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heritage_type stringclasses 1 value	site_id int64 22 35.6k ⌀	place_ref int64 600k 650k	name stringlengths 3 100	alternate_name stringlengths 2 457 ⌀	street_address stringlengths 7 112 ⌀	suburb stringlengths 3 24 ⌀	lga stringclasses 61 values	register_entry_date date32	description stringlengths 72 121k	history stringlengths 72 49k	criteria stringlengths 72 14.5k	criteria_letters stringclasses 221 values	criteria_definitions stringclasses 221 values
State Heritage	22	602,764	Kingaroy Peanut Silos	null	117-131 Haly Street	KINGAROY	SOUTH BURNETT REGIONAL COUNCIL	2010-10-08	<p>The three free-standing silo structures known as Silos Nos 2, 3 and 4 stand prominently on Haly Street, Kingaroy, within the larger Peanut Company of Australia peanut processing plant which occupies a truncated rectangular block bounded by the streets Haly, Jarah and Alford Street East and the Kingaroy/Kilkivan rail...	<p>The Kingaroy Peanut Silos located in Haly Street, Kingaroy are a group of three concrete silos (Nos 2, 3 and 4) that were constructed between 1938 and 1951 by the Queensland Peanut Marketing Board for storage of peanuts before their processing and marketing. These large structures dominate the skyline of Kingaroy an...	<p>The Kingaroy Peanut Silos are important in illustrating the large-scale development of the peanut industry in Queensland. Since the 1920s the South Burnett district has been the headquarters of the Queensland peanut industry, a major agricultural industry for the State.</p><p>These silos were built in 1938, 1948 and...	Criterion A \| Criterion D \| Criterion E	The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history \| The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places \| The place is important because of its aesthetic significance
State Heritage	27	602,809	Kingaroy Butter Factory (former)	null	67 William Street	KINGAROY	SOUTH BURNETT REGIONAL COUNCIL	2012-11-09	<p>The former Kingaroy Butter Factory complex stands at the northern end of William Street, Kingaroy north west of the CBD of Kingaroy and adjacent to the formation of the Kilkivan/Kingaroy railway line. The complex comprises the main butter factory shed, 1940s cheese factory, ice works shed, former office, amenities a...	<p>The Kingaroy Butter Factory, a large timber clad building located in William Street, Kingaroy was built by contractors Waugh and Josephson in 1926, replacing an earlier factory established in 1907, on behalf of the Maryborough Co-operative Dairy Company. </p><p>From the late 1800s, a number of critical factors enabl...	<p>The former Kingaroy Butter Factory (1926) is important in demonstrating the growth of the dairy industry in the Wide Bay-Burnett, one of Queensland's most important dairy producing regions during the twentieth century. Replacing an earlier factory built in 1907, the Kingaroy Butter factory was among Queensland&#...	Criterion A \| Criterion D	The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history \| The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places
State Heritage	118	602,566	Klondyke Coke Ovens	Klondyke Coking Ovens \| Klondyke Beehive Coke Ovens	Parker Lane	NORTH IPSWICH	IPSWICH CITY COUNCIL	2007-12-03	<p>The Klondyke Coke Ovens are located at North Ipswich. Access is most easily gained via the corner of W.M. Hughes and Musgrave Streets, walking down the hill and then following the pathway around to the right for approximately 200 metres. The path splits in two, with the left (upper) fork going to the ovens and the r...	<p>The Klondyke Coke Ovens were part of the Klondyke Colliery located at North Ipswich and were built in the 1940s. Coke production at Klondyke originally commenced in the 1880s. The site had two widely separated periods of coke production and several changes of ownership and names. Its last change of ownership and nam...	<p>The Klondyke Coke Ovens are a good representation of the coke production industry in Queensland. They were one of only two collieries producing coke in Queensland during the 1940s. They are important in demonstrating the development of Queensland's coal mining industry and its role in the evolution of Queensland...	Criterion A \| Criterion C \| Criterion D \| Criterion B	The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history \| The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Queensland's history \| The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places \| The ...
State Heritage	121	602,572	Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Company Ltd (former)	Boral Hancock Plywood \| Australian Fabric Manufacturers Ltd	42 and 42B The Terrace	NORTH IPSWICH	IPSWICH CITY COUNCIL	2008-09-19	<p>The buildings are situated above the northern bank of the Bremer River within a large industrial area that follows the river down a slight hill. Called "the Top Mill" by the current occupiers, the former buildings of The Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Company are situated on the highest part of the indus...	<p>The Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Company is situated in North Ipswich on level land overlooking the Bremer River. It was established in 1875 and the factory was the first woollen manufacturing plant in Queensland. </p><p>Ipswich commenced as a convict outstation known as 'Limestone' in 1827. After free ...	<p>As the first woollen mill in Queensland, and an early example of large scale manufacturing, the mill played an important role in the development of the Queensland textile industry and is important in illustrating early vertical integration for the sheep industry in Queensland. </p><p>The textile industry was traditi...	Criterion A \| Criterion E \| Criterion B \| Criterion D	The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history \| The place is important because of its aesthetic significance \| The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage \| The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics ...
State Heritage	138	602,569	Sadliers Crossing Railway Bridge	null	over Bremer River between Tallon Street, Sadliers Crossing and Dixon Street	WULKURAKA	IPSWICH CITY COUNCIL	2008-11-13	<p>This high-level steel, concrete and timber railway bridge over the Bremer River between Tallon Street, Sadliers Crossing and Dixon Street, Wulkuraka was built between 1900 and 1902. It is located approximately 25 miles 30 chains (40.02 kilometres) from Roma Street. Its total length is 412 feet (229.8 metres) plus th...	<p>The Sadliers Crossing Railway Bridge, which crosses east-west over the Bremer River between Tallon Street, Sadliers Crossing and Dixon Street, Wulkuraka, is a steel truss, concrete and timber bridge designed by Chief Engineer Henry Charles Stanley. Dating from 1902, it is the second bridge to cross the Bremer River ...	<p>The Sadliers Crossing Railway Bridge, opened in 1902, is important in demonstrating the evolution of the railway network in Queensland. This rail network, established in the 1860s, was vital for the development of the colony through opening land for closer settlement and freighting produce and resources to Queenslan...	Criterion A \| Criterion D \| Criterion B	The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history \| The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places \| The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage
