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Brown's Mart

Location
Lot 6569(A) Town of Darwin,
Wharf end of Smith Street, opposite the Town Hall Ruins.
 
Gazettal Date
19 March 1996.
Northern Territory Government Gazette No. S7.
 
Description
A simple rectangular stone (local porcellanite) building with corrugated galvanised iron hipped gabled roof. Note that the building was damaged in the cyclones of 1897 and 1974 and reconstructed/modified to acccommodate the new theatre after the latter.
 
Statement of Heritage Value
Brown's Mart is a unique stone building with architectural, historic and social significance relating to the economic and social development of Darwin and is highly regarded as a landmark building in the city.
 
Further Reading
See also Brown's Mart Information Sheet

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