Brisbane Exhibition Grounds

  • 601709
  • 574 Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills

General

John Macdonald Stand from Member’s Stand (Queensland Government, 2023); Heritage Branch Staff; Queensland Government
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Also known as
RNA Showgrounds; Royal Queensland Showgrounds; Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland Exhibition Grounds/Show Grounds; National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland Exhibition Grounds
Classification
State Heritage
Register status
Entered
Date entered
25 July 2003
Type
Social and community: Showground/exhibition grounds
Themes
2.4 Exploiting, utilising and transforming the land: Agricultural activities
3.10 Developing secondary and tertiary industries: Entertaining for profit
8.3 Creating social and cultural institutions: Organisations and societies
8.4 Creating social and cultural institutions: Festivals
8.5 Creating social and cultural institutions: Sport and recreation
Architects
Chambers, Claude William
Gailey, Richard Jnr
Hodgen, William
Builders
Hutchinson, John
Walls & Juster
Construction periods
1887, No.1 Show Ring (1887)
1904–1917, John Reid Pavilion (1904, on site 1917)
1906–1909, John MacDonald Stand (1906, 1909)
1906, Sideshow Alley (From 1906)
1909, Gregory Terrace Entry Building (1909, relocated)
1922–1923, Ernest Baynes Stand (1923)
1923–1958, RNA Council Stand (1923, 1930, 1958)
1923, No.2 Show Ring (1923)
1923, Gregory Rest (trees by 1923)
1928–1951, Horse Stalls & Sales Ring (1928, 1936, 1951)
1929–1947, Former Commonwealth Bank Building (1929, 1947)
1930–1960, O’Connell Terrace Gate Buildings (toilet 1930s-40s, pedestrian gate 1960s)
1936, Stock Pavilion (former Pig Pavilion, 1936)
1936, Stock Agent’s Offices (1936)
1936, Stockman’s Bar and Grill (1936)
1936, Stockman’s Rest (trees by 1936)
1936, Former Wool Hall (Building 8) (1936)
1936, Sideshow Alley Gates on Bowen Bridge Road (1936)
1937–1939, Former Industrial Pavilion Façade (1937-9)
1937, Sugar Hall (1937)
1950–1960, Machinery Hill Stands (1950, 1958, 1960s)
1951, Beef Cattle Pavilion (1951)
1964, Dairy Industry Hall (1964)
1970–1972, Member’s Stand (1972)
Historical period
1870s–1890s Late 19th century
1900–1914 Early 20th century
1919–1930s Interwar period
1940s–1960s Post-WWII
1970s–1990s Late 20th century

Location

Address
574 Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills
LGA
Brisbane City Council
Coordinates
-27.45031257, 153.0323741

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