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Appendix 10 State Interest Trigger Maps 152 °59 '3 0"E 152 °59 '4 0"E 152 °59 '5 0"E 153 °0'0"E LL HI DE SI Y ROA D OPI LL I ND OOR O HIGHLAND TERRACE RR TE AC DR IV E 27° 30'30 "S HAND EL ST R CAST ILE ST REE T CAD IZ ST R 27° 30'30 "S EE T EE T THE ESPLANADE 27° 30'20 "S 27° 30'20 "S TA RC OO LA ST R EE T E H AW K EN SAINT ANDREWS PLACE AR U CO RT CAS S IA L ANE 27° 30'40 "S C E TI US NO R ME IE DE 27° 30'50 "S A ESP LAN 152 °59 '3 0"E 152 °59 '4 0"E 152 °59 '5 0"E DI A N ES TR ORMADALE ROAD AD S RO A CRESCENT AN RI O EE T 27° 30'50 "S D 27° 30'40 "S S ROA HART 153 °0'0"E Map of Referable Wetlands Wetland Protection Areas Requested By: [email protected] Date: 18 Nov 14 Time: 13.52.49 Centred on Lot on Plan: 332 SL12778 The Department of State Development Infras tructure and Planning is the State As sessment Referral Agency (SARA) under Schedule 7 of the Sustainable Planning Regulation 2009 for as sess able dev elopment inv olving high impact earthwork s within wetland protection areas . The Department of Env ironment and Heritage Protec tion is a tec hnical agency. Selected Land Parcel Cadastral Boundary Wetland Protection Areas LOC AL IT Y D IA GRA M Wetland Note: This map shows the loc ation of wetland protection areas which are defined under the Environmental Protec tion Regulation 2008. Within wetland protection areas , certain types of development involv ing high impact earthwork s are made as sess able under Schedule 3 of the S ustainable Planning Regulation 2009. The policy outc ome and as sess ment criteria for asses sing these applications are des cribed in the State Development As sess ment Provisions (SDAP) Module 11: Wetlands and wild rivers . Trigger Area This map is produced at a sc ale relevant to the s ize of the lot on plan identified and should be printed at A4 size in portrait orientation. Consideration of the effects of mapped s cale is nec essary when interpreting data at a large sc ale. For further information or assistance with interpretation of this product, please contact the Department of Environment and Heritage Protec tion at www.ehp.qld.gov.au or email [email protected]. ¯ 0 60 120 180 © The State of Q ueensland, 2014 240 300 m This product is projected into GDA 1994 MGA Zone 56 Page 1 of 2 152 °59 '3 0"E 152 °59 '4 0"E 152 °59 '5 0"E 153 °0'0"E LL HI DE SI Y ROA D OPI LL I ND OOR O HIGHLAND TERRACE RR TE AC E DR IV E 27° 30'20 "S 27° 30'20 "S TA RC OO LA ST R EE T H AW K EN 27° 30'30 "S HAND EL ST R CAST ILE ST REE T CAD IZ ST R 27° 30'30 "S EE T EE T THE ESPLANADE SAINT ANDREWS PLACE C AR E TI US NO U CO RT CAS S IA L ANE 27° 30'40 "S D 27° 30'40 "S S ROA HART R ME IE 152 °59 '4 0"E 152 °59 '5 0"E ES TR EE T 27° 30'50 "S DE 27° 30'50 "S A ESP LAN 152 °59 '3 0"E DI A N ORMADALE ROAD AD S RO A CRESCENT AN RI O 153 °0'0"E Map of Referable Wetlands for the Environmental Protection Act 1994 Requested By: [email protected] Date: 18 Nov 14 Time: 13.52.51 Centred on Lot on Plan: 332 SL12778 Note: This map shows the location of wetlands on the Map of Referable Wetlands which are defined under the Environmental Protection Regulation 2008. Selected Land Parcel Cadastral Boundary Wetlands are ass essed for ec ologic al signific anc e using the env ironmental v alues for wetlands in sec tion 81A of the Environmental Protection Regulation 2008. Wetlands are considered either High Ec ological Significance (HE S) or of General E cologic al Significanc e (GES ) for the purpos es of the environmental v alues. LOC AL IT Y D IA GRA M HES Wetland This map is produc ed at a sc ale relevant to the siz e of the lot on plan identified and should be printed at A4 size in portrait orientation. Consideration of the effec ts of mapped s cale is nec essary when interpreting data at a large sc ale. GES Wetland For further information or as sis tance with interpretation of this product, please c ontac t the Department of Environment and Heritage Protec tion at <www.ehp.qld.gov.au> or email <[email protected]> ¯ 0 60 120 180 © The State of Q ueensland, 2014 240 300 m This product is projected into GDA 1994 MGA Zone 56 Page 2 of 2 153 °1'30 "E 153 °0'30 "E 153 °1'0"E 153 °1'30 "E 27° 30'0"S 27° 30'0"S 27° 29'30 "S 153 °1'0"E 27° 29'30 "S 153 °0'30 "E Map of Referable Wetlands Wetland Protection Areas Requested By: [email protected] Date: 18 Nov 14 Time: 13.52.08 Centred on Lot on Plan: 382 SL6788 The Department of State Development Infras tructure and Planning is the State As sessment Referral Agency (SARA) under Schedule 7 of the Sustainable Planning Regulation 2009 for as sess able dev elopment inv olving high impact earthwork s within wetland protection areas . The Department of Env ironment and Heritage Protec tion is a tec hnical agency. Selected Land Parcel Cadastral Boundary Wetland Protection Areas LOC AL IT Y D IA GRA M Wetland Note: This map shows the loc ation of wetland protection areas which are defined under the Environmental Protec tion Regulation 2008. Within wetland protection areas , certain types of development involv ing high impact earthwork s are made as sess able under Schedule 3 of the S ustainable Planning Regulation 2009. The policy outc ome and as sess ment criteria for asses sing these applications are des cribed in the State Development As sess ment Provisions (SDAP) Module 11: Wetlands and wild rivers . Trigger Area This map is produced at a sc ale relevant to the s ize of the lot on plan identified and should be printed at A4 size in portrait orientation. Consideration of the effects of mapped s cale is nec essary when interpreting data at a large sc ale. For further information or assistance with interpretation of this product, please contact the Department of Environment and Heritage Protec tion at www.ehp.qld.gov.au or email [email protected]. ¯ 0 11 0 220 330 © The State of Q ueensland, 2014 440 550 m This product is projected into GDA 1994 MGA Zone 56 Page 1 of 2 153 °1'30 "E 153 °0'30 "E 153 °1'0"E 153 °1'30 "E 27° 30'0"S 27° 30'0"S 27° 29'30 "S 153 °1'0"E 27° 29'30 "S 153 °0'30 "E Map of Referable Wetlands for the Environmental Protection Act 1994 Requested By: [email protected] Date: 18 Nov 14 Time: 13.52.11 Centred on Lot on Plan: 382 SL6788 Note: This map shows the location of wetlands on the Map of Referable Wetlands which are defined under the Environmental Protection Regulation 2008. Selected Land Parcel Cadastral Boundary Wetlands are ass essed for ec ologic al signific anc e using the env ironmental v alues for wetlands in sec tion 81A of the Environmental Protection Regulation 2008. Wetlands are considered either High Ec ological Significance (HE S) or of General E cologic al Significanc e (GES ) for the purpos es of the environmental v alues. LOC AL IT Y D IA GRA M HES Wetland This map is produc ed at a sc ale relevant to the siz e of the lot on plan identified and should be printed at A4 size in portrait orientation. Consideration of the effec ts of mapped s cale is nec essary when interpreting data at a large sc ale. GES Wetland For further information or as sis tance with interpretation of this product, please c ontac t the Department of Environment and Heritage Protec tion at <www.ehp.qld.gov.au> or email <[email protected]> ¯ 0 11 0 220 330 © The State of Q ueensland, 2014 440 550 m This product is projected into GDA 1994 MGA Zone 56 Page 2 of 2 18/11/2014 15:03:06 Lot: '382' Plan: 'SL6788' 10/11/2014 14:54:07 Lot: '332' Plan: 'SL12778' Page 1 10/11/2014 14:54:09 Lot: '332' Plan: 'SL12778' Page 2 18/11/2014 11:07:36 Lot: '2' Plan: 'RP65420' Page 1 18/11/2014 11:07:37 Lot: '2' Plan: 'RP65420' Page 2 18/11/2014 11:07:39 Lot: '2' Plan: 'RP65420' Vegetation Management Act 1999 - Extract from the essential habitat database Essential habitat is required for assessment under the: • State Development Assessment Provisions - Module 8: Native vegetation clearing which sets out the matters of interest to the state for development assessment under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009; and • Self-assessable vegetation clearing codes made under the Vegetation