The Gundagai Courthouse, set on an elevated position overlooking the town, is one of the few remaining courthouses in New South Wales designed by colonial architect Alexander Dawson. Built in 1859 from sandstone in a Greek Revival style, it replaced the buildings destroyed or damaged in the 1852 flood and has been in continuous use as a working courthouse ever since.
The building's most famous trial took place in 1879, when the bushranger Captain Moonlite (Andrew George Scott) was tried here following the Wantabadgery Station siege. Moonlite was convicted and later hanged in Sydney. The courthouse interior, with its original cedar fittings, was damaged by fire in 1943 but subsequently restored. It is still an active legal venue — check before visiting whether court is in session.