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Beginning in the late 1820s, free traders operated in Newcastle harbour, during which period temporary buildings were used to house the customs officers, though the quality of these buildings was believed to be unsatisfactory. To find a more permanent solution, a plan was made for a new customs building, and a contract was signed in 1871, but no significant work was ever completed.<ref name="nswshr-1403" />
 
A plan for a new building proposed by architect [[James Barnet]] werewas accepted by the government in July 1874,.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Customs House, Newcastle, New South Wales, 1977 / Richard Stringer - Catalogue {{!}} National Library of Australia |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/6938349 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=catalogue.nla.gov.au |language=en}}</ref> andBy October of that year, the site had been fenced off, and preliminary construction began with a budget of £13,200.<ref name="nswshr-1403" /> Celebrations were held for the final stone laying in 1876, but the building was not completed until April of the following year, and it was unoccupied and unopened for business until November of 1877.<ref name="nswshr-1403" /> A [[time ball]] was also installed on the spire that year, dropping every day at 1pm until the 1940s, when [[World War II]] had begun.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collections |first=Special |date=2021-12-03 |title=Newcastle's Customs House Time Ball |url=https://hunterlivinghistories.com/2021/12/03/nctle-time-ball/ |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=Hunter Living Histories |language=en-US}}</ref> A gun was also installed nearby, at [[Port of Newcastle]], and following the restoration of the time ball in 1988,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Time Ball, Newcastle Customs House 1988 |url=https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/114631 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=Living Histories |language=en}}</ref> the gun fires daily at 1pm, at the same time as the time ball.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Time Gun Firings |url=https://newcastle.nsw.gov.au/fort-scratchley/visit-the-fort/time-gun-firings |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=City of Newcastle |language=en}}</ref>
 
An additional wing was added to the building in late 1897, which was completed by the start of 1900.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-02-08 |title=Newcastle |url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/newcastle-20040208-gdkq60.html |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> In 1924, the clock was recommissioned, and in 1956, a major refurbishment was carried out.<ref name="nswshr-1403" /> In January 1959, a fire caused severe damage to the roof and two floors of the building, with damages estimated at £13,000.<ref name="nswshr-1403" />
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