Management Act 1999 Essential habitat for one or more of the following species is found on and within 1.1 km of the identified subject lot/s or on and within 2.2 km of an identified coordinate on the accompanying essential habitat map. This report identifies essential habitat in Category A, B and Category C areas. The numeric labels on the essential habitat map can be cross referenced with the database below to determine which essential habitat factors might exist for a particular species. Essential habitat is compiled from a combination of species habitat models and buffered species records. The Department of Natural Resources and Mines website (http://www.dnrm.qld.gov.au) has more information on how the layer is applied under the State Development Assessment Provisions - Module 8: Native vegetation clearing and the Vegetation Management Act 1999. Regional ecosystem is a mandatory essential habitat factor, unless otherwise stated. Essential habitat, for protected wildlife, means a category A area, a category B area or category C area shown on the regulated vegetation management map1) (a) that has at least 3 essential habitat factors for the protected wildlife that must include any essential habitat factors that are stated as mandatory for the protected wildlife in the essential habitat database; or 2) (b) in which the protected wildlife, at any stage of its life cycle, is located. Essential habitat identifies endangered or vulnerable native wildlife prescribed under the Nature Conservation Act 1994. Essential habitat in Category A and B (Remnant vegetation species record) areas:1100m Species Information (no results) Essential habitat in Category A and B (Remnant vegetation species record) areas:1100m Regional Ecosystems Information (no results) Essential habitat in Category A and B (Remnant vegetation) areas:1100m Species Information (no results) Essential habitat in Category A and B (Remnant vegetation) areas:1100m Regional Ecosystems Information (no results) Essential habitat in Category C (High value regrowth vegetation) areas:1100m Species Information (no results) Essential habitat in Category C (High value regrowth vegetation) areas:1100m Regional Ecosystems Information (no results) Page 3 10/11/2014 14:54:11 Lot: '332' Plan: 'SL12778' Vegetation Management Act 1999 - Extract from the essential habitat database Essential habitat is required for assessment under the: • State Development Assessment Provisions - Module 8: Native vegetation clearing which sets out the matters of interest to the state for development assessment under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009; and • Self-assessable vegetation clearing codes made under the Vegetation Management Act 1999 Essential habitat for one or more of the following species is found on and within 1.1 km of the identified subject lot/s or on and within 2.2 km of an identified coordinate on the accompanying essential habitat map. This report identifies essential habitat in Category A, B and Category C areas. The numeric labels on the essential habitat map can be cross referenced with the database below to determine which essential habitat factors might exist for a particular species. Essential habitat is compiled from a combination of species habitat models and buffered species records. The Department of Natural Resources and Mines website (http://www.dnrm.qld.gov.au) has more information on how the layer is applied under the State Development Assessment Provisions - Module 8: Native vegetation clearing and the Vegetation Management Act 1999. Regional ecosystem is a mandatory essential habitat factor, unless otherwise stated. Essential habitat, for protected wildlife, means a category A area, a category B area or category C area shown on the regulated vegetation management map1) (a) that has at least 3 essential habitat factors for the protected wildlife that must include any essential habitat factors that are stated as mandatory for the protected wildlife in the essential habitat database; or 2) (b) in which the protected wildlife, at any stage of its life cycle, is located. Essential habitat identifies endangered or vulnerable native wildlife prescribed under the Nature Conservation Act 1994. Essential habitat in Category A and B (Remnant vegetation species record) areas:1100m Species Information (no results) Essential habitat in Category A and B (Remnant vegetation species record) areas:1100m Regional Ecosystems Information (no results) Essential habitat in Category A and B (Remnant vegetation) areas:1100m Species Information (no results) Essential habitat in Category A and B (Remnant vegetation) areas:1100m Regional Ecosystems Information (no results) Essential habitat in Category C (High value regrowth vegetation) areas:1100m Species Information (no results) Essential habitat in Category C (High value regrowth vegetation) areas:1100m Regional Ecosystems Information (no results) Page 3 AD REE T RIDG E ST STREE T GROVE TRE ET LINDO NS REE T ON RO A D REE T DE IGH T BER ST AM S TR E ET LO CHA VE N RO E ME RI AL DR I UNIO SLIP RO AD SER V IC E S RO AD WAHC UMBA ST HS TR E ET KE IT RS TR E ET CAR S TRE E T WALCO TT MUNRO MO NG RO VE B OOM E RA N GR OAD DR ET RE ST P AR SH R ST 153 °0'30 "E BROU GHAM STREE T 153 °1'0"E D EET HOME STREET RE ET IA STR STLE S T NE WC A AVE NU E TURNE R PARAD E ONDE R O AD RM WILLIA M CANSDALE STREET D O SO T EE OA IR AK OT 27° 30'0"S GLENA S FAIRFIE LD ROA HA W KE N EY RL TU BRI SBAN E COR VICTO R REET EE T S TRE E T ST R IV E FE NTON STIM P SO N S T E SS STR EET BL E UE PRINCE AV EN D AN LL EG E ROA D AD L UP CO AD RO CAM ER ON STR EE T ME ARN S S TRE ET E IV NO DR RO N KE W A H RE E T D OA HE F FE R AN S T DE R LL N NE RE ET AC E Y ST PL LU YA S TRE ET STREE T TRE ET WARRE NS UE AV EN FTH GRANT H TH TWEL AD LD E IN TH WALTO N STRE ET FI NS AD LAN ESP THE T EE STREE T E S TRE E T PE PO R ST STREE T NE LSO N RIV RO DURHA M EE T TI LLO T MA OD Y R OA D T EE TH A V EN UE R T J DO YL R ST ELEVE N RO AD D MITRE STREE T E R L Y RD 27° 30'0"S EE T RV A ST OAD W ES T N O EG RI VE ST R BO TO DS LA G I R CG C AM PB E RD L HO OD STREE T B LAI Y CR ES CE N AR T HI G H ET STREE T ROAD ER LEY TR E EE T CROW N CA PI UE M AV IS S A M RIVE IV E Y DR ET S TR E N Y RV E S RO M E RI DG H NT VE SE EN AV ONELL D ERSIT UNIV C OLD ME LI FF ST R LI A TRE ET SIXTH AVENUE W SE C HI G H TRE ET STREE T PARK R L NCE S LAURE SIR FR ED SCH C A RM SI R RE ET CHES T LAURE L RO REE T ARIE ST MACQU U DE STREET ER ST R EE T E ET RO SEB ERY S TR GE R TR STER S A NN 27° 29'30 "S D ER W EL AZ W ES T ST CE TERRA BY S TR EE T SAINT JA RE ET DAUPH IN RY STR EET BO UND A STR EE T M ES S TREET DAV EN TRY ST REET DUDLEY ST H GLOUC E E ET AD RO S TREET E ET P AR AD IS E STR D OO ET RE ST CE S TR NS GL E N FIELD CLARE N ET STREE T ET TRE ET E HE EP ST AVEBU RY E ET TR RYAN S TRE OCH TE RRAC RE ST OAD DOR N 153 °1'30 "E EM ILY S H IT FR GRAY R T S RIS DO GR AY RO AD STRE E M ILLER JUMN A 153 °1'0"E 27° 29'30 "S 153 °0'30 "E TRE ET 153 °1'30 "E Coastal Hazard Areas Map Erosion Prone Area Requested By: [email protected] Date: 18 Nov 14 Time: 13.51.44 Centred on Lot on Plan: 382 SL6788 Notes 1. The areas shown on this map are indicative of the ex tent of erosion and permanent inundation defined by erosion prone area plans declared under the Coas tal Protec tion and Management Ac t 1995. Only the declared erosion prone area plans should be used for development ass es sment. To determine the actual pos ition of the erosion prone area a regis tered surveyor or geotechnical consultant may be required if there is any doubt. Selected Land Parcel Indicative Erosion Prone Area Erosion due to storm impact and long term trends of sediment loss and channel migration 2. Erosion prone area plans for each loc al government area and a comprehensive description of their determination are available from the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection webs ite at www.ehp.qld.gov.au LOC AL IT Y D IA GRA M Version 3 - April 2014 Coastal Management District Disclaimer Whils t ev ery care is taken to ensure the acc urac y of