Queens Gardens, Brisbane

Queens Gardens, Brisbane
Queens Gardens, looking to the statue of Queen Victoria and the former Land Administration Building (now Heritage Hotel), 2017
Location144 George Street, Brisbane CBD, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates27°28′20″S 153°01′27″E / 27.4723°S 153.0242°E / -27.4723; 153.0242
Design period1900–1914 (early 20th century)
Builtc. 1905–1990s
Official nameQueens Gardens, Executive Gardens, St Johns Church Reserve
Typestate heritage (built, landscape, archaeological)
Designated21 October 1992
Reference no.600112
Significant period1820s–1830s, 1848–1899, 1901–1962, (historical)
Significant componentslake / pond / waterway, post/s – lamp, tree groups – avenue of, lawn/s, statue, seating, memorial – rock/stone/boulder, garden – bed/s, pathway/walkway, trees/plantings, guns/weaponry/armament
Queens Gardens, Brisbane is located in Queensland
Queens Gardens, Brisbane
Location of Queens Gardens, Brisbane in Queensland

Queens Gardens is a heritage-listed park located on a city block between George Street, Elizabeth Street and William Street in the Brisbane CBD, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from c. 1905 to 1990s. It is also known as Executive Gardens and St Johns Church Reserve. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.[1]

Queens Gardens are adjacent to the former Land Administration Building (now the Heritage Hotel of the Treasury Casino). On the opposite side of William Street is the Old State Library Building and on the opposite side of Elizabeth Street is the former Treasury Building (now the Treasury Casino).[2]

  1. ^ "Queens Gardens (entry 600112)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

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