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As I compare is cartography work to a topographical map I found online, it would seem he did a pretty decent job, considering he had to sail/walk around it to get a good idea.

He did a good job.

Read more about this image on the John Oxley Library blog blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2013/06/25/queensland-events-1913/

Completed in 1829, the Commissariat Store demonstrates the evolution of European settlement in Queensland, being one of only two buildings surviving from the Moreton Bay penal colony, has become a government store when a free settlement was established until the 1960s and accommodating a range of other government uses, including serving as an overflow point for immigrants from the 1850s until 1887 when the Yungaba depot opened (Yungaba Immigration Centre). Changes to the fabric and orientation of the building over that time reflect the development of Brisbane. The adjacent area of land, now known as Miller Park, has been an open space since the earliest European settlement and continues to provide a pedestrian thoroughfare linking the river and city. As a key penal colony structure, the Commissariat Store is a very rare survivor in Queensland and, is one of only eight convict-built commissariat buildings remaining in Australia, at a national level. The stone retaining walls that remain around the store and that fronting Queens Wharf Road along part of Miller Park are the only examples remaining in Queensland that were built by convicts. All these structures provide rare evidence of the building methods, skills, and materials available at that time. This place is important in retaining the principal characteristics of a penal-era Commissariat Store that adapted to free settlement and transformation into a Government Store, through its simple form, robust construction, Georgian and Regency architectural influences - all of which help impart to the building a sense of the authority it represented - and its location between the river (from where goods and immigrants arrived) and the center of the penal and later free settlement. The Commissariat Store, the three retaining walls that carve its site out of the William Street ridge and the remaining section of wall on Queens Wharf Road are of great aesthetic value as landmarks, seen from William Street and from the Brisbane River. The place is an integral part of the most prominent and cohesive group of government buildings in Queensland, which includes the: former Treasury Building (Treasury Building, Brisbane), former State Library (Old State Library), former Land Administration Building (Land Administration Building), Queens Gardens (Queens Gardens, Brisbane), and the former Government Printing Office (Government Printing Office. The Commissariat Store has a special association with Commandant Patrick Logan, as one of the few remaining components of his penal-era building program, which made a major contribution to the development of the colony and state of Queensland.[1] The building also has an enduring association with the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, its occupant since 1976 which has adopted the building's riverside elevation as the dominant feature of its logo. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissariat_Store,_Brisbane

one of the saddest most neglected treasures of Dublin's Georgian architecture:(

Indeed - I have to second Wendy:'s summary here. Used to drive past this every day for some years. And used to watch and read with increasing annoyance how it went down hill. In fact, downhill very quickly. P&T/Eircom maintained it pretty well until 2000ish. Over the next 15 years however it was (is?) nearly completely ruined. It was sold to a developer in 2005. However, it remained disused. And somebody stole the lead from the roof. Leading to significant water damage over the coming 5 years. By 2010/2011 there was so much damage that the council ordered emergency repairs - which at least helped slightly. But then in 2013 suspected arson nearly destroyed it completely. An Taisce now lists it with a condition of "very poor" and a risk level of "critical". A Jan 2016 summary of the recent history and current outlook doesn't make for positive reading....

Trees obscure the Streetview

In 2012 via Declan O'Doherty Oh dear!

Archiseek page is quite good with close-ups of the Stratford coat of arms and date (see notes), and also photos of the sad interior - archiseek.com/2010/1803-aldborough-house-portland-row-dub... . It seems the building has never been loved.