this produc t, the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection mak es no repres entations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpos e and dis claims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses , losses , damages (inc luding indirect or consequential damage) and costs whic h you may inc ur as a result of the produc t being inacc urate or incomplete in any way and for any reas on. This map is intended to be printed on an A4 page. ¯ 0 130 260 390 520 650 m This product is projected into GDA 1994 MGA Zone 56 © The State of Queensland, 2014 AD REE T RIDG E ST STREE T GROVE TRE ET LINDO NS REE T ON RO A D REE T DE IGH T BER ST AM S TR E ET LO CHA VE N RO E ME RI AL DR I UNIO SLIP RO AD SER V IC E S RO AD WAHC UMBA ST HS TR E ET KE IT RS TR E ET CAR S TRE E T WALCO TT MUNRO MO NG RO VE B OOM E RA N GR OAD DR ET RE ST P AR SH R ST 153 °0'30 "E BROU GHAM STREE T 153 °1'0"E D EET HOME STREET RE ET IA STR STLE S T NE WC A AVE NU E TURNE R PARAD E ONDE R O AD RM WILLIA M CANSDALE STREET D O SO T EE OA IR AK OT 27° 30'0"S GLENA S FAIRFIE LD ROA HA W KE N EY RL TU BRI SBAN E COR VICTO R REET EE T S TRE E T ST R IV E FE NTON STIM P SO N S T E SS STR EET BL E UE PRINCE AV EN D AN LL EG E ROA D AD L UP CO AD RO CAM ER ON STR EE T ME ARN S S TRE ET E IV NO DR RO N KE W A H RE E T D OA HE F FE R AN S T DE R LL N NE RE ET AC E Y ST PL LU YA S TRE ET STREE T TRE ET WARRE NS UE AV EN FTH GRANT H TH TWEL AD LD E IN TH WALTO N STRE ET FI NS AD LAN ESP THE T EE STREE T E S TRE E T PE PO R ST STREE T NE LSO N RIV RO DURHA M EE T TI LLO T MA OD Y R OA D T EE TH A V EN UE R T J DO YL R ST ELEVE N RO AD D MITRE STREE T E R L Y RD 27° 30'0"S EE T RV A ST OAD W ES T N O EG RI VE ST R BO TO DS LA G I R CG C AM PB E RD L HO OD STREE T B LAI Y CR ES CE N AR T HI G H ET STREE T ROAD ER LEY TR E EE T CROW N CA PI UE M AV IS S A M RIVE IV E Y DR ET S TR E N Y RV E S RO M E RI DG H NT VE SE EN AV ONELL D ERSIT UNIV C OLD ME LI FF ST R LI A TRE ET SIXTH AVENUE W SE C HI G H TRE ET STREE T PARK R L NCE S LAURE SIR FR ED SCH C A RM SI R RE ET CHES T LAURE L RO REE T ARIE ST MACQU U DE STREET ER ST R EE T E ET RO SEB ERY S TR GE R TR STER S A NN 27° 29'30 "S D ER W EL AZ W ES T ST CE TERRA BY S TR EE T SAINT JA RE ET DAUPH IN RY STR EET BO UND A STR EE T M ES S TREET DAV EN TRY ST REET DUDLEY ST H GLOUC E E ET AD RO S TREET E ET P AR AD IS E STR D OO ET RE ST CE S TR NS GL E N FIELD CLARE N ET STREE T ET TRE ET E HE EP ST AVEBU RY E ET TR RYAN S TRE OCH TE RRAC RE ST OAD DOR N 153 °1'30 "E EM ILY S H IT FR GRAY R T S RIS DO GR AY RO AD STRE E M ILLER JUMN A 153 °1'0"E 27° 29'30 "S 153 °0'30 "E TRE ET 153 °1'30 "E Coastal Hazard Areas Map Storm Tide Inundation Area Requested By: [email protected] Date: 18 Nov 14 Time: 13.51.49 Centred on Lot on Plan: 382 SL6788 Notes 1. A default s torm tide inundation lev el of 0.7 m HAT in South East Queensland regional planning area and 1.2 m HAT for the remainder of Q ueens land is us ed where projec ted s torm tide inundation levels have not been determined locally. Selected Land Parcel 2. The map s hould be us ed as a guide only. Field s urv eys are recommended to v erify feature boundaries. Storm Tide Inundation Area LOC AL IT Y D IA GRA M High hazard area (greater than 1.0m water depth) Version 3 - March 2014 Disclaimer Whils t every c are is tak en to ensure the ac curac y of this product, the Department of Environment and Heritage Protec tion mak es no repres entations or warranties about its acc uracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disc laims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, loss es, damages (inc luding indirec t or consequential damage) and c osts which y ou may incur as a result of the product being inaccurate or inc omplete in any way and for any reason. This map is intended to be printed on an A4 page. Medium hazard area (less than 1.0m water depth) Coastal Management District Coastal hazard data not available in this area Refer to note 1 to determine ¯ 0 130 260 390 520 650 m This product is projected into GDA 1994 MGA Zone 56 © The State of Queensland, 2014 E A O D 27° 30'10 "S BOOM ER AN G 27° 30'0"S R OA D R 27° 30'20 "S D 27° 30'30 "S AD RO 27° 30'40 "S S TRE ET CE IN S LA TO IE W P W A S TR S TR EE EET 27° 30'50 "S MB T 27° 31'0"S VE RV HY DE R OAD DALTON ROAD ORCADES ORIEL ROAD ANE IA L CAS S E KA DU T RI RRA S TREE T BR EE T HAND EL ST R ET ST RE C AD IZ CAST ILE ST REE T 27° 30'50 "S D RO A AN EE TR AS T I DE N MO OR ORIENT ROAD RHYND A RO AD PI LL Y NE AV E NUE A RO KI OT A AD CHARLA O RS RO AD LEY D I AN E ST RE ET AD DO AD I RO 27° 30'40 "S CO NE BA IS ER OST R ORA T IE CO UR CAR N OU ST OR LA N SAINT ANDREWS PLACE ORMADALE ROAD NE MEIERS ROAD R ST T EE AV ENU E 152 °59 '1 0"E 152 °59 '2 0"E 152 °59 '3 0"E 152 °59 '4 0"E 152 °59 '5 0"E 153 °0'0"E 153 °0'10 "E 153 °0'20 "E 153 °0'30 "E Coastal Hazard Areas Map Erosion Prone Area Requested By: [email protected] Date: 18 Nov 14 Time: 13.51.26 Centred on Lot on Plan: 332 SL12778 Notes 1. The areas shown on this map are indicative of the ex tent of erosion and permanent inundation defined by erosion prone area plans declared under the Coas tal Protec tion and Management Ac t 1995. Only the declared erosion prone area plans should be used for development ass es sment. To determine the actual pos ition of the erosion prone area a regis tered surveyor or geotechnical consultant may be required if there is any doubt. Selected Land Parcel Indicative Erosion Prone Area Erosion due to storm impact and long term trends of sediment loss and channel migration 2. Erosion prone area plans for each loc al government area and a comprehensive description of their determination are available from the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection webs ite at www.ehp.qld.gov.au LOC AL IT Y D IA GRA M Version 3 - April 2014 Coastal Management District Disclaimer Whils t ev ery care is taken to ensure the acc urac y of this produc t, the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection mak es no repres entations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpos e and dis claims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses , losses , damages (inc luding indirect or consequential damage) and costs whic h you may inc ur as a result of the produc t being inacc urate or incomplete in any way and for any reas on. This map is intended to be printed on an A4 page. ¯ 0 130 260 390 520 650 m This product is projected into GDA 1994 MGA Zone 56 © The State of Queensland, 2014 27° 31'10 "S 27° 31'0"S D AN E IV E D A O R Z D A M U O RV I ETO RO OR R OU YB LE 27° 31'10 "S YN NTH AVE NUE TE N N KE HA W ES PL AN WARAT AH PL DR A RO RO AD N KE W A H V OR SO TS E ET DE U AD LAN ESP THE E IV DR RO O A DR AN HA R TR RE ET D OA T I ND OO 27° 30'30 "S G S GR OV E TW E LFTH AV E NU EN UE BATY S TREET EN UE TH AV EN U E A VE N UE ST R LL ELEV E O OR OO PIL LY IND OA D YR IND OO RO OP I LL A S TR E ET BO WA G RO AD K EE O BADA ST REET T M AGO RS TR D AR VA 27° 30'0"S 27° 30'10 "S HT GI L CARMO DY ROA D E AC ID E MA VI S S G EI UE RR TE HI L LS STREE T STRE E 153 °0'30 "E RV ME UE EN EV E NT H AV H E AC 27° 30'20 "S U E RAC E HIGHLA ND TER W A STR EET 153 °0'20 "E SIXTH AVENUE AV RR TE LO HE 153 °0'10 "E N CA RA ET A S TR E NINDETHA N GARE M A EN AV L RA NT CE D ROAD CE R NT A L V E AV T ER R A G LAN STREET FIFT H A N LA GH HI IS H A R D TE R 153 °0'0"E H NT NI AT ER RA CE R AC E RC E ET S TR LAM BERT R A NC N IO F O D OA NR DO TODD ST R EET DE NSI IRO T EE TR 152 °59 '5 0"E AN SW S ON PS 152 °59 '4 0"E CE RA S TRE E T 152 °59 '3 0"E E ET N STR R U SK I MCCAU L 152 °59 '2 0"E LL STR E ET 152 °59 '1 0"E E A O D 27° 30'10 "S BOOM ER AN G 27° 30'0"S R OA D R 27° 30'20 "S D 27° 30'30 "S AD RO 27° 30'40 "S S TRE ET CE IN S LA TO IE W P W A S TR S TR EE EET 27° 30'50 "S MB T 27° 31'0"S VE RV HY DE R OAD DALTON ROAD ORCADES ORIEL ROAD ANE IA L CAS S E KA DU T RI RRA S TREE T BR EE T HAND EL ST R ET ST RE C AD IZ CAST ILE ST REE T 27° 30'50 "S D RO A AN EE TR AS T I DE N MO OR ORIENT ROAD RHYND A RO AD PI LL Y NE AV E NUE A RO KI OT A AD