Lytton Quarantine Station
Heritage-listed former quarantine station in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lytton Quarantine Station is a heritage-listed former quarantine station in Lytton, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Location | 160 South Street, Lytton, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Coordinates | 27.4144°S 153.1505°E / -27.4144; 153.1505 |
Design period | 1900 - 1914 (early 20th century) |
Built | 1913 - c. 1914 |
Official name | Lytton Quarantine Station (former), Customs Reserve, Fort Lytton National Park, Lytton Quarantine Complex and Animal Detention Centre |
Type | state heritage (built, archaeological) |
Designated | 22 September 2000 |
Reference no. | 601347 |
Significant period | 1913-1914 (fabric) 1859, 1889, 1914-1982, 1919 (historical) |
Significant components | shed/s, sewage farm/treatment site, machinery/plant/equipment - health/care services, jetty/pier, residential accommodation - staff housing, bathroom/bathhouse, objects (movable) - law/order, immigration, customs, quarantine, tramway, workshop, trees/plantings, yard, drainage, reception area/house, residential accommodation - doctor's house/quarters, chimney/chimney stack, disinfecting room, laundry / wash house, boiler room/boiler house, slab/s - concrete |
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It was built from 1913 to c. 1914. It is also known as the Customs Reserve and Lytton Quarantine Complex and Animal Detention Centre. It forms part of Fort Lytton National Park. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 22 September 2000.[1]