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Heritage Council criticises heritage demolition
The Queensland Heritage Council today criticised the Queensland government’s decision to demolish the heritage-listed former Queensland Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute workshops in Kent Street, Woolloongabba.
QHC Chair David Eades said Queensland Health had sought the Heritage Council’s recommendation about demolishing the buildings to make way for medical research facilities adjacent to the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
“As the state’s independent advisor on heritage, the Heritage Council recommended the building be retained due to its significant heritage values and because we believed there were alternatives to demolition,” Mr Eades said.
“While we’re not denying the government has the power to make this decision, make no mistake: they are knocking down a heritage-listed building.
“If the State government chooses to act like a red-neck developer then that is their decision but it reeks of hypocrisy.
“If anyone else does this in Queensland, the government slams them with a hefty fine.
“This decision will make it very difficult for the Department of Environment and Resource Management officers when they have to assess development applications that impact on heritage places.
“The Heritage Council is not standing in the way of development. We just don’t think the government has explored its other options properly.”
The former Queensland Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institute occupied the site from 1888 until the end of last year.
Its 1908 brick basket shop, a 1913 two-storied brick workshops building and 1940s brick toilet block adjoining the two buildings, were entered into the Queensland Heritage Register last August.
The buildings were the product of the first formal attempt to train and employ blind and deaf workers in Queensland.
Date: 4 December 2009