Old Windmill

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Old Windmill

A little piece of history

Wickham Terrace
Brisbane, QLD 4001
+61 7 3221 8411 (City Hall Tourist Information Centre)
http://www.brisbanetourism.com.au

In 1828 convict labour was used to build a windmill near the Brisbane river. More than 170 years later the convicts' handiwork remains as the oldest surviving building in Queensland. "The Old Windmill" was built to grind flour and maize meal for the young penal settlement. It was converted to a signal station in 1861 and used for experimental radio and television broadcasts in the 1920s and 1940s.

Review © 2009, Wcities

Old Windmill Photo: MichaelWu

Old Windmill Photo: Jonathan LaRocca

Old Windmill Photo: Glen R. Holdaway

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Old Windmill Photo: Christopher Hall