Local Heritage Register Released

September 22, 2016

The South Burnett Regional Council has voted to include 69 sites on the Local Heritage Register … but nine other properties won’t be included to allow more discussions with the affected owners.

Council is obliged to keep a register under the Queensland Heritage Act to identify and help preserve places of local heritage significance.

Heritage places can include buildings, structures, cemeteries, archaeological sites, gardens, urban precincts and natural and landscape features.

Once a site is included in the register, most changes proposed to it are regarded as development and require approval before any work can be undertaken.

However exemption certificates can be issued for low-impact development work, conservation work or simple projects that do not affect the heritage values of a place.

Planning and Property portfolio chair Cr Terry Fleischfresser first announced the Council would be compiling the Local Heritage Register in June this year.

Soon afterwards he released an initial list of 77 places that were being considered for inclusion.

The public were then invited to make submissions over the following month, while the Council sent letters to the owners of properties being considered for inclusion in the Register to notify them.

Cr Fleischfresser then held a series of 22 one-on-one meetings at Council offices in Murgon and Wondai on July 14, and in Kingaroy and Nanango on July 15, to explain the process to any property owner who had concerns.

On Wednesday, Cr Fleischfresser said twenty-one submissions were received during the public consultation process.

Eight of the submissions objected to a proposed listing, as well as two that were received late; seven supported a listing; and four requested additional places be included.

The submissions were then considered by consultants employed by the Council to help put the final register together.

Council were obliged by the Act to come to a final decision 80 days after the process began.

The Council then had a further 10 days after making the decision to give the reasons for the decision to the owners of a heritage site.

On Wednesday, Cr Fleischfresser said nine sites had not been included in the new register.

They are:

1. Kingaroy Butter Factory
2. Former Mead Corner Store, Nanango
3. Murgon Universal Providers
4. Wengenville Township and Sawmill site
5. Our Lady Help Of Christians Catholic Church, Nanango
6. Marshlands Homestead
7. Wondai Masonic Lodge
8. Inverlaw Farmers Hall
9. Seven Mile Diggings (1RP838599 – privately owned property)

The remaining 69 sites that will be included in the Local Heritage Register are:

1. Andersen’s Tramway, off Maidenwell-Bunya Mountains Road
2. Bethany Farm, Coolabunia
3. Blackbutt War Memorial, Coulson Street
4. Booie Cemetery
5. Boondooma Homestead
6. Burrandowan Station Homestead
7. Carroll Cottage, Kingaroy
8. Carrollee Hotel, Kingaroy
9. Commercial Bank building, 92 Drayton Street, Nanango
10. Commonwealth Bank building, Wondai
11. First Kingaroy Council Chambers, 1 Edward Street, Kingaroy
12. Fitzroy Hotel, Nanango
13. Grand Hotel, Wooroolin
14. Hivesville Hotel, Hivesville
15. Hotel Cecil, Wondai
16. King’s Boarding House building, Maidenwell-Cooyar Road
17. Kingaroy Aerodrome
18. Kingaroy Heritage Precinct, Haly Street, Kingaroy
19. Kingaroy Memorial Park
20. Kingaroy Peanut Silos, Haly Street, Kingaroy
21. Kingaroy Railway Precinct, cnr Haly and King Streets, Kingaroy
22. Kingaroy Shire Council Chambers, Haly Street
23. Kingaroy Showgrounds
24. King’s Hotel, Maidenwell
25. Kumbia Memorial School Of Arts Hall
26. Memerambi Cemetery
27. Miller’s Corner, cnr Haly and Kingaroy Streets, Kingaroy
28. Murgon Civic Centre, 62-70 Lamb Street
29. Murgon National Bank building, 88 Lamb Street, Murgon
30. Murgon Railway Complex and Corridor, Macalister Street, Murgon
31. Murgon Star Picture Theatre building, 46 Lamb Street, Murgon
32. Murgon State School, 91 Gore Street, Murgon
33. Murgon War Memorial and QEII Park, Lamb Street, Murgon
34. Nanango Butter Factory building, George Street, Nanango
35. Nanango Cemetery
36. Nanango Court House, Henry Street, Nanango
37. Nanango Race Club, Racecourse Road, Nanango
38. Nanango Railway Complex, Railway Lane, Nanango
39. Nanango Showgrounds, Cairns Street, Nanango
40. Nanango War Memorial, cnr Drayton and Henry Streets, Nanango
41. Pioneer Cemetery off Hospital Terrace, Nanango
42. Proston Butter Factory, Murphy’s Way, Proston
43. Proston Railway Complex, Rodney Street, Proston
44. Queensland Dairy and Heritage Museum, 2 Sommerville Street, Murgon
45. Radnor Hotel, Blackbutt
46. Reedy Creek Reserve, Taabinga
47. Ringsfield Historic House Complex, Nanango
48. Royal Hotel, Murgon
49. Seven Mile Diggings, Old Esk Road, Nanango (Council-owned properties)
50. Shepherd Memorial Church Of St Peter, Proston
51. South Burnett Co-Op Dairy Assn. factory building, Macalister Street, Murgon
52. St Faith’s Anglican Church and Cemetery, Mondure
53. St Michael and All Angels Church, Alford Street, Kingaroy
54. St Paul’s Lutheran Church site, cemetery and hall, Bunya Highway, Benair
55. Taabinga Cemetery
56. Taabinga Homestead, Cooyar Road, Tarong
57. Taromeo Homestead Complex and Cemetery, Taromeo
58. Tarong Homestead, Cooyar Road, Tarong
59. Teamster’s Park and Old Esk Road, Old Esk Road, Taromeo
60. Tiernan’s Australian Hotel, Murgon
61. Tingoora Hotel, Tingoora
62. Trinity Evangelical Congregation Church site and cemetery, Kumbia
63. Union Bank Of Australia building, Kingaroy Street, Kingaroy
64. Wondai Hotel
65. Wondai Memorial Town Hall, Mackenzie Street, Wondai
66. Wondai Post Office, 12 Mackenzie Street, Wondai
67. Wondai Railway Complex
68. Wooroolin Memorial Hall
69. Wylarah, South Burrandowan Road, Kingaroy

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