My heritage place
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Tyrconnell gold mine, part of the Hodgkinson goldfield in far north Queensland, was once home to 10,000 gold miners and their families.
Andrew Barnes

Andrew is a Brisbane-based structural engineer.
For 20 years, has worked with heritage buildings from an engineering perspective. He has consulted on projects relating to heritage-listed places such as the Breakfast Creek Hotel, Brisbane RNA Showgrounds and the Pyrmont Bridge in Sydney, and was involved with heritage assessments for Brisbane's North-South Bypass Tunnel.
Andrew chairs the Queensland Division of the Heritage Committee of Engineers Australia.