CHARLA O RS RO AD LEY D I AN E ST RE ET AD DO AD I RO 27° 30'40 "S CO NE BA IS ER OST R ORA T IE CO UR CAR N OU ST OR LA N SAINT ANDREWS PLACE ORMADALE ROAD NE MEIERS ROAD R ST T EE AV ENU E 152 °59 '1 0"E 152 °59 '2 0"E 152 °59 '3 0"E 152 °59 '4 0"E 152 °59 '5 0"E 153 °0'0"E 153 °0'10 "E 153 °0'20 "E 153 °0'30 "E 27° 31'10 "S 27° 31'0"S D AN E IV E D A O R Z D A M U O RV I ETO RO OR R OU YB LE 27° 31'10 "S YN NTH AVE NUE TE N N KE HA W ES PL AN WARAT AH PL DR A RO RO AD N KE W A H V OR SO TS E ET DE U AD LAN ESP THE E IV DR RO O A DR AN HA R TR RE ET D OA T I ND OO 27° 30'30 "S G S GR OV E TW E LFTH AV E NU EN UE BATY S TREET EN UE TH AV EN U E A VE N UE ST R LL ELEV E O OR OO PIL LY IND OA D YR IND OO RO OP I LL A S TR E ET BO WA G RO AD K EE O BADA ST REET T M AGO RS TR D AR VA 27° 30'0"S 27° 30'10 "S HT GI L CARMO DY ROA D E AC ID E MA VI S S G EI UE RR TE HI L LS STREE T STRE E 153 °0'30 "E RV ME UE EN EV E NT H AV H E AC 27° 30'20 "S U SIXTH AVENUE RR TE LO HE 153 °0'20 "E E RAC E HIGHLA ND TER W A STR EET 153 °0'10 "E AV N CA RA ET A S TR E NINDETHA N GARE M A EN AV L RA NT CE D ROAD CE R NT A L V E AV T ER R A G LAN STREET FIFT H A N LA GH HI IS H A R D TE R 153 °0'0"E H NT NI AT ER RA CE R AC E RC E ET S TR LAM BERT R A NC N IO F O D OA NR DO TODD ST R EET DE NSI IRO T EE TR 152 °59 '5 0"E AN SW S ON PS 152 °59 '4 0"E CE RA S TRE E T 152 °59 '3 0"E E ET N STR R U SK I MCCAU L 152 °59 '2 0"E LL STR E ET 152 °59 '1 0"E Coastal Hazard Areas Map Storm Tide Inundation Area Requested By: [email protected] Date: 18 Nov 14 Time: 13.51.31 Centred on Lot on Plan: 332 SL12778 Notes 1. A default s torm tide inundation lev el of 0.7 m HAT in South East Queensland regional planning area and 1.2 m HAT for the remainder of Q ueens land is us ed where projec ted s torm tide inundation levels have not been determined locally. Selected Land Parcel 2. The map s hould be us ed as a guide only. Field s urv eys are recommended to v erify feature boundaries. 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Application forms are downloadable from the Department website http://www.ehp.qld.gov.au/forms/ © The State of Q ueensland, 2014 Registers and Inventories University of Queensland, Great Court Complex Place Details Place ID 601025 Registration Type State Heritage Place Name University of Queensland, Great Court Complex Place Classification Built Landscape Place Category Education, Research, Scientific Facility Place Type University Themes 9 Educating Queenslanders / 9.4 Providing tertiary education Register Entry Date 08/03/2002 Location Address 12 Upland Road Town / Suburb ST LUCIA Post Code 4067 LGA BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL Cultural Significance Principal Period of Significance 1920s-1940s (historical) 1930s-1970s (fabric) 1930s ongoing (social) Criterion A The University of Queensland, established in 1909, commemorates Queensland's 50th anniversary of its separation from the colony of New South Wales. As the state's first university, it demonstrates the gradual evolution of higher education in Queensland, which was considered a low budget priority despite recommendations made to the Government as early as the 1870's. The selection of a permanent site for the university was the subject of intense government and community debate in 1926. The eventual acquisition of land at St Lucia is strongly associated with Dr James O'Neil Mayne and his sister, Mary Emilia Mayne who made £50 000 available for the Brisbane https://heritage-register.ehp.qld.gov.au/friendlyDetailVersion.html?actionType=FRIENDLY&siteId=15800[17/11/2014 4:16:58 PM] Registers and Inventories City Council to purchase the property. In 1935, its Silver Jubilee year, the University decided to commence construction at the St Lucia site. The project was one of the Forgan Smith government's major developments of the 1930's depression years, specifically aimed at creating employment. The premier's involvement is commemorated in the naming of the first completed building on the site. Between 1942 and 1945 the university played an important role in the activities of the Second World War when General Sir Thomas Blamey, head of the Australian Defence Forces, established the Forgan Smith Building as the Land Headquarters. Criterion C (Criterion under review) Criterion D The layout of the Great Court complex is the clearest and most intact example in Australia of a university set out in accordance with the innovative American collegiate planning principles introduced by Thomas Jefferson in the early 1800's. The Jeffersonian concept of an academic village is clearly demonstrated in the complex by the large, open central courtyard that is surrounded by interspersed pavilions representing different disciplines, linked together by internal colonnades. From its location on the highest rise of the land overlooking the surrounding campus buildings, the Great Court is regarded as an important visual symbol of and central core to the University of Queensland. Criterion E Built over a forty year period between 1937 and 1979, the Great Court Complex is significant both architecturally and aesthetically as an extensive and distinctive example of Art Deco styling. Uniformity is an important attribute of the complex, demonstrated not only by congenial characteristics such as monumental scale and form, strong horizontal and vertical lines, and materials but also the abundant sculptural work such as friezes, statues, and grotesques depicting significant individuals and events in the history of the State, the Commonwealth and the University. The public interiors of the individual buildings, particularly those in the Forgan Smith Building, are of notable interest for the high quality detailing of its materials and finishes harmoniously executed in the same style as the exteriors. Criterion G From its location on the highest rise of the land overlooking the surrounding campus buildings, the Great Court is regarded as an important visual symbol of and central core to the University of Queensland. Due to this symbolism, the complex has a strong association with past and present students and faculty members throughout the state. Criterion H The University of Queensland, Great Court Complex has a special association with the work of Hennessy, Hennessy & Co, prominent Australian architects with offices in Brisbane and Sydney, who were responsible for designing a number of https://heritage-register.ehp.qld.gov.au/friendlyDetailVersion.html?actionType=FRIENDLY&siteId=15800[17/11/2014 4:16:58 PM] Registers and Inventories institutional and educational complexes throughout Australia during the 1920's and 30's. The original design for the university is regarded as their most aspiring proposal in Queensland and although not completed in its entirely, the Great Court complex part of the University generally conforms to the original plan. The Great Court Complex also has a strong association with the notable craftsman, John Theodore Muller, a German stonemason responsible for completing much of the Great Court sculpture between 1939 and 1953 including the statues, friezes on the Forgan Smith and Steele Buildings: the distinctive frieze of prehistoric life on the Richards Building; and about half of the grotesques, coats of arms, arches and roundels. The sculptured works form an integral part of the Great Court Complex and represent an immense undertaking in stone. History History Proposals for a university in Queensland began in the 1870s. A Royal Commission in 1874, chaired by Sir Charles Lilley, recommended the immediate establishment of a university. Those against a university argued that technical rather than academic education was more important in an economy dominated by primary industry. Those in favour of the university, in the face of this opposition, distanced themselves from Oxford and Cambridge and proposed instead a model derived from the mid-western states of the USA. A second Royal Commission in 1891 recommended the inclusion of five faculties in a new university; Arts, Law, Medicine, Science and Applied