Former Butcher's Shop Makes the Cut
Published Tuesday, 06 November, 2007 at 12:16 PM
Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation
The Honourable Andrew McNamara
A former State Government-run butcher’s shop at Walkerston, near Mackay, has been included in the Queensland Heritage Register, a decision which will save the site from impending demolition.
The property had been the subject of a temporary preservation order issued last month when the possibility of its demolition came to light.
Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation, Andrew McNamara, welcomed the Heritage Council’s decision.
“The decision underlines the cultural and historical importance of the former butcher’s shop, and helps provide for its preservation,” Mr McNamara said.
“The property was recently identified by the Queensland Government’s statewide survey of heritage places.
“It would have been a great shame for it to be lost to the state when its historical importance had only been discovered recently.”
The owners have the opportunity to object to the listing, and can appeal the Heritage Council’s decision in the Planning and Environment Court.
State-run enterprises were an experiment by the Queensland Government which began just after the start of the First World War. A co-ordinated system of state butcheries provided cheaper meat to thousands of families between 1915 and 1929.
Mr McNamara said the property’s entry in the Heritage Register would make it eligible for funding under Queensland’s $5 million Living Buildings and Places heritage funding program.
“The funding program was set up to assist owners and community organisations with the costs of conservation works on heritage buildings,” Mr McNamara said.
“More than 100 properties received funding in the program’s first round, and the second round of funding is now open.”
To find out more about the Living Buildings and Places program, owners can contact the EPA on 3224 8896.
Media contact: Peter McCarthy 3336 8004
The property had been the subject of a temporary preservation order issued last month when the possibility of its demolition came to light.
Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation, Andrew McNamara, welcomed the Heritage Council’s decision.
“The decision underlines the cultural and historical importance of the former butcher’s shop, and helps provide for its preservation,” Mr McNamara said.
“The property was recently identified by the Queensland Government’s statewide survey of heritage places.
“It would have been a great shame for it to be lost to the state when its historical importance had only been discovered recently.”
The owners have the opportunity to object to the listing, and can appeal the Heritage Council’s decision in the Planning and Environment Court.
State-run enterprises were an experiment by the Queensland Government which began just after the start of the First World War. A co-ordinated system of state butcheries provided cheaper meat to thousands of families between 1915 and 1929.
Mr McNamara said the property’s entry in the Heritage Register would make it eligible for funding under Queensland’s $5 million Living Buildings and Places heritage funding program.
“The funding program was set up to assist owners and community organisations with the costs of conservation works on heritage buildings,” Mr McNamara said.
“More than 100 properties received funding in the program’s first round, and the second round of funding is now open.”
To find out more about the Living Buildings and Places program, owners can contact the EPA on 3224 8896.
Media contact: Peter McCarthy 3336 8004