State Heritage	177	602,210	Old Laura Homestead	Laura Homestead	Lakefield National Park	LAKELAND	COOK SHIRE COUNCIL	2000-07-28	<p>The elements that make up Old Laura Homestead include station buildings, stockyards, structural foundations and footings, native and introduced trees and vegetation, and the homestead grounds. </p><p>Main House:</p><p>The main house is a two-room high-set timber-frame building clad with corrugated galvanised iron. T...	<p><strong>McDermott and O'Beirne (1879-1924)</strong></p> <p>The earliest record of an official application for a license to occupy a new run on the lower Laura River was made by Peter McDermott and Fergus O'Beirne on 14 October 1879. Occupational licenses were granted for twelve month terms and could be converted to ...	<p>Laura Station played an important role in the establishment of a pastoral industry on Cape York Peninsula, as one of the earliest pastoral holdings on Cape York Peninsula to operate under a license to occupy a new run of crown land. The place has associations with the development of Cooktown as a regional centre th...	Criterion A \| Criterion B \| Criterion D \| Criterion G	The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history \| The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage \| The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places \| The place has a stro...
State Heritage	239	602,242	Barclay's Battery	Mount Coolon Gold Mines Battery \| Barclays Battery	Collinsville road	MOUNT COOLON	WHITSUNDAY REGIONAL COUNCIL	2004-05-17	<p>The place extends from the northern perimeter of Mount Coolon township, northeast along Police Creek to include the weir and the former Hammond house. The mill site includes a square brick chimney, concrete foundations of a 10 head stamp battery, two mortar boxes, gas producer, two-cylinder gas engine (partly demoli...	<p>Mount Coolon is situated approximately 130km south-west of Collinsville, and 200km north of Clermont. Luke Reynolds, a jackeroo from Yacamunda station, discovered gold there in 1913. Thomas Coolon was the first to peg a claim in 1914, but other claims were quickly taken up, including one of the most active prospecto...	<p>Barclay's Battery is located within the Mount Coolon goldfield. The remaining structures and features demonstrate the evolution of the gold-mining industry in north Queensland, including the growth, upgrading of operations, and subsequent company takeovers often associated with early mining endeavours, through t...	Criterion A \| Criterion B \| Criterion G	The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history \| The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage \| The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons
State Heritage	320	602,243	Content Mine	Content Block Mine	Gulf Developmental Road	CROYDON	CROYDON SHIRE COUNCIL	2006-07-04	<p>The Content Mine is located 4km northwest of Croydon on the southern side of the Gulf Development Road. The area around the mine has been heavily disturbed in recent times by road construction and modern mining activities. While most of the vegetation has been cleared, to the north and east of the site there is a sp...	<p>Located on the Croydon Goldfield, the Content PC was opened in 1887 by Croydon businessman and mining investor FW Cuthbert as part of the True Blue and Isabella complex of mines at Croydon and it operated until the end of World War One. Production and profitability of the Croydon Goldfield declined from 1900, the fi...	<p>The Content Mine at Croydon, developed under the proprietorship of mining entrepreneur FW Cuthbert, is significant in Queensland history as the longest operating mine (1887-1918) on the important Croydon Goldfield. In addition, Cuthbert's willingness to trial, and then use, the latest mining technologies (such a...	Criterion A \| Criterion B \| Criterion D \| Criterion H	The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history \| The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage \| The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places \| The place has a spec...
State Heritage	325	602,586	Einasleigh Copper Mine and Smelter	New Einasleigh Copper Mine \| Lynd Copper Mine	Daintree Road	EINASLEIGH	ETHERIDGE SHIRE COUNCIL	2006-12-11	<p>Overview</p><p>The Einasleigh Copper Mine site is a mix of very early workings and those of the exploration crews in the 1970s and the past year or so. Concrete engine mounts, the mill, a slag 'floor', ore dumps, steel framed sheds and evidence of the change rooms and toilets from the 1970s are intersected ...	<p>The Einasleigh Mine and Smelter is located in Etheridge Shire, some 360 kilometres from Cairns. The site is an area of around 4 ha, situated 1 kilometre north of Einasleigh Township, on the west bank of the Copperfield River at its junction with the Einasleigh River. It is located about 500 metres north of the Copp...	<p>The Einasleigh Mine and Smelter is significant in Queensland history as the first base metal mine in Queensland and the first mine in the rich mining province of North Queensland. It was the only copper smelter on the Etheridge mining field and it became one of only three base metal mines owned by the State during...	Criterion A \| Criterion C \| Criterion D \| Criterion G \| Criterion H	The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history \| The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Queensland's history \| The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places \| The ...
State Heritage	349	602,554	WH Paxton & Co. Offices and Warehouse (former)	null	10 River Street	MACKAY	MACKAY REGIONAL COUNCIL	2008-08-14	<p>The former WH Paxton & Co. Offices and Warehouse comprises a number of attached timber structures located on the bank of the Pioneer River, fronting River Street. The northern ends of these structures are constructed on a timber-decked wharf jutting into the river, supported on concrete and timber piles driven i...	<p>This former offices and warehouse, constructed in 1899 with c1912 additions, was built for wholesale merchants and shipping agents WH Paxton & Co, which from the late 1880s was a subsidiary of McIlwraith McEacharn & Co. The 1899 sections were designed by Mackay architect Arthur Rigby and constructed by Charl...	<p>Constructed in 1899 with c1912 additions, the former WH Paxton & Co. Offices and Warehouse is significant for its association with Mackay as a major Queensland river port in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It demonstrates the pattern in Queensland's early settlement of establishing ports i...	Criterion A \| Criterion B \| Criterion D \| Criterion H	The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history \| The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage \| The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places \| The place has a spec...
State Heritage	351	602,603	Pioneer Shire Council Building (former)	null	1 WOOD STREET	MACKAY	MACKAY REGIONAL COUNCIL	2007-12-07	<p>The Pioneer Shire Council Building (former) is a small, reinforced concrete building in the Art Deco Style on Wood Street. </p><p>The Wood Street facade is divided into three sections. The central section has 3 round arches on square pilasters, two free standing and two half-width engaged on the outsides. These pila...	<p>The Pioneer Shire Council Building (former) was constructed to a design by Harold Vivian Marsh Brown in 1935 and occupied by the Council until 1994 when the Shire amalgamated with the Mackay City Council.</p><p>John Mackay and John McCrossin first explored the area in which the Pioneer Shire was located in 1860. Ret...	<p>The Pioneer Shire Council Building (former) is important in demonstrating the evolution of Queensland's history, specifically the development of the provision of services and infrastructure to rural Queensland through the establishment of divisional boards and shire councils.</p><p>The Pioneer Shire Council Buil...	Criterion A \| Criterion D \| Criterion E	The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history \| The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places \| The place is important because of its aesthetic significance

