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Brooweena Historical Village and Museum

Howard, Torbanlea and Surrounds Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

The Brooweena Historical Village is a charming village depicting what life was like in days gone by, set in a tranquil rural setting in the hamlet of Brooweena 304 kilometres north of Brisbane. Europeans first ...

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Gatakers Artspace & Creative Space

Maryborough Art, History & Culture

The Gatakers Building was built for Robert Travis in 1868. It' and the warehouse located behind, later became a warehouse for wine and spirit merchants, Graham and Gataker in 1885. In 1906 when John Graham reti...

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Colonial Naval Guns

Maryborough Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

Visit Queen’s Park and marvel at the nineteenth century gun technology, including an early version of a machine gun. You may have noticed there is an empty concrete plinth next to the naval guns. What was it fo...

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Excelsior Band Hall

Maryborough Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

Maryborough’s modern Excelsior Band Hall replaces the earlier hall destroyed by fire in 1987. It was designed in Victorian Style to compliment the precinct. The design choice also commemorates the length of t...

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School of Arts

Maryborough Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

This School of Arts building was constructed in the classic revival style in 1887 and contained a library, museum, reading room, technical college and a billiard room. It replaced the first School of Arts built...

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Customs House and Residence

Maryborough Art, History & Culture

The glorious colonial architecture of the Customs House and Residence, honours the once significant influence of Her Majesty’s Customs Service on the city of Maryborough. In the early 1900s Maryborough was th...

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264 Kent Street

Maryborough Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

264 Kent Street is another great addition to the variety of historically significant buildings to be found in Maryborough on the Fraser Coast. This building at 264 Kent Street was erected in 1875 and was occup...

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J E Brown Warehouse

Maryborough Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

J E Brown commenced business as a provisions and victuals merchant in 1857 in Richmond Street. In 1879 J E Brown had this two-storey brick warehouse built and was designed by a local architect James Buchanan. ...

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Old Maryborough Railway Station

Maryborough Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

Built-in 1882, the heritage-listed Maryborough Railway Station features a Victorian design. The stationmaster’s residence has much of the character of larger Queensland houses of that era. The railway complex a...

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Band Rotunda and Fairy Fountain

Maryborough Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

Miss Janet Melville bequeathed the Fairy Fountain and Band Rotunda in memory of her brother Andrew who was Mayor of Maryborough in 1863. The entire structure was imported from Scotland in 1890 after the Hon. A...

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Maryborough City Hall

Maryborough Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

Designed by Brisbane architects Hall and Dods in American colonial style, Maryborough City Hall was erected in 1908 to replace the original timber Town Hall which stood on the opposite side of Kent Street. The ...

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Maheno Shipwreck

K'gari (Formerly Fraser Island) Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

The Maheno, the most famous of the K'gari (formerly Fraser Island) wrecks, was driven ashore just north of Happy Valley during a cyclone in 1935. Once a well-known trans-Tasman liner, the Maheno was bound for ...

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Original Maryborough Town Site

Maryborough Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

Pioneer graves help to create a sense of history when visiting the Original Maryborough site, known as the Wide Bay Village, it was first settled by Aldridge and the Palmer Brothers in 1848, although George Fur...

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Cenotaph and Memorial Gates

Maryborough Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

The Maryborough Cenotaph was erected in 1922 with funds obtained by public subscription as a memorial to the fallen of the First World War. The memorial includes five Italian Carrara marble statues which port...

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The Story Bank

Maryborough Art, History & Culture

Once upon a time, a baby girl was born in the upstairs bedroom at the Australian Joint Stock Bank, Kent Street in Maryborough, Queensland. Her name was Helen Lyndon Goff, but she became known to the world as P...

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Maryborough Family Heritage Research Institute

Maryborough Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

Housed in a beautiful old building, Maryborough Family Heritage Institute holds one of the largest collections of genealogy records in Queensland. The institute has an extensive amount of research material avai...

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Maryborough Town Hall Green

Maryborough Art, History & Culture

For many decades Maryborough Town Hall Green has been a place for residents and visitors to meet and is a popular vantage point to sit and watch the passing parade. It was here at the site of the first Maryboro...

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Brennan & Geraghty’s Store Museum

Maryborough Art, History & Culture

Please note Brennan & Geraghty’s is currently closed. Heritage conservation is a complex and meticulous process, and the team appreciates the public's patience and support as they work towards the best outcome ...

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HMAS Tobruk Dive

Hervey Bay Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

A new diving attraction to the Fraser Coast. The 127-metre heavy-lift former navy ship involved in 26 major operations will spend the rest of its life in the waters between the Fraser Coast and Bundaberg as a ...

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Urangan Pier

Hervey Bay Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

A must-see attraction at Queensland's Fraser Coast is Hervey Bay's famous and historic Urangan Pier - it's one of the longest in Australia. It stretches for almost one kilometre into the ocean. A walk to the e...

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Freedom Park

Hervey Bay Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

Freedom Park is in the historical heart of Hervey Bay. The Pialba War Memorial, unveiled in 1921 to commemorate the men from the district who served in World War I, forms the centre of a memorial complex that...

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Bauple Heritage Trail

Tiaro & Hinterland Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

The Bauple Heritage Trail acknowledges the rich historical foundations of the small village of Bauple also known as the original home of the macadamia or 'bopple'nut. The self-guided tour is approximately 3.3km...

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Mary Valley Rattler

Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

Let them take you back in time to a bygone era aboard the Historic Mary Valley Rattler! The Historic Gympie Station on Tozer Street has been restored to its former glory. Rusty Rails Cafe offers a variety of me...

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Maryboroughs Guns

Maryborough Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

The Maryborough's Guns represent the rich history of the Fraser Coast region. The beginning of the First World War saw the Royal Australian Navy begin the process of updating its armoury. They presented the ...

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