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
All Saints Anglican Church at Tamrookum near Beaudesert is family-owned, built in 1915 as a memorial to Robert Martin Collins.
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Old Government House scoops Heritage Award gold but small regional projects not lost
One of Queensland’s most recognisable colonial buildings, the beautifully-restored Old Government House, has made a clean sweep of the Queensland Heritage Awards.
Governor Penelope Wensley tonight presented Queensland University of Technology with the Queensland Heritage Council Gold Award for its restoration and adaptation of the 1860s sandstone building.
Old Government House’s curator Dr Katie McConnel received the Governor’s Heritage Award for a 21st century take on the place; a multi-media interpretative display including touch-screen kiosk, mini-documentary and 3D timeline.
Age-old skills and technology combined to earn Old Government House the much prized John Herbert Award.
The Queensland and Bendigo Bank Heritage Awards are presented by the National Trust of Queensland, in partnership with the Queensland Heritage Council.
Nineteen heritage places – from Goomeri to Ingham, Peel Island to Surat – were recognised tonight in three award categories:
- Queensland Heritage Council Awards, honouring conservation works on places entered in the Queensland Heritage Register
- Governor’s Heritage Awards, recognising heritage projects and conservation on places which are not entered in the Queensland Heritage Register
- National Trust Community Awards paying tribute to extraordinary voluntary work by individuals or organisations.
Queensland Heritage Council member, architect Ruth Woods noted that Old Government House was the first major project completed by the newly formed colony.
"How fitting that it should be brought back to its former glory in time for the 150th anniversary and brought to life for future generations to understand and enjoy," Ms Woods said.
National Trust president John Jackson said he was impressed by the range and quality of entries drawn from across the state.
"Some have been completing conservation works on their properties, while others have been involved with special projects that promote and interpret Queensland's history," Dr Jackson said.
Other winners of the 2009 Queensland Heritage Awards are:
Queensland Heritage Council Awards category
Silver medals
Waroo Shire Hall, Surat – for its conservation management plan and the transforming heritage conservation work on this key part of a small rural community
Barambah Station, Goomeri – for its high-level conservation, revitalising a working cattle property
Governor’s Heritage Awards
Joint gold medals
Museum of Brisbane – 10 days in August Ekka-bition and the associated Showtime publication
Riddel Architecture’s makeover of the former West’s Furniture Showroom in Fortitude Valley
Silver medals
Ray and Mei Lin Holyoak for their ‘ground up’ restoration of a 19th century worker’s house at Ravenswood
Friends of Peel Island Association for their book Going to the gums: the lazaret on Peel Island
Riddel Architecture’s conservation management plan of Ingham’s Japanese House
Townsville City Libraries’ engaging Sir Robert Philp lecture series
Highly commended
Conservation management plan by Riddel Architecture for the St Mary’s precinct at Kangaroo Point
Northern Busway Alliance for the Tickets through time heritage art installation, juxtaposing heritage interpretation with existing built heritage
Conservation management plan by Riddel Architecture of Kedron Lodge at Wooloowin
Boggo Road Busway Alliance for best practice protection of historic buildings while carrying out a major engineering project at Dutton Park
Conservation management plan of Maryborough Heritage Centre; once a bank, now a centre for heritage research
Conservation management plan of Morrison Hall on the University of Queensland’s Gatton campus – former wartime hospital.
National Trust Community Awards
Gold medal
Friends of Tingalpa Cemetery Heritage Group for its hands-on Q150 Colonial Living History project, using actors to recreate pioneering life
Silver medals
Volunteer Cecilia Brazil for her work gathering, conserving, assessing and exhibiting material through the Museum of Nursing History at the heritage-listed Lady Lamington Nurses Home
Volunteers at the Heritage Centre, Townsville for their guided tours and care of artefacts in and around the Castling Street centre’s houses
Highly commended
James Harris for Gladstone to Monto by road, a self-published compilation of stories related to a journey through the landscape of central Queensland.
Date: 27 August 2009