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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - The first building of Central State School is the Infants School which opened 1882. The single storey timber building originally had a shingle roof but this has been replaced with iron. However the lantern tower remains.
The main school building was constructed in 1875/ |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| For a different type of experience, walk through one of the last remaining wetlands in the Maryborough area, Fay Smith Wetlands. There is a series of walking bridges and walking trails through the Fay Smith Wetlands, allowing visitors to enjoy the abundant bird life on offer. Fay Smith was a nature lover and photogra |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| The Maryborough Flour Mill was the most northerly flour mill in Australia when it was built in 1890, for the Maryborough Milling Company. In 1919, the Dominion Flour Milling Company who now owned the mill bought the remaining relic of Aldershot smelting works, the chimney. After having it dropped the recoverable brick |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| J E Brown commenced business as a provisions and victuals merchant in 1857 in Richmond Street. In 1879 J E Brown had this two-storey brick warehouse built and was designed by a local architect James Buchanan. In later years, the premises were used for dances, balls, boxing tournaments, a restaurant, and currently hous |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Janet's Art is an experience not to be missed! It is an art gallery with local and interstate art and a stunning range of greeting cards; a gift shop with unique jewellery, stained glass, woodwork, silk and artefacts from around the world and a book shop with books on every type of art from fashion and cookery to fine |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| The Mary Ann is a replica of the first steam engine built in Queensland in 1873 at John Walker and Co's Union Foundry. It steams through the park along the rail tracks which were laid to service the wharves and Walker's Foundry. The Mary Ann operates on Thursdays in conjunction with the Maryborough Heritage City Market |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Located on the corner of Kent and Richmond streets a statue of Mary Poppins stands proudly as recognition of Maryborough’s link with the famous nanny. PL Travers was born Helen Lyndon Goff in Maryborough in 1899. Mary Poppins has universal appeal. The novels have been translated into more than a dozen languages and S |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| The Mary River has been known by many names, with the Aborigines calling the river Booie, Moonaboola, Numabulla or Mooraboocoola. It was named the Wide Bay River until September 1848, when Governor Fitzroy renamed the river in honour of his wife, Lady Mary Fitzroy.
The Mary River is unique in that it flows from south |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| The historic Port of Maryborough area has been transformed into a stunning public park complete with outstanding public art works. The Mary River Parklands forms part of the historic Portside Precinct. It plays an integral role in the City's urban renewal plans, providing a naturally beautiful link between Queens Par |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - the first public hospital outside Brisbane was established in Maryborough in 1856. This was replaced by a two storey building in Lennox Street in 1864.
The present hospital was opened in May 1887 at a cost of £13,000. The original buildings remain, though they're hidden |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| The third official Maryborough cemetery was established in 1873 and burials were on a strictly denominational basis. The cemetery contains many fine examples of early Queensland monumental art. The Mortuary Chapel, was built 1883, and designed so horse drawn vehicles could pass through or shelter there. Low shelf seat |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Designed by Brisbane architects Hall and Dods in American colonial style, Maryborough City Hall was erected in 1908 to replace the original timber Town Hall which stood on the opposite side of Kent Street. The exterior was built with locally made Meredith bricks and red cedar was used extensively throughout the interio |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - There have been three fire stations in Maryborough. The first fire station was a simple shed run by volunteers. The second was located where the Commonwealth Bank now stands in Adelaide Street. This station also included a Fire Tower where a fire watch was maintained. |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Freemasonry was first established in Maryborough in 1870, sponsored by the Irish Union Concert Constitution, with meetings being held in the old Baptist Chapel in Lennox Street. The first freemason temple was built in 1877 in Bazaar Street and the present building located in Kent Street was completed in 1960. |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Built in 1882, the heritage listed Maryborough Railway Station features a Victorian design. The stationmaster’s residence has much of the character of larger Queensland houses of that era. The railway complex also houses the Whistlestop Museum, which documents Maryborough’s impressive rail history.
The first sod for t |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| It was here at the site of the first Maryborough court house, police station and gaol, that in 1877, gallows and a hangman were brought from Brisbane and two felons were publicly hung. For many decades Maryborough Town Hall Green has been a place for residents and visitors to meet and is a popular vantage point to sit |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| The beginning of the First World War saw the Royal Australian Navy begin the process of updating its armoury. They presented the three guns, located in Queens Park overlooking the Mary River, as a gift to the City of Maryborough. The three guns were relocated to this position in 1914. |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Children and adults can climb onboard one of the many miniature steam engines at Melsa, which run on a circuit around Queens Park. The sight of little legs – and not so little legs – dangling from tiny carriages as the trains weave around the track is guaranteed to delight.
It's a tradition begun by the city's Model |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Queens Park was established in 1860 and many of its beautiful huge trees were planted before 1900.
Features of the Park are the fernery, waterfall and lily pond, lace-trimmed band rotunda built in 1890 and listed by the National Trust and the 13 centimetre Gauge Model Railway built by the Model Engineers and Live Ste |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Father Paul Tissot consecrated Saint Mary’s Catholic Church in 1872. It replaced an earlier wooden church built in 1858, which was then used for the first day school. The church was extended in 1885 and the majestic pipe organ was installed in 1912. The church was again extended in 1936 and altered to face Adelaide Str |
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