Architectural drawing of the Court House and Public Offices, Bowen

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Bowen Courthouse is a heritage-listed courthouse at 30 Williams Street (corner with Herbert Street), Bowen, Queensland. It was designed by George St Paul Connolly of the Colonial Architect’s Office and built in 1880 by Southall & Tracey. It was completed in 1881 in the Classic Revival style. It is a two-storey building and was constructed of rendered brick with a corrugated iron roof. It is still in use today and contains most of the original furniture and features.

The Bowen Courthouse is important in demonstrating the early prominence of Bowen, being considerably more grand than other early courts at Townsville and Charters Towers; both of which towns were to eclipse Bowen. As the first Supreme Court outside Brisbane, it also illustrates the way in which a legal system was established and government services provided in the developing north of the colony. The inclusion of a second

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Architectural drawing of the Court House, Ingham

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Ingham Court House is a heritage-listed courthouse at 35-39 Palm Terrace, Ingham, Queensland. It was designed by John Hitch of the Department of Public Works (Queensland) and built in 1948. It replaced an earlier court house on part of the site which was retained for other purposes.

The earlier court house was constructed in 1915 and was a single-storeyed timber building. Following construction of the 1948 Court House, the 1915 building was taken over by the Police Department and altered.

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Architectural drawing of the Court House, Gin Gin

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The first court house in Gin Gin was constructed in 1882 and it was a Small Claims Court. In 1922, it was elevated to a Magistrates’ Court. The present (former) court house was constructed in 1935 and remains in its original location (the first court house is located at the rear of the newer building).

The Gin Gin Courthouse (former) demonstrates a rare aspect of the region’s history, as an intact timber court house built in the 1930s (and the earlier court house) is rare in the region. The prisoner’s dock and magistrate’s desk dating from the original courthouse and that remain in situ are also rare.

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Bundaberg Regional Council Local Heritage Register

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Architectural drawing of the Court House, Ipswich

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The Old Ipswich Courthouse is a heritage-listed former courthouse located at 73-75 East Street, Ipswich, Queensland. It was designed by Charles Tiffin and built from 1859 to 1936. A single-storey sandstone and brick Romanesque building, the courthouse was the earliest major Queensland work of Tiffin, who was Clerk of Works for Moreton Bay, and became the first Queensland Colonial Architect.

It is a rare example of a government building constructed in Queensland prior to separation from New South Wales. At the time of separation, the debt on the building was inherited by the Queensland Government which led to an ongoing dispute with the New South Wales Government. The size and quality of the building demonstrate the importance of Ipswich as a major centre at this time. It still contains early bench and court fittings and is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of an early courthouse.

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Architectural drawing of the Court House, Port Douglas

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Port Douglas Court House is a heritage-listed former courthouse and now museum at 25 Wharf Street, Port Douglas, Queensland. It was designed by the Queensland Colonial Architect’s Office and built from 1879 by Thomas Watson. The first court house in the town, it is a simple timber structure with verandahs to all four elevations.

The Port Douglas Court House is one of the earliest surviving timber constructed court houses in Queensland. It demonstrates the rapid development of the town after the discovery of gold in 1876 at the nearby Hodgkinson River. As an early government building in far northern Queensland, it is demonstrative of the development of Queensland.

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Digital Image ID 20918

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