Photographed 1990
Commissariat Store, William Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 1829.

This is the oldest surviving building in Brisbane, apart from the windmill. The third floor was added in 1912-1913. Its walls, which are more than half a metre thick, are constructed of hammer dressed coarse freestone quarried locally in the area of Albion. The cornerstones are constructed of local tuff or porphyry. Adzed timber beams carry pit-sawn floorboards. The iron-bark shingles on the roof were cut by hand. The second floor was used as a granary, but over the years the building served various purposes including correction centre, immigrant reception, customs office, and archives store. Today the restored building is the headquarters of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland.

Reference: Cameron Ian, 125 Years of State Public Works in Queensland,1859-1984, Boolarong Publications, 1989, p. 125.
 	       Hogan, Janet, text; Stringer, Richard, photographs; Building Queensland’s Heritage, reprinted Boolarong Publications, 1987, p. 11.
                    O’Malley, Dinah, Historic Buildings of Australia, The Macmillan Company of Australia, 1981, pp. 57-8.

Commissariat Store, Brisbane

Photographed 1994
Railway Station, Yass, New South Wales, 1876.

The Great Southern Railway was extended from Gunning to Yass in 1876. The railway was some distance from the site of the newly developing town of Yass, and when a tramway opened in 1892 linking the town to the railway, the station was renamed Yass Junction. The line closed in 1988. The small timber building is now well maintained as a museum. It has a gabled roof with finials and chimney. The hipped entrance verandah is supported on cast iron posts and has a decorative cast iron valance. The platform verandah also has cast iron posts. The adjacent building has a  gabled roof with raised gabled clerestory.

Reference: Mc Nicol, Steve, Railway, Yass- portfolio, Railmac Publishing,, PO Box 290 Elizabeth, SA, 5112, 1992.


Railway Station, Yass

Photographed 1995
Railway Station, Station Street, Seymour, Victoria, 1874, 1884, 1887.

This station has been radically altered and extended. The 1884 building designed by R. Taylor had two turrets and central entrance with clock tower. The entrance was removed to provide for an extra platform. New verandahs and parcel office have been added, and the refreshment room extended. The finish to the windows, quoins, string courses and eaves form a strong contrast with the dark bricks.

Reference: 
Ward, A; Donnelly, A; [i]Victoria’s Railway Stations, an architectural survey, Australian Railway History Society, 1982, vol. 2, p. 157.
Web site, Heritage Council of Victoria, http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au
Web site, Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 'Australian Heritage Database', http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl
Web site Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_railway_station

Railway Station, Seymour

Photographed 1991
Wishart Siding, Darwin to Pine Creek line, Northern Territory, (South Australia).  


Wishart Siding, Darwin to Pine Creek line

Commissariat Store, Albany

Photographed 1991
Commissariat Stores, 40 Macquarie Street, Hobart, Tasmania, 1809. 

This building was used as a store and distribution centre for the supplies which needed to be carefully controlled in the early days of settlement. The upper storey was a forage loft. Although the exterior is plain, interesting features are achieved by the treatment of stonework, for example, the contrast between the banded finish to the ground floor walls and the smooth finish to the upper floor, the rusticated finish of the foundations, and the contrasting stone around the door and windows of the ground floor. A sill divides each level. The roof has been replaced with tiles. The building is now part of the museum.

Reference: Architectural Guide to the City of Hobart, Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Tasmanian Chapter, 1984, p.36.
                  Register of the Tasmanian Heritage Council, R5999.

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