Glengallan Homestead

The front of Glengallen Homestead, a heritage listed homestead built in 1867 before being left to ruin then restoration beginning in 2002

Glengallan Homestead is a two-storey sandstone heritage place built in 1867 in Queensland’s southern country region. The name Glengallan was given by the Campbell brothers who secured leases to establish the Glengallan run in 1844. The name is from a district near to their homelands in Scotland. The homestead wasn’t started until well after the … Read more

Capt Logan Memorial

Stone monument in a grass field, at the Captain Logan Memorial

The Captain Logan Memorial is in commemoration of Captain Patrick Logan, a commandant of the Moreton Bay convict settlement in the 1820s. Patrick Logan led several expeditions, including naming the Logan River in 1826, and climbing Mount Barney in 1828 with Allan Cunningham and Charles Fraser. Anxious to complete his survey map of the upper … Read more

Gayundah Wreck

Rusted wreck on a beach near cliffs, the Gayundah Wreck at Woody Point in Redcliffe

The HMAS Gayundah was a gunboat with the Royal Australian Navy, originally serving with the Queensland Maritime Defence Force as the HMQS Gayundah before the Federation of Australia. Built during 1884 at Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom, it left for Australia late in 1884 via the Suez, finally arriving in Brisbane in March … Read more

Historical Marker Peak Crossing Historical Well

Hand-operated water pump, the Peak Crossing Historical Well, the last of a series of wells that were built along the Old Warwick Road

The Peak Crossing Historical Well is possibly the last surviving well in a series of wells along the Old Warwick Road between Fassifern and beyond the Southern Downs. The wells were provided by the Queensland Government in the 19th century for a safe water supply for Teamsters and other travellers. The original hand pump is … Read more

Pioneer Graves

Small grave site surrounded by cast iron fencing, the McAdam graves at the Pioneer Graves of the original Maryborough site

The Pioneer Graves are located at the original site of the Maryborough settlement of the 1840s. The site is marked by a plaque as an Australian Bicentennial Project in 1988. Another plaque says “Heritage Site. This site is part of the original Maryborough Settlement of the 1840s. Several pioneers lie here including George Furber, the … Read more

Maryborough Heritage Gateway

Historical Customs House building in Maryborough, in the Maryborough Heritage Gateway

Maryborough Heritage Gateway, also known as Portside Heritage Gateway and Portside Heritage Precinct, is a historical look at the early settlement of Maryborough and its port district. Maryborough is one of Queensland’s oldest cities, first settled by George Furber in 1847 to set up a wool store. It was on the wrong side for the … Read more

Cherry Tree Lane

Mary Poppins Statue of PL Travers outside the building she was born in, located at Maryborough with a brown sign of Cherry Tree Lane

Maryborough is the birthplace of PL Travers, the creator and writer of the well-known story Mary Poppins. A bronze statue of Pamela Lyndon Travers is outside the building, with a brown sign for Cherry Tree Lane. PL Travers was born in 1899 as Helen Lyndon Goff, sent to boarding school in Sydney. It was when she … Read more

OLDS Engine House

Shop front of OLDS Engine House in Maryborough

Olds Engineering is an ongoing business in Maryborough established after William Olds returned to Australia at the close of World War II, with light engineering and the manufacture of OHV marine and stationary engines. The business was closed during the depression and William worked under his house on the corner of North St and Ferry … Read more

Boolboonda Tunnel

Entrance of a disused railway line tunnel, Boolboonda Tunnel is part of the Bundaberg to Mount Perry line

The Boolboonda Tunnel was built for a railway line to service the booming copper mining town of Mount Perry and support the agriculture of the area. Construction of the Boolboonda Tunnel began in 1883 and opened in 1884. The unlined and unsupported tunnel through rock is 192 metres in length, making it the longest unsupported railway tunnel … Read more

Smelter Site

Slag heap from the Mount Perry Smelter Site showing the cross-section layers and the coppery coloured tile-like tops and the rubble underneath

The Smelter Site at Mount Perry is the site of the Mount Perry Smelter originating in 1872, now only the slag heaps remain. Mount Clara Smelter Chimney  is the oldest remaining smelter chimney which was built the following year. The edge of the slag heap is viewable from the road but is fenced off from accessing below … Read more