Stage Number: MBNH.09.01.39
Group: Old Town & River
Local Study Area: Brisbane City (CBD)
Epoch: Late 19th Century
Street Address: 40 Elizabeth St & 181-191 George St, Brisbane City
Latitude & Longitude: -27.4715,153.02427778
Time Link: 1886
Map Link: 1887
Image Time Point: 1887
Treasury Chambers was built in 1886, Architect: R. Gailey. It became ‘St Francis House’ and then the ‘Symons Building’ before being demolished in the 1980s. Only the front facade was saved and it stodd alone, on a vacant over for three decades. It is an example of ‘facadism’ approach to heritage taken by the Bjlke-Petersen government. This ended with the heritage register protection enacted by subsequent state governments, after 1990.
Department of Enviroment & Heritage Protection, Qld Heritage Register citation No.600116
QSA. QSA Series ID 2043 City of Brisbane and Suburbs Maps – A1A Series. 40 chains to 1 inch. Brisbane area including the Brisbane River and tributaries, Pine River, and creeks showing entrances to Moreton Bay, adjacent islands, land subdivisions with names of owners and lessees, railways, roads. 40 chains to the inch. Brisbane, Survey Office. 634763