Science. Education generally was given a low priority in Queensland's budgets, and in a colony with a literacy rate of 57% in 1861, primary education was the first concern well ahead of secondary and technical education. The government, despite the findings of the Royal Commissions, was unwilling to commit funds to the establishment of a university. In 1893 the Queensland University Extension Movement was begun by a group of private individuals who organised public lecture courses in adult education, hoping to excite wider community support for a university in Queensland. In 1894, 245 students were enrolled in the extension classes and the lectures were described as practical and useful. In 1906 the University Extension Movement staged the University Congress, a forum for interested delegates to promote the idea of a university. Opinion was mobilised, a fund was started and a draft Bill for a Queensland University was prepared. Stress was laid on the practical aspects of https://heritage-register.ehp.qld.gov.au/friendlyDetailVersion.html?actionType=FRIENDLY&siteId=15800[17/11/2014 4:16:58 PM] Registers and Inventories university education and its importance for the commerce of Queensland. The proceedings of the Congress were forwarded to Premier Kidston. In October 1906, sixty acres in Victoria Park were gazetted for university purposes The University of Queensland was established by an Act of State Parliament on December 10, 1909 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Queensland's separation from the colony of New South Wales. The Act allowed for the university to be governed by a senate of 20 men and Sir William MacGregor, the incoming Governor, was appointed the first chancellor with RH Roe as the vice chancellor. Old Government House [600118] in George Street was set aside for the University following the departure of the Governor to the Bardon residence, Fernberg [600275], sparking the first debates about the best location for the university. In 1910 the first teaching faculties were created. These included Engineering, Classics, Mathematics and Chemistry. In December of the same year, the Senate appointed the first four professors; BD Steele in chemistry, JL Michie in classics, H. Priestly in mathematics and A Gibson in engineering. In 1911 the first students enrolled. Practically from the start there was controversy about a permanent site for the University. Old Government House was too small and was seen by many as evidence merely of government parsimony. There was not much room for expansion and there were conflicts with the neighbouring Brisbane Central Technical College. Victoria Park had been chosen in 1906 for a permanent site and in 1922 a further 170 acres were vested in the University. The high cost of preparing the steeply sloping land at Victoria Park for building made it a less than ideal site despite its central location and proximity to the Royal Brisbane Hospital. Yeronga Park and St Lucia were considered as options. But in 1926 the whole issue was transformed when Dr James O'Neil Mayne and Miss Mary Emilia Mayne made £50,000 available to the Brisbane City Council to resume land at St Lucia and present it to the University. Opinion was divided with Professor Steele and many members of the medical profession against St Lucia because of its isolation and lack of public transport. A meeting of the Senate, on the 10 December, voted for the St Lucia site on the condition that the city council provided access. Those voting for St Lucia included Archbishop Duhig, EJD Stanley, ACV Melbourne and Professor Richards. Dr Lockhart Gibson, Chancellor AJ Thynne and Archbishop Sharp were amongst those who voted for Victoria Park. In 1930 the Senate handed over Victoria Park, less eleven acres reserved for a medical school, to the Brisbane City Council in exchange for the St Lucia site. https://heritage-register.ehp.qld.gov.au/friendlyDetailVersion.html?actionType=FRIENDLY&siteId=15800[17/11/2014 4:16:58 PM] Registers and Inventories During the years of the Depression that followed the university suffered progressive reduction of government funding. Cuts were made to both staff salaries and numbers while student numbers trebled between 1923 and 1933. There was no prospect of building the new university until 1935 when the Premier, W. Forgan Smith, announced that the Queensland government would undertake construction at St Lucia. This was one of the three major development projects initiated in the mid 1930s by the Queensland government to create employment, the others being the Stanley River Dam and the Story Bridge [600240]. The University Senate called for and received schemes from various enthusiasts, including Professor Hawken, Dr FW Robinson, AB Leven and Dr JJC Bradfield. Taking ideas from these suggestions the Senate committee produced its own preliminary design. The principle building, containing Arts, Law and administration, was E-shaped and enclosed one side of an arcaded quadrangle. Related outer buildings contained Engineering, Biology, Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, a museum and a teachers' training college. The Queensland government, despite hopes for a competition, appointed the Sydney firm of Hennessy, Hennessy & Co as architects for the project; and Jack Francis Hennessy (1887-1955) produced the coherent and logical plan that still lies at the heart of the University. The foundation stone was laid in 1937 by Forgan Smith but it was another year before building commenced. Construction began in March 1938 with the main building, now known as the Forgan Smith Building, and was followed shortly afterward with the lower floors of the library and the Chemistry building. It was to proceed, due to financial constraints, in stages clockwise around the court. Work was disrupted by the Second World War. The main building served its first use, from 1942-1944, as the headquarters of General Sir Thomas Blamey (head of the Australian Defence forces). The army evacuated the building and work re-commenced by 1948. The Forgan Smith Building was officially opened in May 1949 by Premier Hanlon. The Duhig Library (two-stories only and named for Archbishop Sir James Duhig) was also ready by this time, as was the Steele Building (named for the first professor of chemistry, Professor Bertram Steele). In 1951 the Richards Building (named for the first professor of geology, Henry Casselli Richards) was completed. In 1955 the Parnell Building (named for the inaugural professor of physics, Thomas Parnell) and an addition to the west wing of the Forgan Smith Building were completed. In 1962, jointly https://heritage-register.ehp.qld.gov.au/friendlyDetailVersion.html?actionType=FRIENDLY&siteId=15800[17/11/2014 4:16:58 PM] Registers and Inventories funded by state and commonwealth governments, the Goddard Building (named for the second professor of biology, Ernest Jones Goddard) was completed. In 1965 three extra floors were added to the Duhig Library to the design of James Birrell. The final building at the western end of the Forgan Smith was to have been a Great Hall. JD Story, the vice chancellor from 1938 until 1960, proposed in 1959 that this be replaced by a western Arts building and in 1972 construction began on the Michie Building (named for first the professor of classics, J.L. Michie). The state government announced in 1974 that it would provide the funding to clad the building in sandstone. The Michie Building was completed in 1978. In March 1979 the colonnade between the Michie Building and the Goddard Building was completed enclosing the Great Court Complex. A number of changes have been made over the years to the Great Court Complex. Some of buildings have been augmented or altered: there are various structures on top of the Goddard Building, and a new, discreet addition to the Law Library at the western end of the Forgan Smith Building which was designed by Robert Riddell. Perhaps the most significant change is that the planting within the Court is less formal than originally intended, and takes little account of Hennessy's plans