The Old Windmill, Brisbane

The Old Windmill
The Old Windmill, Observatory Park
Origin
Mill name	The Old Windmill
Mill location	Spring Hill, Queensland
Coordinates	27°27′55″S 153°01′22″E / 27.465256°S 153.022867°E / -27.465256; 153.022867
Year built	1828
Information
Purpose	Corn mill
Type	Tower mill
Storeys	Four storey tower
No. of sails	Four sails
Auxiliary power	Treadwheel
No. of pairs of millstones	Two pairs

The Old Windmill, Brisbane
Location of The Old Windmill, Brisbane in Queensland
Location	226 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	27°27′57″S 153°01′23″E / 27.4657°S 153.0231°E / -27.4657; 153.0231
Design period	1824–1841 (convict settlement)
Built	1820s
Queensland Heritage Register
Official name	Windmill Tower, Brisbane Observatory, Old Windmill
Type	state heritage (archaeological, built)
Designated	21 October 1992
Reference no.	600173
Significant period	1820s, 1860s, 1894 (fabric) c. 1828–1842, 1861–1890s, 1922–1926, 1930s, 1940s (historical)
Significant components	amphitheatre, time ball
Builders	Convict labour

The Old Windmill is a heritage-listed tower mill in Observatory Park adjacent to Wickham Park at 226 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built in the 1820s by convict labour in the Moreton Bay penal settlement and is the oldest surviving building in Queensland.^[1] It is also known as Brisbane Observatory and Windmill Tower. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.^[1] Today it is the centrepiece of Observatory Park and a lookout over parts of the Brisbane CBD.^[2]