Stage Number: MBNH.09.01.96
Group: Old Town & River
Local Study Area: Brisbane City (CBD)
Epoch: Early 20th Century
Street Address: 289 Queen St, Brisbane City
Latitude & Longitude: -27.46761111,153.02825
Time Link: 1930
Map Link: 1934
Image Time Point: 1934
Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Building was built in 1930-31, Architects: Hennessey, Hennessey & Co. Colonial Mutual Life Assurance occuppied its building from 1931 to 1983. It had an arcade of shops and rented offices on the upper floors. It was then bought by the owners of The Courier Mail, when it underwent a two-year refit and restoration. It reopened in 1985 as ‘Newspaper House’ and it entered the public consciousness via the newspaper’s role in the vital Fitzgerald Enquiry (1987-89). In 1994, it was remodelled to be become ‘The Manor House’ apartments.
Jack Ford, Historic Houses Association of Australia’s Brisbane tour notes, (Ford, 2017); Department of Enviroment & Heritage Protection, Qld Heritage Register citation No.600160
QSA. QSA Series ID 2058 Moreton District Maps – A Series. 4 miles to the inch. Moreton District. 4miles to the inch. Survey Office, Brisbane. 634883
