Addresses
Type of place
Park
Period
Victorian 1860-1890
This is an image of the local heritage place known as Hardgrave Park
Hardgrave Park
Addresses
Type of place
Park
Period
Victorian 1860-1890
Hardgrave Park, gazetted in 1875, is one of Brisbane’s earliest public reserves. It is named after John Hardgrave, the Brisbane Mayor in 1864, who had two houses along Petrie Terrace, across from the park. This public green space retains its nineteenth century elements: tree and shrub plantings, gardens and paths with porphyry stone borders and a distinctive, random range quarry face porphyry retaining wall topped with a cast iron railing fence that faces Countess Street. Other nineteenth century features include the sandstone and marble lion’s head drinking fountain that commemorates the 1896 Mayor Robert Woods Thurlow plus an 1887 cast iron drinking pillar.
Lot plan
L326_B3215
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
People/associations
John Hardgrave (Association);Robert Thurlow (Association)
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (B) Rarity; (E) Aesthetic; (G) Social; (H) Historical associationInteractive mapping
Lot plan
L326_B3215
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
People/associations
John Hardgrave (Association);Robert Thurlow (Association)
Criterion for listing
(A) Historical; (B) Rarity; (E) Aesthetic; (G) Social; (H) Historical associationInteractive mapping
History
Most of this section can be found in the scanned copy of the City Assets Study citation on this park.
The park’s cast-iron drinking fountain (also known as a drinking pillar) is similar in design as the drinking fountains located at Newstead Park, Newstead and outside the Mater Hospital at 39 Annerley Road, South Brisbane. They all feature two small hemispherical drinking cups for dogs, attached to the base of the pillar of the drinking fountain. The drinking fountain may have been originally located at a City horse-drawn cab stand as the structure also features a third hemispherical drinking cup located further up the pillar for horses to use. The Brisbane Municipal Council had called tenders in 1887 for Contract No.26 to supply 12 cast-iron drinking fountains in the C.B.D. The foundry of Hood & Binnie was awarded this contract.
Description
This section can be found in the scanned copy of the City Assets Study citation on this park.
Statement of significance
Relevant assessment criteria
This is a place of local heritage significance and meets one or more of the local heritage criteria under the Heritage planning scheme policy of the Brisbane City Plan 2014. It is significant because:
Supporting images
Unidentified photographer,
‘Hardgrave Park - City', 25 April 1949,
Brisbane City Council Library Services, Brisbane City Council.
A view of Hardgrave Park, Petrie Terrace, from near the intersection of Petrie Terrace and Princess Street, Petrie Terrace, looking south-east.
Unidentified photographer,
‘Hardgrave Park, Petrie Terrace, 1949', 25 April 1949,
Brisbane City Council Library Services, Brisbane City Council.
A view of Hardgrave Park, Petrie Terrace, from the corner of Countess and Secombe streets, Petrie Terrace, looking north-west.
Unidentified photographer,
‘Hardgrave Park viewed from the Corner Countess Street and Swan Street - Petrie Terrace', 8 November 1949,
Brisbane City Council Library Services, Brisbane City Council.
A view of Hardgrave Park, Petrie Terrace, from the south-west corner of Countess and Secombe (Swan) streets, Petrie Terrace, looking north-west.
References
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Certificates of Title, Department of Environment and Resource Management
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Brisbane City Council aerial photographs, 1946, 2001, 2009
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Brisbane City Council, Properties on the Web, Building Cards
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Brisbane City Council, “Hardgrave Park Conservation Management Study site report”, City Assets Study, (Brisbane: Brisbane City Council, April 2002)
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Brisbane City Council, Drinking Fountain, 39 Annerley Rd. South Brisbane, (Brisbane: Heritage Unit citation, July 2011)
Citation prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised September 2020)