June 23, 2016
The South Burnett’s history looks set to be defined by historic homesteads, iconic churches and majestic halls.
But it will also be defined by defunct bank branches, long-gone butter factories, a string of hotels and Kingaroy’s peanut silos.
On Thursday, the South Burnett Regional Council released a proposed list of 77 sites across the region that it would like to include in a local Heritage Register.
Some – like the Kingaroy peanut silos and the Shepherd Memorial Church Of St Peter at Proston – are already included on the State Heritage Register, but a listing there does not prevent them being listed in a local Heritage Register as well.
At last Wednesday’s Council meeting, Property portfolio chair Cr Terry Fleischfresser flagged the Council was now obliged to compile a regional Heritage Register by the State Government’s Heritage Act.
Heritage places could include buildings, structures, cemeteries, archaeological sites, gardens, urban precincts and natural and landscape features, he said.
Once a site was included in the register, most changes proposed to it were regarded as development and would require approval before any work could be undertaken.
However, exemption certificates could be issued for low-impact development work, conservation work or simple projects that did not affect the heritage values of a place.
Cr Fleischfresser said once the initial list of proposed sites was published, local residents could make submissions if they believed an important heritage site had been overlooked.
One-on-one meetings will also be held in Murgon and Wondai on July 14, and in Kingaroy and Nanango on July 15, to explain the process.
Submissions will be accepted up to Friday, July 22 and the final Heritage Register is expected to be adopted at the Council’s September meeting.
The initial Heritage Register list is:
- Andersen’s Tramway, off Maidenwell-Bunya Mountains Road
- Bethany Farm, Coolabunia
- Blackbutt War Memorial, Coulson Street
- Booie Cemetery
- Boondooma Homestead
- Burrandowan Station Homestead
- Carroll Cottage, Kingaroy
- Carrollee Hotel, Kingaroy
- Commercial Bank building, 92 Drayton Street, Nanango
- Commonwealth Bank building, Wondai
- First Kingaroy Council Chambers, 1 Edward Street, Kingaroy
- Fitzroy Hotel, Nanango
- Grand Hotel, Wooroolin
- Hivesville Hotel, Hivesville
- Hotel Cecil, Wondai
- Inverlaw Farmers Hall
- King’s Boarding House building, Maidenwell-Cooyar Road
- Kingaroy Aerodrome
- Kingaroy Butter Factory, 67 William Street, Kingaroy
- Kingaroy Heritage Precinct, Haly Street, Kingaroy
- Kingaroy Peanut Silos, Haly Street, Kingaroy
- Kingaroy Railway Precinct, cnr Haly and King Streets, Kingaroy
- Kingaroy Showgrounds
- Maidenwell Hotel
- Kumbia Memorial School Of Arts Hall
- Marshlands Homestead, Mondure-Marshlands Road
- Mead Corner Store building, 45 Drayton Street, Nanango
- Memerambi Cemetery
- Memorial Park, Kingaroy
- Miller’s Corner, cnr Haly and Kingaroy Streets, Kingaroy
- Murgon Civic Centre, 62-70 Lamb Street
- Murgon National Bank building, 88 Lamb Street, Murgon
- Murgon Railway Complex and Corridor, Macalister Street, Murgon
- Murgon Star Picture Theatre building, 45 Lamb Street, Murgon
- Murgon State School, 91 Gore Street, Murgon
- Murgon Universal Providers building, Macalister Street, Murgon
- Murgon War Memorial and QEII Park, Lamb Street, Murgon
- Nanango Butter Factory building, George Street, Nanango
- Nanango Cemetery
- Nanango Court House, Henry Street, Nanango
- Nanango Race Club, Racecourse Road, Nanango
- Nanango Railway Complex, Railway Lane, Nanango
- Nanango Showgrounds, Cairns Street, Nanango
- Nanango War Memorial, cnr Drayton and Henry Streets, Nanango
- Our Lady Help Of Christians Catholic Church, Nanango
- Pioneer Cemetery, Nanango
- Proston Butter Factory, Murphy’s Way, Proston
- Proston Railway Complex, Rodney Street, Proston
- Queensland Dairy and Heritage Museum, 2 Sommerville Street, Murgon
- Radnor Hotel, Blackbutt
- Reedy Creek Reserve, Taabinga
- Ringsfield Historic House Complex, Nanango
- Royal Hotel, Murgon
- Second Kingaroy Shire Council Chambers, 130 Haly Street
- Seven Mile Diggings, Old Esk Road, Nanango
- Shepherd Memorial Church Of St Peter, Proston
- South Burnett Co-Op Dairy Assn. factory building, Macalister Street, Murgon
- St Faith’s Anglican Church and Cemetery, Mondure
- St Michael and All Angels Church, Alford Street, Kingaroy
- St Paul’s Lutheran Church site, cemetery and hall, Bunya Highway, Benair
- Taabinga Cemetery
- Taabinga Homestead, Cooyar Road, Tarong
- Taromeo Homestead Complex and Cemetery, Taromeo
- Tarong Homestead, Cooyar Road, Tarong
- Teamster’s Park and Old Esk Road, Old Esk Road, Taromeo
- Tiernan’s Australian Hotel, Murgon
- Tingoora Hotel, Tingoora
- Trinity Evangelical Congregation Church site and cemetery, Kumbia
- Union Bank Of Australia building, Kingaroy Street, Kingaroy
- Wengenville township and sawmill site, Wengenville
- Wondai Hotel
- Wondai Masonic Lodge, 39 Cadell Street, Wondai
- Wondai Memorial Town Hall, Mackenzie Street, Wondai
- Wondai Post Office, 12 Mackenzie Street, Wondai
- Wondai Railway Complex
- Wooroolin Memorial Hall
- Wylarah, South Burrandowan Road, Kingaroy
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Why aren’t there any Aboriginal sites included in this list? There are well-known and lesser-known bora rings, rock assemblages, art sites, tool making sites, tool sharpening sites, marked trees, burial sites and rock shelters within the South Burnett area. At least …
Just something that may need to be verified. No 10 Commonwealth Bank, Wondai. Might have the wrong bank. Commercial Bank I think it should be. The only other bank Wondai had, was the National Bank. The Commercial Bank became the Westpac Bank and that is what it was when closed down. It now is the building that CROW-FM uses.