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BEEHIVE BUILDING COMPLEX
306-314 HARGREAVES STREET AND 18-26 PALL MALL AND 2-11 ALLANS WALK AND 1-5 BEEHIVE PLAZA BENDIGO, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

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BEEHIVE BUILDING COMPLEX SOHE 2008
BEEHIVE BUILDING COMPLEX SOHE 2008
BEEHIVE BUILDING COMPLEX SOHE 2008
1 former mining exchange building bendigo front view beehive building
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Statement of Significance

The Beehive Building and site, including the former Bendigo Mining Exchange (and what is now Allan's Walk) was built to the design of the noted architect Charles Webb.

The original Beehive Store dated from the 1850's. This was followed by a single-storey building reaching from Pall Mall to Hargreaves Street. In 1864 a two-storey building having similarity to the present structure was erected. On its first floor were the offices of share-brokers that by this stage and become an essential part of the speculative financing of mining ventures in the Bendigo district. In August 1871 at a time of hectic share trading the Beehive caught fire with extensive damage caused to the building. Within nine months the present building had been erected. Accommodation for the brokers was provided in the new building on the floor above what is now Allan's walk. Share trading occurred in the open space below and even spilled out into the street at times of intense activity. The whole formed a stylish arcade-like structure with an opening in the first floor to the skylight above. The twentieth century Allan's Walk partitioning has obscured the original Victorian period detailing (including columns) which was originally in keeping in with the Victorian period character of the first floor. The front elevation consists of a restrained classical facade with the beehive image a feature of a centrally located parapet.

The Beehive building and the former Bendigo mining exchange is important for its association with early Bendigo, and for its association of retail commerce and mining speculation.

The former Bendigo mining exchange (including Allan's Walk) was one of only two regional Victorian mining exchanges, and is important for its association with gold mining in the Bendigo district, one of Victoria's greatest gold mining centres in the nineteenth century.

The Beehive building and the former mining exchange are important examples of the work of the noted architect Charles Webb.

The complex is also an important component of the Pall Mall streetscape, one of the most notable Victorian period streetscapes in the State.

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    • Permit Exemptions

      BEEHIVE BUILDING COMPLEX - Permit Exemptions

      General Exemptions:

      General exemptions apply to all places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). General exemptions have been designed to allow everyday activities, maintenance and changes to your property, which don’t harm its cultural heritage significance, to proceed without the need to obtain approvals under the Heritage Act 2017.

      Places of worship: In some circumstances, you can alter a place of worship to accommodate religious practices without a permit, but you must notify the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria before you start the works or activities at least 20 business days before the works or activities are to commence.

      Subdivision/consolidation: Permit exemptions exist for some subdivisions and consolidations. If the subdivision or consolidation is in accordance with a planning permit granted under Part 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the application for the planning permit was referred to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria as a determining referral authority, a permit is not required.

      Specific exemptions may also apply to your registered place or object. If applicable, these are listed below. Specific exemptions are tailored to the conservation and management needs of an individual registered place or object and set out works and activities that are exempt from the requirements of a permit. Specific exemptions prevail if they conflict with general exemptions.

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