R C Ziegler and Son

R C Ziegler and Son is a firm of monumental masons in Queensland, Australia. They built many heritage-listed war memorials in Queensland.

History

The firm was established in Toowoomba circa 1902 and undertook monumental masonry commissions throughout south-western Queensland. The family company moved to Bundaberg where it was operating until the mid 1980s.^[1] In 2016, it is based once again in Toowoomba serving Queensland and northern New South Wales under the name RC Ziegler Monumentals.^[2] The firm closed in 2013.

Significant works

Cooyar War Memorial

• 1920: Goombungee War Memorial^[3]
• 1923: Cooyar War Memorial^[4]
• 1924: Charleville War Memorial^[1]
• 1926: Cunnamulla War Memorial Fountain^[5]
• 1949: Bundaberg War Nurses Memorial^[6]

References

1. "Charleville War Memorial (entry 600758)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
2. "R C Ziegler Monumentals". Retrieved 4 March 2016.
3. "Goombungee War Memorial (entry 600826)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
4. "Cooyar War Memorial (entry 600825)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
5. "MEN OF THE WEST". Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. LXV, no. 280. Queensland, Australia. 23 November 1926. p. 6. Retrieved 24 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Bundaberg War Nurses Memorial and Park (entry 600365)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.