Addresses

At 546 Brookfield Road, Brookfield, Queensland 4069

Type of place

Work residence, Shop/s, State school

Period

Victorian 1860-1890

Style

Queenslander

Brookfield General Store & Former Teacher's Residence

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Brookfield General Store & Former Teacher's Residence

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Addresses

At 546 Brookfield Road, Brookfield, Queensland 4069

Type of place

Work residence, Shop/s, State school

Period

Victorian 1860-1890

Style

Queenslander

Lot plan

L449_SL12323

Key dates

Local Heritage Place Since —

Date of Citation —

Construction

Roof: Corrugated iron;
 Walls: Timber

Criterion for listing

(A) Historical; (D) Representative; (G) Social

Interactive mapping

City Plan Interactive Mapping

Lot plan

L449_SL12323

Key dates

Local Heritage Place Since —

Date of Citation —

Construction

Roof: Corrugated iron;
 Walls: Timber

Criterion for listing

(A) Historical; (D) Representative; (G) Social

Interactive mapping

City Plan Interactive Mapping

History

This particular building was erected as a teacher's residence, along with the school building, in c1871. 

The residence served the Education Dept until c1932 when representatives of the Trustees of the Brookfield Recreation and Show Ground Reserve purchased it in 1932 for 10/-/-. It was subsequently leased as a store to which has served the Brookfield community.

Libby Wager in her work Historic Brookfield (1988), in discussing the store, stated that "Brookfield Store remains a focal point of the community".

The building is an example of the reusable nature of rural buildings.

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:

Historical

Criterion A

The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of the city's or local area’s history

as a former school residence dating from the 1870s and subsequently serving as the general store.

Representative

Criterion D

The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class or classes of cultural places

as a former school residence, now being utilised as a general store, evidencing the recyclable nature of rural buildings.

Social

Criterion G

The place has a strong or special association with the life or work of a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons

as the building was the original former Brookfield School Residence and subsequently has served as the Brookfield General Store.

References

  1. Certificates of Title.

  2. John Oxley Library Photograph Collection

  3. Meadows, Jane. Brisbane's Western Suburbs: Our Heritage in Focus. (Brisbane: State Library of Queensland Foundation. 1994)

  4. Post Office Directories.

  5. Wager, Libby. Historic Brookfield. (Pullenvale: Pullenvale Field Study Centre. 1988)

  6. Wager, Libby. Different Tracks. (Brookfield: Kenmore-Brookfield Parish of the Uniting church in Australia. 1998)

Citation prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised June 2022)

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Victorian 1860-1890
Queenslander
Work residence
Shop/s
State school
At 546 Brookfield Road, Brookfield, Queensland 4069
At 546 Brookfield Road, Brookfield, Queensland 4069 L449_SL12323
Historical, Representative, Social