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| View over Lake Wivenhoe
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Esk (and Coominya)
A pretty historic town within easy reach of Brisbane.
Located 110 km north-west of Brisbane and 70 km from
Ipswich, Esk is one of those pleasant, green, leafy and
historic towns which, although gracious and stylish, appears
to be little more than a main street and a few houses. It
nestles under Glen Rock and Mt Esk on the Brisbane Valley
Highway.
In fact Esk is the gateway to a region full of hidden
delights. The town has a number of interesting historic
buildings in an area which boasts the remarkable and elegant
Bellevue and Caboonbah Homesteads.
The area was settled by European pastoralists in the
1840s after the New South Wales Government had opened up the
land around the penal colony at Moreton Bay. One of the
first settlers established the huge Wivenhoe run in the
1840s. It was here that the remarkable Bellevue Homestead
was built in 1893 after the original pise residence had been
destroyed by floods.
Free settlers moved in during the 1850s and 1860s.
Things to see:
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| 212 Ipswich Street, Esk -
a superb example of early architecture in the area
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Buildings in Esk
Esk boasts a number of interesting National Trust buildings.
The Club Hotel (225 Ipswich Street), with its cast-iron
balustrades and gracious verandahs, is considered a typical
example of a Queensland country hotel.
Nearby is a delightful timber house (212 Ipswich Street)
which stands out against the other buildings on the street.
Constructed by the brothers who owned the Esk sawmill it has
a superb corrugated iron hipped roof with a verandah that is
a showpiece for the joinery skills of the time.
Further down the road (160 Ipswich Street) is the old Esk
Record building. With its distinctive gabled roof and
overhanging verandah it is listed as a fine example of small
commercial premises in a Queensland country town. It is now
a real estate office and second-hand shop.
At the southern end of the main street are the unusually
named St Mel's Roman Catholic Church (surely one of the most
unusually named saints ever), the beautiful old Staging Post
Inn, which is both a guest house and a restaurant, St Agnes'
Church of England (1920), and the Anglican Rectory (1884)
which has been recently restored.
Caboonbah Homestead
North of Esk, at MS 336 Somerset Dam Road (i.e., the
Esk-Kilcoy Road), in Toogoolawah, is Caboonbah Homestead,
once owned by the politician Henry Plantagenet Somerset. The
homestead was built in 1890, operated as a guest house from
1935-1962, was a private residence from 1962 until 1973 when
it was resumed by the Queensland Premier's Department as
part of the Wivenhoe Dam project. It was later transferred
to the Brisbane and Area Water Board and is now the
headquarters of the Brisbane Valley Historical Society.
Situated on top of a hill it enjoys superb views which,
since the building of the Wivenhoe Dam, have included the
lake created by the flooded valley below.
The Historical Society are developing the area around the
homestead, and have established an important local folk
museum collection, including the recently acquired McGrath
Cottage. The museum is open every day except Thursday. For
details tel: (07) 5423 1553.
Bellevue Homestead
One of the area's first settlers established the huge
Wivenhoe run in the 1840s. It was here that the remarkable
Bellevue Homestead was built in 1893 after the original pise
residence had been destroyed by floods. Originally located
on the banks of the Brisbane River it was moved some
kilometres to Coominya in 1975 when the site was flooded by
the Wivenhoe Dam. The building was once occupied by George
Taylor and his wife in the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries. Important members of Queensland
society, the Taylors hosted numerous parties at the home.
Their guests included King Edward VIII (when he was the
Prince of Wales) and General Birdwood. The large rooms,
unusual pressed metal ceilings, and beautiful cedar
panelling all combine to make Bellevue a particularly
interesting example of Queensland vernacular architecture.
It is in fact two houses connected by verandahs. Located
opposite the Coominya railway station, in Railway St, it is
now owned and run by the National Trust of Queensland who
open it from 10 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., Thursday to Monday.
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