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The Commissariat Store was built in c.1810, demolished in 1939. This is the north and east facades of the original U-shaped building (1810) which fronted on to Circular Quay so ships could unload directly into the warehouse. The rectangular 1812 building was behind fronting George Street. Detailed history (of foundation stone) - www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_01_2.cfm?itemid=4500322 Also - www.dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/commissariat_stores

@ State Records NSW - this seems to be a fairly rare picture of a very important and historic building just before it was unfortunately demolished. There are a few on Picture Australia (including a Casneaux), but most of the Tyrrell Collection's many views of Circular Quay have a forest of ships' masts and funnels obscuring the building.

Yes it is a terrible shame that this wonderful building didn't survive the re-modelling of The Rocks. The demolition of such an historically significant building would never happen today.

real shame this building wasnt kept. it was tallest building in the colony at 60ft to ridge. some other photos of the building img849.imageshack.us/img849/9198/comstore1932.jpg img26.imageshack.us/img26/2527/comstore.jpg

uminarampart Thanks for adding these links, great to see the other side of the building facing the water. AB

The East Water Tower is a heritage-listed water tower at 17 Sussex Street, Bundaberg East, and is a must-visit as it is believed to be the only circular brick tower in Queensland. Given Bundaberg's relatively flat terrain, this tower is the perfect example of late 19th-century technology - using the increased water pressure provided by the tower in order to allow the reticulated water system to flow through efficiently. The East Water Tower demonstrates Bundaberg's development as a major regional city serving one of Queensland's most significant sugar-growing districts. Source: www.queensland.com/au/en/things-to-do/attractions/p-56b26...

Writing on the photo says the tower is 118 fit tall, capacity 40,000 gallons of water.

History of the tower More than 160 Bundaberg residents had the rare chance to take in a rich part of local history when they toured the East Water Tower as part of National Water Week. Eager history buffs were ready to take in the sights of the tower, which usually only opened to the public one day a year for the Open House event. The tower was commissioned on 19 September 1902 by Queensland Government hydraulic engineer JB Henderson. “I know a little about the tower, but I didn’t realize there were so many signatures inside on the walls, that was a surprise, and I saw one signature dated the year it was made in 1902.” The building provided Bundaberg’s first reticulated water supply and was originally known as the Bundaberg Waterworks. The imposing structure, which is now a hallmark of the Bundaberg city skyline, comprised a 40,000-gallon steel tank on top of an 8.8-meter diameter, 32-meter high cylindrical brick tower. Combined with the 182 kilolitre capacity steel tank the tower has a total height of 35.5 meters. The heritage-listed East Water Tower has kept its internal history alive with solid wood stairs that turn all the way to the seventh floor, glass pane arched windows, and the floor is lined with sediment of dust that helps show the decades of hard work of the older generations. Reaching the top floor, the steel water tank is the center of everyone’s attention, as the tour guide explained the water tank was fully riveted with zero welds to help hold in the water. “There were 140 steps on the way up and 140 on the way down, so 280 altogether,” Archie said with pride. Source: www.bundabergnow.com/2019/10/26/east-water-tower-tour/

James Campbell (1830–1904) was a Scottish merchant of timber and other building products based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He founded the hardware firm James Campbell and Sons. In Brisbane, Campbell established a business in George Street initially selling building materials imported from Sydney. Although that first venture failed, he started a new business City Lime, Cement and Plaster Stores on the corner of Creek and Charlotte Streets. Eventually, he was providing many of the materials needed for constructing buildings, including timber, bricks, cement, and pottery which were made locally, along with imported items. James Campbell had a sawmill at Creek Street in Brisbane. Logs were cut in the Blackall Range and upper Caboolture River and hauled to Mellum Creek from where they were rafted down the Pumicestone Passage to the Creek Street sawmill. In 1881, James Campbell decided to establish a sawmill on the Coochin Creek near the confluence with Mellum Creek, from where the sawn timber was transported to Brisbane, initially via sailing cutter and from 1883 by paddle steamer.[5] The township of Campbellville (26°52′28″S 153°02′16″E) of around 100 people developed around the sawmill.[6] There was a wharf with cranes and a provisional school and cemetery. Campbellville lasted until 1890 when the mill closed down. By that time, the North Coast railway line had made it easier to transport logs and timber by rail than by ship.[5] Eventually, Campbell owned sawmills at a number of locations in South-East Queensland and had a number of ships to carry the timber to his wharf and warehouse at Creek Street.[4] Campbell purchased a white sandstone quarry at Albion, Brisbane from John Petrie and built a brick and pottery works immediately north of Crosby Park. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Campbell_(Australian_timber_merchant)