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.
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Heritage listing for remains of copper mining complex
The Mount Elliott Mining Complex, south of Cloncurry, has been entered in the Queensland Heritage Register as an archaeological place.
Queensland Heritage Council Chair, Professor Peter Coaldrake, said it was one of the major copper smelting sites in north Queensland during the early 20th century but had been abandoned for many years.
“The site includes remnants of the Mount Elliott Mine, the smelter, a range of associated infrastructure, scattered archaeological artefacts, the abandoned town of Selwyn and its associated cemetery,” Professor Coaldrake said.
“The place has the potential to provide us with important information about Queensland’s history including the early copper smelter practices and technologies used at the time.
“At its peak in 1918, some 1500 people lived in the township of Selwyn and there is potential to answer questions about how they lived and worked in this complex historic mining landscape.”
Professor Coaldrake said the Mount Elliott Mining Complex was an important part of a broader historic mining landscape as it helped initiate other extractive and primary processing industries in the Cloncurry region and north-west Queensland generally.
“The remaining infrastructure and mining artefacts at the Mount Elliott site and the remains of the Selwyn township provide important comparative material to other mining sites in the region, particularly the Kuridala and Mount Cuthbert mining sites.
“Heritage listing will ensure the potential archaeological values are protected and managed properly,” he said.
“This doesn’t mean development cannot occur in the future – it just means that archaeological issues will need to be addressed in the same way that other development prerequisites are handled.”
Professor Coaldrake said Ivanhoe Australia had several mining leases over the site and a vision to once again mine copper in the area.
“Ivanhoe Australia should be commended for the archaeological investigations already conducted on the site and for committing to a heritage agreement with the Department of Environment and Resource Management to manage ongoing issues and possible impacts going forward,” he said.
Fourteen archaeological sites have been entered in the Queensland Heritage Register since 2008 when the archaeological place category was introduced through amendments to the Queensland Heritage Act 1992.
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.