Queens Gardens, Brisbane | |
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Location | 144 George Street, Brisbane CBD, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Coordinates | 27°28′20″S 153°01′27″E / 27.4723°S 153.0242°E |
Design period | 1900–1914 (early 20th century) |
Built | c. 1905–1990s |
Official name | Queens Gardens, Executive Gardens, St Johns Church Reserve |
Type | state heritage (built, landscape, archaeological) |
Designated | 21 October 1992 |
Reference no. | 600112 |
Significant period | 1820s–1830s, 1848–1899, 1901–1962, (historical) |
Significant components | lake / 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 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]