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Cairns Regional Gallery is housed in one of the finest heritage buildings of Far North Queensland - the site formerly occupied by the Public Office Building. The building was designed in 1933 and completed in 1936; the architect is thought to have been R.C Nowland, who also designed the historic Cairns Post building and the original City Council Council chambers (both of which are located in close proximity to the Gallery on Abbott Street).
The two-story Gallery building is constructed of red/brown brick, steel and concrete and incorporates a number of architectural features used on other Government buildings constructed in Queensland during the same era. However, the now-Gallery building also features a number of region specific design elements, including a raised ground floor, to combat flooding, overhanging eaves to provide shade, and wide verandahs with recessed colonnades.
Similarly, the interior of the building was constructed with a strong emphasis on timber panelling, this is not only because one of the building’s tenants was the Forestry Department, but also because timber does not absorb heat.
The original principal tenant of the building was the Public Curator’s Office, however the site also housed a number of other Government offices including the State Government Insurance Office, Government Travel Bureau, Land Commission and Agricultural Bank, Forestry Offices, District Supervisor of Works, Inspector of Weights and Measures / Health / Slaughter Houses / Fruit and Diseases in Plants and visiting Tax Inspectors.
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