Stage Number: MBSH.02.01.22
Group: Southern
Local Study Area: Dutton Park-South Woolloongabba-Buranda
Epoch: Early 20th Century
Street Address: 43 Taylor St. & 10-14 Queen Bess St, Woolloongabba
Latitude & Longitude: -27.49416667,153.03816667
Time Link: 1937
Map Link: 1936
Image Time Point: 1936
Opened 1937, Architect: Frank Cullen. Despite the Great Depression (1929-39), Brisbane’s Catholic Archbishop James Duhig embarked on an ambitious building program of churches, convents or schools, of which St Luke’s is an example. Duhig (nicknamed ‘The Builder’) preferred prominent sites, in which to display the prominence of Roman Catholicism. So this Spanish Mission style church was built on a hilltop location accessing both Taylor and Queen Streeets.
Brisbane City Council, HERITAGE REGISTER SUMMARY, http://bit.ly/2tckMSE
Qimagery. Brisbane 1936. Scale: 1:11,000.
