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Lands Administration Building

Land Administration Building
Land Administration Building, Queens Gardens facade, Brisbane.jpg
Land Administration Building, Queens Gardens facade, 2016
Location 142 George Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates 27°28′22″S 153°01′29″E / 27.4727°S 153.0246°E / -27.4727; 153.0246
Design period 1900 - 1914 (early 20th century)
Built 1899 - 1905
Built for Queensland Government
Architect Thomas Pye
Architectural style(s) Classicism
Official name: Land Administration Building, Former Executive Building
Type state heritage (built)
Designated 21 October 1992
Reference no. 600123
Significant period 1900s early (fabric)
1900s-1970s (historical)
Significant components memorial - honour board/ roll of honour
Builders Arthur Midson
Land Administration Building is located in Queensland
Land Administration Building
Location of Land Administration Building in Queensland

Land Administration Building is a heritage-listed former government building at 142 George Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Thomas Pye and built from 1899 to 1905 by Arthur Midson for the Queensland Government. It was also known as the Executive Building or (now) the Old Executive Building. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.

The building was originally occupied by the offices of the Lands and Survey Departments, the Premier of Queensland, the Executive Council, and the Queensland National Art Gallery. It contains a heritage-listed World War I Honour board.

Since 1995, the building has been used as the hotel of the Treasury Casino (the casino being located in the former Treasury Building).

This four-storeyed masonry government office building was erected between 1901 and 1905. Initially intended as offices for the Lands and Survey Departments, it was finished and occupied in 1905 as the Executive Building, accommodating both the Lands and Survey Departments and offices of the Premier and Executive Council. It is the most prominent Brisbane example of Queensland Government building activity associated with the economic recovery of the late 1890s and with the Federation of Australia.


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