for strong visual axes to tie the whole Court together. Notable also in this respect are Professor Gareth Robert's master plan for the university which involved the closing of the circular drive and the placement of the Main Library and the Great Hall in front of the Forgan Smith Building. The Sculptors: As part of Hennessy, Hennessy & Co's original concept, it was intended that the Great Court would include extensive sculptural work portraying historical panels, statues, coats of arms and panels of Australian plant and animal life. Many of the designs were done by Leo Drinan, who was the principle architect with Hennessy, Hennessy & Co. Work on the sculptures began in 1939, with German born John Theodore Muller and Frederick James McGowan as the principle stonemasons. Work was halted by the war in 1942 and McGowan died before it resumed three years later. Muller continued to carve until his death at more than 80 years of age, in 1953. At the time of his death all of the friezes, most of the statues, and half of the grotesques, coats of arms, arches and roundels were completed. Carving virtually stopped at the University after Muller's https://heritage-register.ehp.qld.gov.au/friendlyDetailVersion.html?actionType=FRIENDLY&siteId=15800[17/11/2014 4:16:58 PM] Registers and Inventories death and resumed only after the Michie Building was under construction. A competition amongst several Queensland sculptors in 1976 led to the commissioning of Mrs Rhyl Hinwood. Mrs Hinwood has since continued to carve numerous grotesques and coats of arms for the Court, as well as the two monumental figures at the main entrance to the Goddard Building. Description Description The Great Court Complex is set on the high ground in the centre of a site enclosed by Cemetery Reach, a bend in the Brisbane River, on the northern, eastern and southern sides, and St Lucia, a residential suburb, on the west. The Court, approximately semicircular in plan with eight unequal sides, is an open grassed space planted intermittently with trees and shrubs and intersected by an axially placed path. The perimeter of the court consists of a continuous colonnade that links five detached buildings, all clad in Helidon sandstone of varying colours ranging from rich purples through to creams and browns. The largest of these, forming the long northern side of the court, is really a complex of three attached buildings. It consists of the centrally located Forgan Smith Building, flanked by the Michie Building at the western end and Duhig Library to the east. The other buildings which face onto the central court are, moving around the perimeter clockwise from the Duhig Library, the Steele Building, the Richards Building, the Parnell Building and the Goddard Building. Element Element Name University of Queensland, Great Court Complex Design Period 1919 - 1930s Interwar period Construction Period 1937 - 1979 Place Components Tower Classroom/Classroom block/Teaching area Cloister/s Decorative finishes Library - building Decorative features Images https://heritage-register.ehp.qld.gov.au/friendlyDetailVersion.html?actionType=FRIENDLY&siteId=15800[17/11/2014 4:16:58 PM] Registers and Inventories Description UQ Great Court Complex (1994) Media Author Media Date Copyright Queensland Government Description UQ Great Court Complex (1994) https://heritage-register.ehp.qld.gov.au/friendlyDetailVersion.html?actionType=FRIENDLY&siteId=15800[17/11/2014 4:16:58 PM] Registers and Inventories Media Author Media Date Copyright Queensland Government Information about places in the Queensland Heritage Register is maintained by the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) under the Queensland Heritage Act 1992. 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Last updated: 15 March 2013 https://heritage-register.ehp.qld.gov.au/friendlyDetailVersion.html?actionType=FRIENDLY&siteId=15800[17/11/2014 4:16:58 PM] Registers and Inventories Union College Place Details Place ID 602504 Registration Type State Heritage Place Name Union College Place Classification Landscape Built Place Category Education, Research, Scientific Facility Place Type College - student accomodation Themes 9 Educating Queenslanders / 9.4 Providing tertiary education Register Entry Date 06/12/2004 Location Property Name University of Queensland Address 38 Upland Road Town / Suburb ST LUCIA Post Code 4067 LGA BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL Cultural Significance Principal Period of Significance 1960s (historical) 1960s-1970s (fabric) 1965 ongoing (social) Criterion A Union College marks an important stage in the modern development of the University of Queensland. An innovative residential college designed in 1963, it was modern and functional in concept and construction and responds to the vegetation and topography of its site. It marked a departure from college design on this campus and reflected international ideas on architecture. Criterion E Union College was highly praised at the time of its building as visually pleasing, well conceived and innovative structure. Criterion F Union College was highly praised at the time of its building as visually pleasing, well conceived and innovative structure. https://heritage-register.ehp.qld.gov.au/...2vLhGmGr3LgwdjwPpnnt42GpgbMBGn7cvG!148583688?actionType=FRIENDLY&siteId=4067[18/11/2014 9:15:37 AM] Registers and Inventories The design was innovative in its interaction with the site, in its form and use of materials and represented a high degree of creative achievement, recognised by a High Commendation award by Arts and Architecture journal as one of the best ten new buildings in Australia at the time. Criterion G Union College has social significance as an important component of university life to the many people who have resided there as students or as teachers and administrators. It also represented a departure from tradition in the provision of a modern lifestyle for students and as the first residential college in Queensland to offer accommodation to both men and women. Criterion H Union College is important as a major work of James Birrell, an architect of national stature and repute, and is evidence of his thought and practice. Birrell was Staff Architect for the University of Queensland when he selected the site and designed Union College and was involved with the master planning of the campus. He had a design philosophy that integrated structures and landscape as evidenced by this building. The work of James Birrell, particularly for the Brisbane City Council and the University of Queensland is widely held to be influential and innovative. History History The Union College building at the University of Queensland campus was built in five major stages between 1964 and 1972 to the design of James Birrell, Staff Architect for the University between 1961 and 1966. Proposals for a Queensland university were first made in the 1870s, but the idea did not have strong public or government support in a new colony where tertiary education was not a funding priority. An Act of State Parliament eventually established the new University of Queensland on December 10, 1909. Sir William MacGregor, the incoming Governor of Queensland, was appointed as the first Chancellor. Before his arrival, it had been decided to purchase and renovate 'Fernberg', a house at Bardon, as the new Government House and to use the vacated government residence and part of its grounds at Gardens Point for the University. This was a controversial decision and many thought that the building and domain were unsuitable and too small for the purpose. There was little room for expansion and there were conflicts with the neighbouring Brisbane Central Technical College. In 1910 the first teaching faculties were created and in early 1911 the first students enrolled, although relocation was already being discussed. Victoria Park had been chosen in 1906 as a campus site, https://heritage-register.ehp.qld.gov.au/...2vLhGmGr3LgwdjwPpnnt42GpgbMBGn7cvG!148583688?actionType=FRIENDLY&siteId=4067[18/11/2014 9:15:37 AM] Registers and Inventories