Jolimont Centre
{{Short description|Commercial building and bus station in Canberra, Australia}}
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|name = Jolimont Centre
|image = Jolimont Centre January 2014.jpg
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|caption = Jolimont Centre in January 2014
|location = Northbourne Avenue, Civic, Australian Capital Territory
|coordinates = {{coord|-35.277585|149.129050|display=title, inline}}
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|opening = 5 May 1983
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|floor_count = 6
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|floor_area = 12,400 square metres
|architect = Godfrey and Spowers
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|main_contractor = Civil & Civic
|developer = Lend Lease Development
|owner = AMP
|website =[https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/stop/4263/ Public Transport Victoria]
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The Jolimont Centre is a commercial building in Canberra, Australia. It is also the city's long-distance coach station.
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.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126851426 At last, a plan to develop the Jolimont site] Canberra Times 13 October 1981 page 2 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.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110918551 Jolimont site to be used for tourist complex] Canberra Times 24 October 1978 page 1 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.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116470261 Topping-Off Ceremony] Canberra Times 16 September 1982[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131842372 $20m Jolimont Centre opens] Canberra Times 6 May 1983
During the construction phase, the building was sold to AMP.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126865848 AMP Society buys $18m Jolimont Centre project] Canberra Times 16 December 1981 A two-storey General Post Office was also built.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116378204 Canberra GPO] Canberra Times 10 April 1983 page 12 It opened on 5 May 1983, with Ansett Pioneer and Greyhound using the coach terminal for services to Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney."Jolimont tourist centre" Canberra Times 5 February 1985 page 6[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131842208 New Greyhound terminal] Canberra Times 5 May 1983 page 21 Later, CountryLink, Deluxe Coachlines, McCafferty's, Murrays, Transborder Express, Trans City and V/Line began using the terminal.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131704015? Travel times] Canberra Times 30 May 1986[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130631799 Run across the Nullabor marks the beginning] Canberra Times 30 November 1986[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/118140662 Countrylink in Canberra] Canberra Times 28 September 1994[https://web.archive.org/web/20010125073400/http://mccaffertys.com.au/links/links5/ttable23.html Sydney to Melbourne] McCafferty's
The 1993 Jolimont Centre siege saw the centre rammed by a vehicle rigged with petrol and gas canisters.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127527729 Announcers tell of escape] Canberra Times 30 November 1993 page 6[https://web.archive.org/web/20140204032427/http://www.sendingflowers.com.au/sending-flowers-articles/1993/12/1/siege-man-sent-note-flowers Siege Man Sent Note, Flowers] Sydney Morning Herald 1 December 1993[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127252902 Jolimont IR workers take early holidays] Canberra Times 8 December 1993 page 3 The commercial space has since been converted to a Novotel hotel.[http://novotelcanberra.com.au/ Novotel Canberra] Novotel
Coach operators
References
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Category:Bus stations in Australia
Category:Bus transport in Canberra
Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1983
Category:Commercial buildings in the Australian Capital Territory
Category:Hotels in the Australian Capital Territory
Category:Transport buildings and structures in the Australian Capital Territory