Former commissariat Stores building in Brisbane ca 1928

Photographer: unidentified Location: Brisbane Description: The Commissariat Store in Brisbane is Queensland’s second-oldest building, surpassed only by the Old Observatory in Wickham Terrace. Constructed between May 1828 and December 1829 during the regime of Captain Patrick Logan, Commandant of the Moreton Bay penal settlement, the Commissariat Store is of Georgian design with freestone walls. In 1886 a single-storey brick building was added to the south-east wing, with a second storey being completed in 1900, though the entire wing was later demolished. In 1912-1913 a third storey was added to the entire existing structure. When first completed, the Commissariat Store was contiguous to a wharf and crane for the convenient unloading of docked vessels. After fulfilling this role the building was used to house immigrants, as offices for the Queensland Law Reform Commission and as a repository for Queensland State Archives. Fittingly, the Commissariat Store now serves as the headquarters of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland. (Information taken from: Queensland State Archives, retrieved on 30 November 2012 at http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Exhibitions/Top150/051-075/Pages/051.aspx) View this page at the State Library of Queensland hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/93280 Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/picture-queensland