GSA Guide - Treasury Building - Third Wing (1922-28) Claimed

The Third Wing of this classic (16th century) Italian Renaissance style Treasury Building now poses as main entrance to the Jupiters Treasury Casino, a premier entertainment venue in the heart of Brisbane CBD.

This building symbolizes the heritage treasures of the city versus the modern architecture on the opposite side of Reddacliff place. It is the gateway to the Queen Street Mall and the Brisbane River.

History

The Treasury Buildings were erected on the site of a military barracks of the convict era and the colonial treasury. Built in three sections between 1885 and 1928, in a classic (16th century) Italian Renaissance style, its function and grandeur possibly make it the most noteworthy government building in Brisbane.

Before the third wing was built the area at the corner of George and Queen Street was occupied by a low-set corner building occupied by the Geological Survey of Queensland in the 1890s to about 1902. The low set corner building of the Geological Survey of Queensland in 1893 with Government Geologists at the entrance (from left R.L.Jack, W.H. Rands, T.Sythers and others unnamed).

Around the time of completion of the Second Wing, the