Heritage Walk
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Heritage Walk 1. Tourist Information Centre; Built in 1925 8. ‘Fairholme’; 74 Lowe St. Built as a 17. Queanbeyan Railway Station; for the Oueanbeyan Municipal Council and it residence for solicitor E. E. Morgan in 1884. Henderson Rd. The station officially opened in remained operational until 1975. The gardens 1887. The line connects to Bungendore contain significant memorials recognising 9. Isabella Public School; Corner of Isabella station, which was built in 1885 to the the involvement of local residents in various and Crawford Sts. The small stone school Canberra station which opened in 1913. war efforts. The scientifically correct sundial house was built in 1877. It was the first public was a gift from Nathan Lazarus in 1860 to the school in the area. 18. Bull’s Cottage; 24 Henderson Rd. people of Queanbeyan to provide them with Built in the 1880’s and inhabited by John Bull, an accurate timepiece. 10. Saint Benedict’s Convent; Corner of Queanbeyan’s second mayor & businessman. Crawford and Isabella Sts. Built in 1882 as a 2. Queanbeyan Showground; Lowe St. convent and school for the Queanbeyan and 19. Queanbeyan Hospital (Blood Bank Once an Aboriginal camping site, the area District Sisters of the Good Samaritan. Building); Corner of Collett and Antill Sts. began to be cleared in the 1880’s and an Built between 1859 and 1862, it could hold a official decision to make it a showground was 11. Suspension Bridge; The Suspension total of 16 patients until the next hospital was made in 1893. The memorial entrance gates Bridge was originally built in 1901 to replace built next to it in the 1930’s. on Lowe St were built in 1934. the stepping stones that were submerged by the weir. The superstructure was washed 20. Hibernia Lodge; 69 Collett St. Built in 3. Queanbeyan City Council Chambers; away in the floods of 1925 and was replaced 1856 for local Clerk of Petty Sessions, Obadiah Constructed in 1927 at a cost of 3500 pounds in 1938. Williams. It was regarded as one of as the permanent home for the Oueanbeyan Queanbeyan’s most outstanding buildings for School of Arts. The building was designed by 12. Saint Gregory’s Catholic Church; many years due to its unusual architecture. J W Sproule in the Georgian Revival style and Corner of Macquoid and Molonglo Sts. is listed by the NSW Heritage Commission. Built by Daniel McCloskey in 1849-50, this is 21. Byrne’s Mill and Cottage; Byrne’s Steam Queanbeyan’s oldest remaining church on Flour Mill was the 6th flour mill in Queanbeyan, 4. The Evans Building (Old School of Arts); the eastern side of the river. built in 1883. It ceased operations in 1889 and in Monaro St was built by Edwin Oswald became a storehouse. Evans in 1867 and was purchased by the 13. Dog and Stile Inn; 11-13 Macquoid St. Queanbeyan School of Arts in 1894. It Built in the 1840’s as the second licensed 22. Furlong House; 15 Morisset St. remained a School of Arts and now houses establishment in the area. Built in the 1850s for William Hunt; owner of the offices of the Queanbeyan Age. the Kent Hotel and the two Elmsall Inns the 14. The Kent Hotel (Ye Old Kent House); first licensed establishments in Queanbeyan. 