The facade of the RS Exton and Co premises at 333 Ann Street.
Brisbane’s Shrine of Remembrance, dedicated on Armistice Day in 1930.
The Story Bridge, spanning Brisbane River, was built between 1935 and 1940.
The Masonic temple at Barcaldine was constructed in 1901.
My heritage place
In the late 1990s, land subdivision at Yeronga changed the surroundings of heritage-listed Rhyndarra, a two-storey mansion that had variously served as a grand house.
Heritage listing for former ambulance station
The former Gympie Ambulance Station, established in 1904, has been entered in the Queensland Heritage Register.
Queensland Heritage Council Chair, Professor Peter Coaldrake, said the station was the oldest surviving timber building of its type in Queensland and was important in demonstrating the development of ambulance services in Queensland.
“The establishment of civic ambulance services in regional Queensland centres began in the first decade of the 1900s, and continued during the 20th century,” Professor Coaldrake said.
“This purpose-built station is among the earliest known surviving ambulance stations from this initial phase of establishment; the other two are located at Charters Towers and Ravenswood.
“Additions undertaken during the building’s use as an ambulance station until 1959 are important in illustrating the changing requirements of ambulance services over time which includes the transition from foot travel to motorised transport and the growth in demand of the service.”
These additions include the annexe (1922), the maintenance shed (1924) and rear room extensions (pre-1948), and the detached superintendent’s residence (1920-21).
Professor Coaldrake said the former Gympie Ambulance Station also demonstrated the early role of gold mining towns in developing ambulance stations in Queensland.
“Established during the peak years of Gympie’s gold production, the station’s historical setting, close to large mine headworks and centrally positioned between the centre of town and the One Mile and Monkland areas, illustrates the influence of mining in determining its location.”
The former ambulance station was identified as part of the Statewide heritage survey, being carried out by the Department of Environment and Resource Management’s Heritage Branch.
The Queensland Heritage Council is the State’s independent advisor on heritage matters and determines what places are entered in the Queensland Heritage Register.
Places that are entered in the Heritage Register are considered of importance to Queensland’s history and are protected under heritage legislation.