six-storey commercial and office complex, which was initially tenanted by the Department of Resources and Energy, the Canberra Tourist Bureau, Prime Television, Trans Australia Airlines, and radio station 2CA.[1][3][4]

During the construction phase, the building was sold to AMP.[5] A two-storey General Post Office was also built.[6] It opened on 5 May 1983, with Ansett Pioneer and Greyhound using the coach terminal for services to Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.[7][8] Later, CountryLink, Deluxe Coachlines, McCafferty's, Murrays, Transborder Express, Trans City and V/Line began using the terminal.[9][10][11][12]

The 1993 Jolimont Centre siege saw the centre rammed by a vehicle rigged with petrol and gas canisters.[13][14][15] The commercial space has since been converted to a Novotel hotel.[16]

Coach operators


References

  1. Jolimont site to be used for tourist complex Canberra Times 24 October 1978 page 1
  2. Topping-Off Ceremony Canberra Times 16 September 1982
  3. $20m Jolimont Centre opens Canberra Times 6 May 1983
  4. AMP Society buys $18m Jolimont Centre project Canberra Times 16 December 1981
  5. Canberra GPO Canberra Times 10 April 1983 page 12
  6. "Jolimont tourist centre" Canberra Times 5 February 1985 page 6
  7. New Greyhound terminal Canberra Times 5 May 1983 page 21
  8. Travel times Canberra Times 30 May 1986
  9. Run across the Nullabor marks the beginning Canberra Times 30 November 1986
  10. Countrylink in Canberra Canberra Times 28 September 1994
  11. Announcers tell of escape Canberra Times 30 November 1993 page 6
  12. Jolimont IR workers take early holidays Canberra Times 8 December 1993 page 3
  13. Canberra - Melbourne via Bairnsdale Public Transport Victoria

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