The Ballarat East Fire Station, in Ballarat East,

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, Australia is the oldest continually operating

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in the Southern Hemisphere. The tower was designed by local architect

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and was built in 1864 by William Cowland, a builder and fire brigade volunteer. Caselli's design for an Engine House was not built; an 1858-built structure was used. The Engine House was replaced by a new one in 1916. It was one site of the first operational telephone, made by Henry Sutton, which connected this station to the

Ballarat Fire Station The 'Ballarat Fire Station' is an historic fire station in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia which was opened in 1856. On the morning of 7 December 1859 a large fire destroyed twenty-one hotels, stores and dwellings, a large number of outhouses and p ...

in Ballarat, to help the two stations pinpoint the locations of fires and coordinate their responses. It is located at 20-22 Barkly Street in Ballarat East.

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