Francis Lookout
| Francis Lookout | |
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Signage, 2014
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| Location | 157 Dewar Terrace, Corinda, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°32′12″S 152°58′35″E / 27.5368°S 152.9764°ECoordinates: 27°32′12″S 152°58′35″E / 27.5368°S 152.9764°E |
| Design period | 1840s - 1860s (mid-19th century) |
| Built | 1863 - 1966 |
| Official name: Francis Lookout, Francis Outlook | |
| Type | state heritage (landscape, built) |
| Designated | 7 September 2004 |
| Reference no. | 602441 |
| Significant period | 1860s-1960s (fabric, historical use) |
| Significant components | trees/plantings, headstone, fence/wall - perimeter, lychgate, burial/grave, fencing |
 Location of Francis Lookout in Queensland
Location of Francis Lookout in Queensland
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Francis Lookout is a heritage-listed cemetery at 157 Dewar Terrace, Corinda, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1863 to 1966. It is also known as Francis Outlook. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 7 September 2004.
Francis Lookout is an area of parkland located on a prominent hilltop site in Corinda. It contains burials from between 1862 and 1966. The Francis family, one of the first families to settle in the Corinda area bought 21 acres, Portion 120, in 1862, which extended from the Brisbane River up to the present location of Francis Lookout. They also bought 33 acres which extended from Oxley Creek to the present Sherwood Road.
Their cemetery was dedicated when their youngest son, Clement, died in 1863. One acre was dedicated for this purpose as there was no municipal cemetery in the district. The last of the family to be buried here was Mary Francis, wife of the Francis' eldest son, Dick, in 1937. Other graves in the cemetery include: the Jones grave, the Dunlop grave, the Clarkson grave, the Walker grave, the Gray grave and two unlocated burials.
According to Alex Francis, his mother, Angela Francis, erected the lychgate for her husband and the elaborate barge boards were carved by her friends. A small bronze plaque reads "ERECTED BY ANGELA FRANCIS 1902".
The lychgate has a gable roof that was originally covered with timber shingles. These were replaced with concrete tiles in 1962, but have again been replaced with timber shingles. East and West gables are infilled with weatherboards. The original timber floor has been replaced with at least two concrete slabs.
In 1930, the Brisbane City Council took direct control of thirteen of Brisbane's cemeteries. At this time Frances Lookout was under the control of private trustees. One of these, George Waugh approached the council with the request the council take over the cemetery, on the condition of the trustees waiving all claims to compensation and that the council would undertake to properly care for the cemetery in perpetuity.
Formal council resumption occurred in 1934. Improvements and repairs to the cemetery occurred in 1935-36 and were as follows:
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