July 19, 2024
Two of the South Burnett’s Heritage-listed historic buildings will receive a boost from State Government funding programs.
JR & KE Curtain will receive $17,500 to replace the roof on the historic Carroll Cottage in Edward Street, Kingaroy.
Carroll Cottage is recognised as the earliest house in the settlement of Kingaroy on its original site.
Built in 1900, it was the home of prominent early settler Daniel Carroll.
“(It) demonstrates the growth of the town from a rural selection to a thriving town around a railhead and later a regional administrative and commercial centre,” according to the Heritage Register.
“The house is conspicuous amongst surrounding interwar homes as being of an earlier period and contributes to an understanding of how the town developed.”
South Burnett Regional Council will receive $50,000 to restore the roof and rainwater system on historic Boondooma Homestead “to ensure continued community access to the site – an important tourist attraction for the region”.
Boondooma station was established in 1846 by the Lawson brothers and Robert Alexander in the wake of Henry Stuart Russell’s exploration of the Burnett River district in 1842.
The site is important surviving evidence of the early exploration and settlement of the Upper Burnett region.
The property hosts several major tourism events every year, including Scots In The Bush and Spirit Of The Bush.
The State Government has allocated more than $1 million towards Heritage projects across the State: 26 projects will receive a total of $849,373 under the latest round of the Community Sustainability Action Grants program, and 11 projects will receive a total of $174,373 under the new Showcasing Queensland Heritage pilot program.