though the high cost of preparing the steeply sloping land for building presented problems and Yeronga Park and St Lucia were also considered as options. In 1926 the difficulty of obtaining a suitable permanent site was solved when Dr James Mayne and Miss Mary Mayne made £50,000 available to the Brisbane City Council to resume land at St Lucia and present it to the University. In 1930 the University Senate handed over Victoria Park, less eleven acres reserved for a medical school, to the Brisbane City Council in exchange for the St Lucia site. During the years of the Depression that followed, government funding and staff numbers were reduced, although student enrolments trebled between 1923 and 1933. There was no prospect of building on the new site until 1935 when the Premier, W. Forgan Smith, announced that the Queensland government would undertake construction. The University Senate committee produced a preliminary design and the Sydney firm of Hennessy, Hennessy & Co was appointed as architects for the project. They produced the Great Court plan with its sandstone, classically inspired buildings that remains central to the University and which influenced later building. The foundation stone was laid in 1937 but the Second World War disrupted work and the main building was used as the headquarters of General Sir Thomas Blamey, head of the Australian Defence forces. Work had re-commenced by 1948 and the Forgan Smith Building was officially opened in May 1949 followed by other major buildings of the Great Court in the 1950s and 60s. Residential Colleges to accommodate the students had been established for some time on the edges of the inner city area but it was intended that they should relocate when permanent sites were available on the new campus. Sites had been allocated for Emmanuel, St John's, King's, St Leo's, Duchesne and Women's Colleges, although the war had halted construction plans, as it had the development of the University buildings. Religious institutions ran all but Women's College and all accommodated only a single gender. In 1943 the University of Queensland Student's Union planned a non-denominational Union College as an alternative to traditional religious colleges. It was expected that after the war student numbers would increase greatly and that accommodation would be in short supply. A Student Housing Committee was formed. It was intended that the new college should be owned by the Union, run by a Warden elected by the students and approved by the university Senate, and governed by a representative body of students. However, https://heritage-register.ehp.qld.gov.au/...2vLhGmGr3LgwdjwPpnnt42GpgbMBGn7cvG!148583688?actionType=FRIENDLY&siteId=4067[18/11/2014 9:15:37 AM] Registers and Inventories land had only been allocated at St Lucia for the six colleges existing when plans were drawn up in the 1930s. High building costs also delayed the construction of a new building and the Union opened a student hostel in rented premises in Wickham Terrace in 1947. By 1950 the hostel had gained College status and in 1952, the Union requested that land be allocated for the college on the St Lucia campus. Land opposite the St John's College site and bordered by the no 1 oval and a grove of native trees was reserved for Union College in December 1952. Building schemes were considered in 1953, but the cost was too great and the Union purchased two large houses in Wickham Terrace in April 1956, after the premises they had formerly rented was sold. In January 1958, a sub committee was set up to consider building schemes, though these could not be implemented until the 1963-66 triennium. The buildings at Wickham Terrace had proved to be a good investment and the loan was paid out by 1960. It was decided to survey the St Lucia site, though the University's Staff Architect, James Birrell, questioned its suitability. He suggested that 'if the Union College were built along the west frontage of the Tree Reserve in buildings artfully arranged to avoid destruction of trees, it would be on elevated ground, not overlooked by surrounding country, associated only with residential development and on good foundation.' This new site was approved and transferred to the college in December and Birrell began preparation of plans for the college. James Peter Birrell was born in Melbourne and studied architecture at Melbourne Technical College. Following World War Two he worked as a draughtsman for the State, then the Commonwealth Works Departments. As a cadet architect with the Commonwealth Department of Works he was accepted as a fourth year student at the University of Melbourne. After graduating in 1951 he graduated and worked briefly as Resident Architect at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories. In 1952 he co-founded Architecture and Arts with Peter Burns, Helen O'Donnell and Norman Lehey. Transferred to Canberra, he worked on the design of schools, telephone exchanges, group housing, and alterations to the Canberra Repertory Theatre. Moving back to Melbourne in 1953, he worked on post office buildings. Birrell exhibited with the Contemporary Art Society and helped to organise a tour for them before being transferred to Darwin to take charge of the Commonwealth Department drawing office. Here he designed schools, hospital extensions, shopping centres and various ancillary structures. In 1955 he resigned from the Commonwealth Works Department and was appointed Architect in Charge of the https://heritage-register.ehp.qld.gov.au/...2vLhGmGr3LgwdjwPpnnt42GpgbMBGn7cvG!148583688?actionType=FRIENDLY&siteId=4067[18/11/2014 9:15:37 AM] Registers and Inventories drawing office of the Brisbane City Council's Architectural Branch. While with the Council, he designed a large number of public buildings, many of which were illustrated in national design journals, and included such innovative buildings as the Toowong Municipal Library [602011], the Centenary Pool [601240] and the Wickham Terrace Car Park [601511]. Birrell was Architect to the University of Queensland from 1961-66, overseeing the university's second major phase of construction development. Beginning part time lecturing at the University's Department of Architecture and at QIT, he also worked on the Master Plan for the expansion of the University. His most notable buildings designed in this period include Union College, the JD Story Administration Building, Staff House and the Agriculture and Entomology Building (now the Hartley Teakle Building). As part of his work for the University, he designed the James Cook University in Townsville in 1963, and continued to design buildings for the St Lucia campus. In 1965 Birrell was appointed President of the Australian Planning Institute. In 1966 he designed the Union Theatre and Hartley Teakle Building before moving into private practice. By July 1963, Birrell had developed a plan for Union College that he believed would: Provide a residential collegiate atmosphere without undue institutional appearance. This has been achieved by meandering the dormitory block in a more of less rambling fashion so that it encloses in effect two cloistered courtyards, one of which overlooks no 2 oval across the top of the communal facilities building and the other, the residential section of Upland Road. Incidentally, this meandering avoids the removal of any substantial trees. The facilities block has been arranged along even contours one floor lower than the dormitory building so that at no point are the bedroom outlooks detrimentally affected. Service entrance is at the north so that service facilities are grouped against the future substation area that adjoins the sites, hence buffering incompatible areas from the College. The facilities block requires the removal of two trees only. This plan represented the cutting edge of international ideas on architecture in respect of its form and the mode of its construction and generated a considerable amount of interest in the building and design industries.. It achieved a combination of good quality design and economy while responding