Brooklyn House is a heritage-listed home built in the 1890s in the historical township of Howard , Queensland. It was built for the Rankin family as the headquarters for Queensland Collieries’, a major coal mining operation in the coal industry that started the Howard township. William Rankin was born in Scotland, coming to Australia to … Read more
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
Western Trailhead is the western end of Wyaralong Dam at the Lilybrook Recreation Area and the western end of the 25km Shoreline Trail, operated by SEQ Water. Lilybrook Recreation Area is named after the Lilybrook Homestead located there, built in the 1900s. Lilybrook farm occupied 18 hectares, other buildings included a work shed, machinery and … Read more
The Gayndah Museum is in Simon Street off the main road coming into Gayndah. The historical museum is split on either side of Simon Street, with the smaller artefacts and memorabilia in a building also serving as the town’s Information Centre and larger collections across the street under a large open shed. The office building has … Read more
The historic homestead of Booubyjan Station is in the Gympie Region along the Burnett Hwy between Goomeri and Gayndah. The heritage listed homestead was built around the 1860s and 1870s. Unfortunately, Booubyjan is currently closed for public access because of the costs to operate it for visitors with the financial impacts of the drought. The owners … Read more
The Crows Nest Historical Village has over 20 buildings from the local district and packed full of local history and memorabilia. The homestead at the front of the museum, Carbethon House, was built in the 1880s and was relocated to Crows Nest in 1978 as a folk museum, the start of the historical village. Ray … Read more
The Historic House is called Ringsfield House, a country estate house in Nanango in country Queensland. Built in 1908, it is defined by its bay windows, wide verandahs, and large rooms. It served as a private home until 1942, when it served as Ringsfield Maternity Hospital, delivering nearly 4000 babies through to 1970. In 1972 … Read more
Barolin Homestead was originally built by Nugent Wade Brown in 1875, named after the area. Barolin was first named Borolin, an aboriginal word meaning ‘land of the Kangaroo’. It was bought by Sidney North Innes in 1912, and being in disrepair was shortly rebuilt, which is what can be seen today. The Innes family subdivided … Read more
Fairymead House is an old plantation house built in the late 1800s as the family home of the Young family who established Fairymead Plantation and Fairymead Sugar Mill. The home is located in the Bundaberg Botanical Gardens, one of 3 attractions that can be visited at the same place, the other two being Hinkler Aviation … Read more
