Old Legal Precinct
Following the discovery of gold in August 1851, Buninyong briefly became the administrative headquarters of the Ballarat goldfields. A Court of Petty Sessions was proclaimed on 30 September 1851 and a makeshift court house was built.
In 1858 this court house and Mining Warden's office was built of local sandstone. The nearby brick police station was built at the same time.
After a new Town Hall and Court House was built in 1886, this building was refitted as part of the Buninyong Butter Factory, which operated here from November 1892 until 1908.
Subsequently this building became the depot for the Shire of Buninyong, and from 1995 has been cared for by the Buninyong and District Historical Society.