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Maryborough was settled in 1847. By road it is roughly 250 kilometres north of Brisbane, the State Capital.
Built on the banks of the Mary River, Maryborough has one of the best preserved town centres I have seen. From the hotels and historic buildings on and around Wharf Street to the amazing commercial section, the lovely churches and grand "Queenslander" homes, this is a special town. If you visit, make sure you have a steak at the Post Office Hotel at the top end of Wharf Street; country cooking at its best! For more information on the town and environs, visit the Maryborough City Web Site. Also try this interesting web site for an architectural perspective on the town.
Spotted this old WW2 air raid shelter just outside the railway station in Maryborough. The sign reads "AIR RAID SHELTER FOR PAASENGERS ONLY". That's one way of getting business! The entry is sealed by a locked steel gate. |
If I didn't happen to look up from the opposite side of the street I would never have spotted this art deco beauty in downtown Maryborough! What must the downstairs section looked like before it was "modernised"? |
The former Bells Vue Hotel in Maryborough. It appears to have been quite substantial at one time but no more. I don't know what the future holds for it but looking through some of the windows reveals a shambles of small messy rooms. |
One of the art deco windows of the former Bells Vue Hotel in Maryborough. "Bells Vue" is very unusual as it's usually "Belle Vue". It appears to be a clever play on words as it looks onto the huge Bell Tower of St Paul's Anglican Church directly opposite(?). |
The imposing Maryborough City Hall, built 1908. |
The historic Maryborough Court House, part of the Wharf Street precinct of heritage buildings. |
A fine example of a classic Australian pub; the Criterion Hotel in Wharf Street, Maryborough. |
This is the former Engineers Arms Hotel in Maryborough, built 1870. It became a restaurant and Bed and Breakfast at some later time. It was still advertised on the net as a B and B in March 2006 but is now closed. It looked like a very interesting place but everything is covered in dust so must have been closed for months. Sigh. Update November 2007; a sweets shop is now operating from the building. |
The Dominion Milling Company was obviously a big operation in Maryborough once. The faded sign on the roof says "The Old Millhouse Bowerbird Nest" and it appears to be a big second hand goods site now. |
The Maryborough Heritage Centre - the picture tells the story. |
The Mary River looking upstream from the park on Wharf Street, Maryborough. |
This is the impressive St Paul's Anglican Church, Maryborough (very similar architecturally to Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane) opened in 1879. It has a very large free standing Bell Tower. |
Another angle on St Paul's Anglican Church, Maryborough, as the parishioners gather for Sunday Mass. |
Maryborough is graced with the beautiful and tranquil, VERY old world Queens Park. It contains the biggest Banyan Tree I have ever seen, and is bounded on one side by a slope down to the Mary River. On weekends it is not quite so tranquil as the city's large club of steam train enthusiasts descend on it - much to the delight of the local children. |
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