POD VOLUME 3: ATTACHMENT W: HERITAGE INTERPRETATION STRATEGY PREPARED BY: URBIS PTY LTD DATE OF ISSUE: 23.05.2017 REVISION: 8 Copyright 2017 © DBC 2017 This publication is subject to copyright. Except as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part of it may in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted without prior written permission. Enquiries should be addressed to the publishers. DESTINATION BRISBANE CONSORTIUM www.destinationbrisbaneconsortium.com.au TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Background ........................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2. Queens Wharf Brisbane........................................................................................................................ 1 1.2.1. Heritage Significance ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.3. Purpose ................................................................................................................................................. 2 1.3.1. Heritage Interpretation .......................................................................................................................... 2 1.3.2. Heritage Trail ........................................................................................................................................ 3 1.4. Study Location ...................................................................................................................................... 3 1.5. Methodology ......................................................................................................................................... 3 2. Historical Context .................................................................................................................................. 8 2.1. Aboriginal History .................................................................................................................................. 8 2.2. Convict Era ........................................................................................................................................... 9 2.2.1. The First Surveys ................................................................................................................................ 10 2.2.2. Separation, and a New Queensland Government .............................................................................. 12 2.2.3. The 1870s ........................................................................................................................................... 14 2.2.4. The Treasury and Executive Buildings ............................................................................................... 16 2.2.5. Queen’s Gardens ................................................................................................................................ 18 2.2.6. The Interwar Period ............................................................................................................................ 20 2.2.7. Mid-Century and Further Expansion ................................................................................................... 21 2.2.8. Master Planning for the Government Precinct .................................................................................... 21 2.3. Heritage Places ................................................................................................................................... 23 2.3.1. Commissariat Store – 1828 ................................................................................................................ 24 2.3.2. Department of Primary Industries Building (Former) - 1865 ............................................................... 24 2.3.3. Harris Terrace – 1865 ......................................................................................................................... 25 2.3.4. Government Printing Offices (Former) – 1872 ................................................................................... 26 2.3.5. State Library - 1876 ............................................................................................................................ 26 2.3.6. Treasury Building -1886 ...................................................................................................................... 27 2.3.7. The Mansions – 1889 ......................................................................................................................... 28 2.3.8. Land Administration Building - 1905 ................................................................................................... 29 2.4. The Later Government Precinct .......................................................................................................... 29 2.4.1. Executive Building – 1971 .................................................................................................................. 29 2.4.2. Neville Bonner Building - 1997 ........................................................................................................... 30 2.4.3. 1 William Street ................................................................................................................................... 31 2.5. Landscape Elements .......................................................................................................................... 31 2.5.1. Early Streets of Brisbane – 1820s to Present ..................................................................................... 31 2.5.2. Miller Park – 1820S ............................................................................................................................. 32 2.5.3. Stephens Lane - 1860S ...................................................................................................................... 33 2.5.4. Site of Former Bellevue Hotel – 1885 ................................................................................................. 34 2.5.5. William Street and Queen’s Wharf Road retaining wall -1888 and Air Raid Shelter - 1941 ............... 34 2.5.6. Queen’s Gardens – 1850s to Present ................................................................................................ 35 2.6. Former Buildings ................................................................................................................................. 36 2.6.1. Pettigrew’s Sawmill – 1853 ................................................................................................................. 36 2.6.2. Morgue and Sanitation Depot - 1879 .................................................................................................. 36 2.6.3. City Electric Light Company – 1904 .................................................................................................... 37 2.7. Heritage Significance .......................................................................................................................... 37 3. Exisiting Interprettion .......................................................................................................................... 38 URBIS URB-RPT-HER-PWD-00006_REV8.DOCX 3.1. Consultation ........................................................................................................................................ 42 3.1.1. BCC Consultation ............................................................................................................................... 42 3.1.2. National Trust of Australia (Queensland)............................................................................................ 44 4. Audience and Themes ........................................................................................................................ 45 4.1. Audience ............................................................................................................................................. 45 4.2. Themes and Topics ............................................................................................................................ 45 5. Interpretive Media Options .................................................................................................................. 49 5.1. Exisiting Heritage Trails: Media .......................................................................................................... 49 5.2. Signage ............................................................................................................................................... 49 5.3. Plaques ............................................................................................................................................... 50 5.4. Augmented Reality .............................................................................................................................. 51 5.4.1. Historic Streetscapes .......................................................................................................................... 51 5.4.2. Marker Based AR ................................................................................................................................ 52 5.5. iBeacon, or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Devices ............................................................................