imaginatively to its site. In an era when buildings in Queensland were generally constructed on a cleared and levelled site, not only the placement, but also the design of https://heritage-register.ehp.qld.gov.au/...2vLhGmGr3LgwdjwPpnnt42GpgbMBGn7cvG!148583688?actionType=FRIENDLY&siteId=4067[18/11/2014 9:15:37 AM] Registers and Inventories the college buildings was influenced by the existing topography and vegetation, which became part of the design. Union College would have an impact on the funding of college buildings throughout Australia. The tender of T J Watkins was accepted in June 1964 and the first stage was still being completed when Education Minister, Jack Pizzey, officially opened it in July 1965. The first stage comprised part of the Common Facilities wing residential blocks and staff quarters at a cost of £240,000 (480,000). The new college was adjudged one of the ten best buildings in Australia for 1965 by the Australian Journal of Architecture and Arts. Union College marked a departure from the design of other residential colleges on campus. Innovative features ranged from the large one piece pivoting windows to the flat roof intended to be used for living and recreational space. Forms were simple and robust and the stone, timber, off form concrete and metals chosen were intended to weather to soft tones of grey with contrasts in texture. The college was not only innovative in its form and use of materials and in its response to the site, but also in concept. Previous designs for student accommodation in Queensland were more conservative and had followed traditional institutional models. Union College had courtyards, recreational and tutorial facilities and student units, providing a modern lifestyle for adult students. As an extension of this approach, in 1968 Union College became the first coeducational residential college in Queensland. Although this was a controversial move in the conservative atmosphere of the time, this and other features of life at Union College, innovative in the 1960s and 70s, are now the norm as university accommodation more closely reflects daily life in the wider community. Extensions were carried out during the 1963-66 triennium including extending the facilities wing, landscaping and constructing the warden's residence on the ground floor of block F. The tender of C P Hornick and Sons was accepted in May 1966 for an overall cost of $77,463. The next stage comprised construction of Block C (floors GHJ and KLM). The tender of Harris James was accepted in July 1967 and the work was completed in June 1968 at a cost of $412,815. Half of the rooms in this residential block were made available to women students, though they were at first accommodated on different floors to the men. In June 1968 the Brisbane City Council purchased the two old college buildings in Wickham Terrace at a cost of https://heritage-register.ehp.qld.gov.au/...2vLhGmGr3LgwdjwPpnnt42GpgbMBGn7cvG!148583688?actionType=FRIENDLY&siteId=4067[18/11/2014 9:15:37 AM] Registers and Inventories $265,000. Planning for the 4th stage of construction began in 1969. This was to complete the residential wings and build units for married tutors and tutorial rooms. Federal funding of $150,000 was granted for this stage (PQR floors) and the tender of C P Hornick was accepted in December 1969. The completed cost was $397,344. Plans were then begun for the completion of the college (XYZ floors). Harris James tender was accepted in January 1973 and work was finalized in 1974. The college as a whole was estimated to have cost $1,500,000 to build. In the late 1990s a detached brick function room with a tiled, hipped roof was constructed to the rear of the kitchen. It was also designed by Birrell, but does not match the earlier buildings in form or materials. Some changes have taken place, though the buildings are substantially intact and retain their character. The off-form concrete has been painted with sealant. Trios of hopper windows have replaced the majority of the large pivoted windowpanes that formed a distinctive feature of the design. An unsympathetic security fence has been added at the south. The landmark trees, which were an important part of the original design concept, remain though secondary planting of has been added. Description Description The University of Queensland is located on a large allotment on a bend of the Brisbane River at St Lucia. The Great Court is sited to dominate the rise of the land and have a commanding view of the surrounding campus buildings, the playing fields and the river beyond. The residential colleges are grouped to the south along the river with Union College set slightly further back. Union College comprises several buildings. The two main buildings are linear in form and have an extruded appearance. The facilities block is a single-storey building facing north-east, which flows through underneath the lower storey of the residential block. The structure has a steel sheeted roof supported by an off-form concrete portal frame infilled with Mt Coot-tha bluestone. This type of structure creates a large open-plan internal space. The floors are parquetry, the ceilings are lined with strawboard and the joinery is blackbean. There is a distinctive brick fireplace with four arched openings over a central hearth. https://heritage-register.ehp.qld.gov.au/...2vLhGmGr3LgwdjwPpnnt42GpgbMBGn7cvG!148583688?actionType=FRIENDLY&siteId=4067[18/11/2014 9:15:37 AM] Registers and Inventories There are courtyards formed between the angles of the buildings. Raised areas set with trees and surrounded by bluestone retaining walls preserve original hillocks on the site. The existing major trees have been supplemented by plantings of other trees, shrubs and flowering plants The residential block is a three-storey building supported on off-form concrete pilotis. Sections of it are infilled below as the ground level drops away, but the three storey residential section is constant. The plan form of the building follows different angles, facing variously north-east, east, and north, creating courtyards that contain large mature trees and gardens. The pilotis support dark manganese brick internal walls. Open stairwells with off-form concrete external balustrades are located at regular intervals along the building. The external areas of off-form concrete have been painted. Windows are metal framed, with the original windows composed of a large panel spanning the window space at the top with two smaller windows below. All are pivoted horizontally and double-glazed with Venetian blinds enclosed. Most of the upper panels of the original windows have been replaced with triple hopper windows. The roof is reinforced concrete, and ceilings are sprayed vermiculite. The former staff house lies between the accommodation and facilities blocks and echoes the form and materials of the accommodation blocks. It is .is a two-storey building constructed of brick and off form concrete with steel framed windows. Element Element Name Union College Designer Name Birrell, James Style Brutalism Design Period 1940s - 1960s Post-WWII Construction Period 1964 - 1974 Construction Method Poured in situ concrete Fabric (Exterior Structure) Concrete Fabric (Roof) Metal sheeting Roof Form Parapet front Place Components Courtyard Trees/Plantings College - residential https://heritage-register.ehp.qld.gov.au/...2vLhGmGr3LgwdjwPpnnt42GpgbMBGn7cvG!148583688?actionType=FRIENDLY&siteId=4067[18/11/2014 9:15:37 AM] Registers and Inventories Images Description Union College Media Author Media Date Copyright Queensland Government https://heritage-register.ehp.qld.gov.au/...2vLhGmGr3LgwdjwPpnnt42GpgbMBGn7cvG!148583688?actionType=FRIENDLY&siteId=4067[18/11/2014 9:15:37 AM] Registers and Inventories Description Union College Media Author Media Date Copyright Queensland Government Information about places in the Queensland Heritage Register is maintained by the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) under the Queensland Heritage Act 1992. 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