- This site is listed as STATE heritage
- Construction began in the 1930's
- The site illustrates the EVOLUTION and DEVELOPMENT of QLD history, providing rare surviving evidence of the port of Brisbane in the central city
- It is important in DEOMONSTRATING the range of employment generating and INFRASTRUCTURE-BUILDING projects undertaken by the Forgan-Smith government during the 1930's DEPRESSION
- Contained on site are 'Second World War Air-Raid Shelters' - they are the most intact shelters surviving in Brisbane!
- The "PILLBOX" (built by the City Council) are significant for their rarity value - unlike other known survivng shelters in Brisbane
- The location of the shelters adjacent Howard Smith Wharves and Story Bridge illustrates the STRATEGIC importance of the wharves and brigde in 1941-42 and act as an EVOCATIVE ILLUSTRATION of how closely the war impacted Brisbane workers
- Howard Smith Wharves was originally built to provide work during the depression years
- Brisbane was declared as a port of entry in 1846 meaning a customs house was needing to be built nearby - Queen Street
- Howard Smith signed a 21 year lease over to Brisbane City Council in 1936. After the lease expired the company made a move to better facilities downstream in the early 1960's
- The water police then occupied the site and the QLD workers department used the site for storage
- Impounded vehicles were alse stored here
:: Howard Smith Wharves :: LOCATION ::
- Howard Smith Wharves is located on the Northern Bank of the Brisbane river at Petrie Bight, between the Town and Shafston Reaches
- The BOUNDARY of the site is formed by cliffs along the northern, eastern and south-eastern perimetre
- The site is entered from the WEST off Boundary Street, and passes under the northern section of the STORY BRIDGE, with the northern pylons of the bridge located on the site
- The site includes a series of buildings, including a two-storeyed concrete office building, currently occupied by the water police, near the western entrance of the site
- There are 4 sheds located across the site. The sheds are single storeyed
- The Air-Raid shelters are located at the base of the cliffs
- A CONCRETE roadway runs behind the sheds, with ramps accessing the ends of the sheds.
Info Received from :
Queensland Government, State of QLD (Department of Environment and resource management)(2009)www.epa.qld.gov.au/chims/placeDetail.html?siteId=16518. Accessed on 05 March, 2012
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