The former Beechworth Courthouse was built in 1852 and ceased operating as a courthouse in 1989. Local history records that Ned Kelly, his mother and other bushrangers appeared in the courtroom of the Beechworth Courthouse.
The sandstone courthouse building of the Murrurundi Courthouse, New South Wales was constructed in 1840. With the increase in bushrangers in the area it was initially intended to be a temporary arrangement so as to have a place from which to administer justice.
The Norwood Courthouse 1937 in Norwood, Adelaide was one of the few police courthouse buildings built during the interwar period. It was reported at the time as being the ‘most commanding building outside the City’.
Courthouses in Australia reflect a diverse heritage of built form to meet colonial needs for the administration of justice.