Self-Guided HERITAGE TOUR MAP: Explore ’s most significant historic site with a self-guided walking tour.

he Cathedral Square Precinct Revitalised as a vibrant new urban is one of the most historically neighbourhood the precinct now attracts important and iconic sites in both locals and tourits to a new desitnation the Perth CBD bordered by St of arts, discovery, dining, retail and Georges Terrace, , Hay Street entertainment experiences. Tand Pier Street. The site comprises of the There is much to discover at Cathedral Square former government buildings known locally including rich history, inspiring public art and as the State Buildings, , St stunning design. George’s Cathedral, The Deanery, the State Administrative Tribunal building, the new Library and the David Malcolm Justice Centre. Welcome to CATHEDRAL SQUARE POINT ZERO

oint Zero is the marker from which An understated plaque marking the adoption all distances to Perth are measured was laid in 1975. Now, it continues to be the and represents the centre point marker for all distances measured to and and heart of the city. from Perth worldwide and as a corner of the revitalised Cathedral Square precinct, PSituated on the south-east corner of the marks a return of activity for the city to Old Treasury Building on the corner of where it all began. and St Georges Tce, the marker was chosen during the building’s life as the state’s first Post Office, and adopted in 1925, two years after it ceased operating as a post office.

ASCALON

tanding proud outside St George’s the triumph of good over evil, with the sculpture’s Cathedral is Ascalon. The striking, angled pole and white billow representing St billowing white sculpture that stands George’s lance, cloak and steed and its black base before St George’s Cathedral was reminiscent of the defeated body of the dragon. created in 2011 by artists, Marcus Canning and ChristianS de Vietri. The artwork aims to evoke a sense of righteous power and victory over a force of An abstract interpretation of the legend of St darkness and oppression. George and the dragon, the sculpture depicts Keep exploring, next up the State Buildings… THE STATE BUILDINGS

nter the State Buildings off St block, Treasury, Survey Department, GPO, Georges Terrace and arrive into Immigration Offices, office of the Premier and Postal Hall, formerly Perth’s Cabinet, Lands Department and Titles Building DIRTY DEEDS General Post Office. — but had been empty and unused since the government vacated. The State Buildings are one of the most alk around Iconic back towards Eiconic heritage buildings in Perth. The three the State Buildings and on the connecting buildings that were formally known exterior wall of Petition Kitchen you as the Lands, Titles and Treasury buildings will find Dirty Deeds. and had been vacant for twenty years. Over their 140-year history, they’ve been used Dirty Deeds is a work that illustrates exactly where as Public Offices, a Police Court and cell Wthe two holding cells for the Police Court used to stand and the kind of people who spent time there. ‘A miserable little box,’ was how the cells were de- scribed by one commentator in the press at the time, ‘shocked at the smallness and want of ventilation and ICONIC light’ by another. The footprint of the original cells can now be seen etched into the granite outside the restaurant, alk outside and down the steps to and revitalisation taking place on this site. including the tiny windows and entry doors to the Barrack Street and head north. The sculpture is characterized by the buttressed cells. Alongside the incorporation of the original On your right, outside the interweaving of stainless steel tubes, which architecture of the site, the artists also trawled David Malcolm Justice rise lineally as a contemporary expression of an through the archival records of the Police Court Centre, you will pass a great metal structure ancient tree form. News of the time to uncover the names and Wknown as Iconic. This piece of art is symbolic deeds of some of the detainees who were held in of the tree that was felled at this site in 1829 to At pavement level the trifurcated sculpture the cells during the first years of the Police commemorate the Foundation of Perth. The tree girths an eccentric reference to the geographical Courts operation. The alleged criminal’s full acts as a source of knowledge of Perth’s shared significance of this site overlaying an engraved name, trade or status, the crime they were cultural and historical identity and stands as a end grain detail signifying the location where accused of committing and the date of their symbol for the cyclic patterns of regeneration the tree was felled to mark Perth’s Foundation. court appearance are included in the work. ST GEORGE’S CATHEDRAL

alk over to the stunning City of nce you have explored the Designed in the Gothic revival tradition, the Perth Library. The purpose-built, magnificent library, make your cathedral was built from uniquely West seven-storey, state-of-the-art, way back down Cathedral Ave and Australian materials, including jarrah roof trusses circular building is the first major into St George’s Cathedral. Built and arches, limestone from and bricks civic building to be constructed since by convicts, it is one of only a few cathedrals manufactured in three different brickyards along Wthe Perth Concert Hall was built nearly 40 Oconstructed entirely of handmade bricks. It was the Swan River. years ago. consecrated in 1888 and has stood in the heart of Cathedral Square as a landmark architectural The City of Perth Library features a dedicated gem for almost 130 years. History Centre, Young Adult and Children’s floors complete with a living Tree of Knowledge and an outdoor terrace overlooking Cathedral Square.

The ground floor overlooks Perth’s largest living green wall; while high above, the ceiling showcases renowned artist Andrew Nicholls’ Delight and Hurt Not — an artwork that re-tells Shakespeare’s The Tempest, from a Western Australian perspective. O LEARN T MO EN R E E K

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