Australian Estates No. 1 Store
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Australian Estates No. 1 Store, 2010
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| Location | 50 Macquarie Street, Teneriffe, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°27′37″S 153°02′59″E / 27.4603°S 153.0497°ECoordinates: 27°27′37″S 153°02′59″E / 27.4603°S 153.0497°E |
| Design period | 1919–1930s (interwar period) |
| Built | c. 1926 – 1927 |
| Architect | Montague Stanley |
| Architectural style(s) | Italianate |
| Official name: Australian Estates No.1 Store | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600321 |
| Significant period | 1920s (fabric) 1927–1978 (historical use) |
| Builders | Stuart Brothers (Sydney) |
 Location of Australian Estates No.1 Store in Queensland
Location of Australian Estates No.1 Store in Queensland
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Australian Estates No.1 Store is a heritage-listed former warehouse and now apartments at 50 Macquarie Street, Teneriffe, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Montague Stanley and built from c. 1926 to 1927 by Stuart Brothers (Sydney). It is now known as the Saratoga Woolstore Apartments. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
Part of the site (lot 3) of the Australian Estates No 1 woolstore was purchased originally in 1847 by the Government Resident, Captain John Clements Wickham. The property passed through the hands of several important companies, namely the Brisbane Stevedoring & Wool Dumping Co. Ltd by 1907, Moreheads Ltd in 1914 and the Union Trustee Co. of Australia until 1961, when it was acquired by Australian Estates.
The other part (lot 4) was purchased by the Financial Guarantee & Agency Co. of Queensland in 1888, and acquired by the Australian Estate & Mortgage Co. by 1926. The design was by Montague Talbot Stanley, a Queensland architect and structural engineer, with the construction by the Stuart Bros of Sydney.
When officially opened in 1927 by the Duke and Duchess of York, this woolstore had the largest showroom in Australia, being capable of displaying 24,000 bales. For this reason it was the venue for the vice-regal Ball in honour of the Duke of Gloucester in 1934. In 1978 the property was acquired by Service Nominees (Qld) Pty Ltd, which belongs to the Mayfairs group of companies, and leased in 1980 to Chevron Discount Furnishers for bulk storage and furniture display.
Later it became part of the Wool Store furniture complex in conjunction with the adjacent Elder Smith Woolstore and Australian Estates No. 2 Store. In 1986, this property was zoned in the Brisbane City Council's Teneriffe Development Plan (1986) for continuation of current usage or residential. In 2003, the building had been converted into the Saratoga Apartments.
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