Newstead House, Brisbane

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Newstead House seen from the east

Newstead House, in Newstead Park, was built by Patrick Leslie in 1846 on the Breakfast Creek bank of the Brisbane River, in the Brisbane suburb of Newstead, in Queensland, Australia.

Newstead House is Brisbane's oldest domestic dwelling. One of the residents was Captain John Wickham, the Police Magistrate and Government Resident. The building was occupied by American troops during World War II. There is an Australian-American War Memorial in the grounds in memory of this. Newstead House is now a museum and heritage listed. It is open to the public, and concerts are sometimes held at the house and grounds.

In the 1920s the Brisbane City Council constructed an electrical substation for its tramway system in the grounds of the House. Since the closure of the tram system in 1969 the substation has been used by the Queensland National Trust.

[edit] See also

Old Government House

[edit] References

Greenwood, G. and Laverty, J., "Brisbane 1859-1959 A History of Local Government", Brisbane City Council, Brisbane, 1959.
Steer, G. R., "Brisbane Tramways: Their History and Development", Historical Society of Queensland Journal, Vol 3, No 3.