Mittagong Historical Buildings
The history of some of the important buildings in Mittagong.
Turn right into Station St where you will see the old post office (now Patchwork Cottage) and the police station, a stone and timber Victorian Classical Revival structure with quoins.
At the intersection of Albert and Queen St is the town library, housed in what was the town's first public school (1848). Turn right into Queen St. At its end is Lake Alexandra surrounded by a reserve where there are picnic and barbecue facilities, bushwalks and plenty of birdlife. This artificial lagoon was originally a dam built to supply water for the steam engines which hauled coal to the ironworks. The walk to Mt Alexandra is well-signposted with red information signs, starting from the corner of Leopold and Victoria Streets, leading under the F5 bypass to Sixty Foot Falls, along the northern side of Gibbergunyah Creek and back to Lake Alexandra.