Australian Estates No. 2 Store
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Australian Estates No. 2 Store, 2012
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| Location | 24 Macquarie Street, Teneriffe, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°27′41″S 153°02′59″E / 27.4613°S 153.0496°ECoordinates: 27°27′41″S 153°02′59″E / 27.4613°S 153.0496°E |
| Design period | 1940s - 1960s (post-World War II) |
| Built | c. 1957 |
| Architectural style(s) | Modernism |
| Official name: Australian Estates No.2 Store | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600320 |
| Significant period | 1950s (fabric) 1950s-c. 1978 (historical use) |
 Location of Australian Estates No.2 Store in Queensland
Location of Australian Estates No.2 Store in Queensland
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Australian Estates No. 2 Store is a heritage-listed former warehouse and now apartments at 24 Macquarie Street, Teneriffe, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built c. 1957. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
Australian Estates purchased most of the homes on the site between 1955 and 1959. With the advent of their modern woolstore, the company utilised the top floor as their main showroom rather than their adjacent 1920s building (Australian Estates No. 1 Store). In 1978 the property was sold to Service Nominees, one of the Mayfairs group of companies, which leased the floors to various tenants.
In 1986, the Brisbane City Council's Development Plan (1986) zoned the building to enable residential use. By 2014, the building had been converted to apartments, including an additional floor of apartments by removing the original roof.
Australian Estates Co. Ltd No 2 Woolstore, which is built into the side of Teneriffe Hill, comprises four floors, in two sections with expansion joins to allow for climatic changes. It was erected during the Postwar era and is International in architectural style. Several features suggest significant deviations in woolstore design and construction during this last phase of development at Teneriffe.
Australian Estates No.2 Store was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.
The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history.
Australian Estates No 2 woolstore is most significant in its own right and for its heritage contribution to the Teneriffe precinct. It reflects important developments, technological features and marketing procedures in Queensland's wool industry, as well as the history of commerce along the Brisbane River and of the pastoral company concerned. Built at the end of the affluent fifties when wool prices were high and 'Australia rode on the sheep's back', the company showed confidence in the economic future.
The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage.
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