5. Anglican Christ Church; Rutledge St. 2 Macquoid St. Built for William Hunt as an WALK HERITAGE The first church and school in the elaborate inn in 1849-50, it contains a 23. Saint Stephen’s Presbyterian Church; Queanbeyan district. The heritage buildings ballroom, 12 large bedrooms, 13 parlours and Corner of Morisset and Lowe Sts. Built in the include the stone church (c.1860), the brick a stone cellar. early 1870’s and opened in March 1874. rectory (c.1872), white-washed stone stables and the schoolhouse at the back. (c.1843) 15. O’Neill’s Cottage; east end of Trinculo Pl, 24. Boer War Memorial; The Boer War near Queen’s Bridge. Built c.1880 by Samuel Memorial was erected in 1903 in the centre of 6. Calthorpe’s Cottage; Corner of Rutledge Austin and William Moore for John James the Monaro and Crawford Street and Lowe Sts. Built for J. H. Calthorpe and his Wright the first Mayor of Queanbeyan. The intersection. It is one of the oldest Boer War family in the 1920’s before they moved to the first occupant of the cottage was James Memorials in New South Wales. well-known Calthorpe’s House in Manuka. O’Neill, mail contractor and coach proprietor, along with his wife and eight children. The 25. Queanbeyan Printing Museum; 7. ‘The Retreat’; At 72 Lowe St was built in cottage is now the Queanbeyan Art Gallery. View the working printing presses and learn 1909 for John Gale. Known as the ‘Father of about this prolific industry from a bygone era. Canberra’ because he was instrumental in 16. Riverside Cemetery; Carinya St, beside choosing the location of Canberra. A Queanbeyan River. The first cemetery in the 26. Queanbeyan and District Museum; memorial to him stands at the corner of district, commenced in the 1840’s. The oldest Originally built as a police residence in 1876, it Monaro and Lowe Streets. headstone is that of Anne Powell in 1847. is made of hand-made brick. 17 HENDERSON RD CRAWFORD ST DERRIMA RD N 18 COLLETT ST 16 W E CAMPBELL ST URIARRA COLLETT ST RD MOORE ST ERIN ST CRAWFORD ST ERIN ST S CARINYA ST CAMPBELL ST KILLARD ST ERIN ST COLLETT ST KILLARD ST CRAWFORD ST ANTILL ST CARINY VANE PL MORTO 19 A ST N ST RISSET ST MO COLLETT ST ATKI Queanbeyan Printing Museum ANTILL ST Queanbeyan Historical Museum BRUCE NSON ST ST CAMPBELL ST 20 CRAWFORD ST MORISSET ST WANIASSA ST ANTILL ST WANIASS Take a nostalgic journey into Queanbeyan’s past from the first ALBERT Located in the historic Police Sergeant’s Residence constructed ST local newspaper ‘The Golden Age’ printed in 1860 through to A in 1876. The Museum has a strong focus on the history of LENANE COLLETT ST ST ST MORISSET ST LOWE ST 21 TRINCULO P the mid-1970s when letterpress printing at the ‘Queanbeyan EDITH BUNGENDORE RD Queanbeyan and surrounding district, with a wide collection of ST ST MORISSET ST 23 CRAWFORD ST 15 12 Age’ was superseded by computerised typesetting. 22 MACQUOID over 5,000 items that includes furniture, textiles, technological L 14 13 MOLO All machines have been restored to full operational mode by a MONARO ST LOWE ST COLLETT objects, costumes, pictures, maps, objects, and photographs. NGL TRI CAMPBELL ST O ST dedicated group of local volunteers who operated the printing 4 NCULO PL ST There is an active programme of changing exhibitions with 24 CRAWFORD ST MONARO ST ST MO presses to print the original ‘Queanbeyan Age’. Also features 3 ST regular opening hours and regular events. 26 LOWE ST DGE COLLETT ST MOWATT LON many memorabilia of the bygone age of the printing profession. 25 1 RUTLE 5 CHURCH LN Open Sat & Sun 1pm – 4pm, or by appointment, Free entry 2 TRINCULO PL CAMPBELL ST Open Sat & Sun 2pm – 4pm, or by app, Free entry FARRER PL 10 Farrer Place, Queanbeyan RUTLEDGE ST 11 BOOTH ST 20 Farrer Place, Queanbeyan T 6 Phone: (02) 6299 7449 LOWE ST 7 10 ISABELLATHORPE ST AV Phone: (02) 6299 7505 or (02) 6285 6298 8 [email protected] COOMA S CAMERON RD GLEBE AVE 9 ISABE ST www.queanbeyanprintingmuseum.com LLA S www.queanbeyanmuseum.org.au T E T 0 200 400 OOK S HHHII Map Reference F6 ONDS HHHII Map Reference F6 7.