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Queensland Heritage Register places

Every place entered in the Queensland Heritage Register, with name, address, council, entry date, description, history and significance, from the department's export.

This is a copy of the 2022-06-02 version of this dataset on publicdata.au, where it has 1,797 rows and 14 fields. The same version is kept at https://publicdata.au/d/qld-heritage-register/v/2022-06-02/ in 9 formats, with every earlier version and a query API.

Attribution

The data is published by Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation under CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The licence requires this attribution:

Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government, The Queensland heritage register, sourced 3 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/the-queensland-heritage-register, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

To cite this version, including where it was serialised:

Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government, The Queensland heritage register, sourced 3 October 2026, https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/the-queensland-heritage-register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/qld-heritage-register/v/2022-06-02/

This is an independent republication. The publisher has not endorsed this site.

Versions

publicdata.au keeps a new version each time the publisher changes the source file, and lists them all at https://publicdata.au/d/qld-heritage-register/versions.json. This repository tags each version it holds as v<date>, so load_dataset("National-Digital/qld-heritage-register", revision="v2022-06-02") always returns these rows.

Query it without downloading

The publicdata.au query API filters and totals the newest version of this dataset and needs no key:

https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/qld-heritage-register/rows?limit=10

Fields

Field	Type	Description
`heritage_type`	string	State Heritage for every place in this export.
`site_id`	integer	Blank for some places.
`place_ref`	integer	The register's place number, used in its online search.
`name`	string	name
`alternate_name`	string	Joined with a vertical bar where a place has more than one.
`street_address`	string	street_address
`suburb`	string	suburb
`lga`	string	Local government area, in capitals as published.
`register_entry_date`	date	register_entry_date
`description`	string	description
`history`	string	history
`criteria`	string	The statement for each criterion the place meets, joined with a vertical bar.
`criteria_letters`	string	The name of each criterion the place meets, such as Criterion A, joined with a vertical bar in the same order as the statements.
`criteria_definitions`	string	The register's wording of each criterion the place meets, joined with a vertical bar.

publicdata.json beside the data names the version, licence, attribution and the SHA-256 of the publisher's file it was built from.

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