Woonona - Historic buildings

Woonona Post Office

Address: 430 Princes Highway, Woonona

The Post Office building was designed by Walter Liberty Vernon, a government architect. It is a single storey brick building with a corrugated metal roof. Built in 1903 by G E Frazer using local brick, the building was completed on 23 September 1903 and was officially opened on 28 September by the Hon. George Fuller MP.

This building is currently being used as a Pre-School Centre and the current post Office is now located in the eastern side of the Princes Highway. (City of Wollongong Heritage Study, 1991)

Woonona Infants School

Address: Gray Street, Woonona

Built in 1890. Another large classroom was added in 1902. A single storey brick building with a corrugated metal roof in simple Federation style. Block was destroyed by fire and replaced by brick veneer block facing Gray St in 1965.

Another two storey infants block was completed in 1927 and the original 1884 school was then demolished. Two storey brick building with tiled roof, Inter-War Stripped classical style. (City of Wollongong Heritage Study, 1991)

Woonona Industrial Co-operative

2-22 Ball Street, Woonona

This is a large two storey rendered brick building with an ornate parapet of moulded decoration. The Co-operative Society (est. 1886) began baking bread in 1904 and made as many as 40,000 loaves a week. The Co-operative was headquarters of the Coast Co-operative society which had three thousand members. It is an unusual commercial landmark building of simplified and eclectic Inter-War Spanish mission style. (City of Wollongong Heritage Study, 1991)

Woonona School of Arts

Address: 479 Princes Highway

The original building was built in 1862 on land purchased by John Sommerville, Thomas Hale, William Sommerville and John Collaery. This building stood until 1935, when the trustees at the time built the present premises, which is a single storey brick and tile building. There was a large hall, a reading room, library, two meeting rooms, a billiard room and a kitchen. (City of Wollongong Heritage Study, 1991)