Herveys Range Heritage Tea Rooms began its life as the Eureka Hotel built by pioneer settler, Charles Saville Rowe in 1865 which was just one year after the sea side township of Townsville was first settled. The site is situated in Thornton’s Gap atop Hervey Range which rises 1000 ft (300m) above the plains below and sits on the old Georgetown Road which was the main road from the port of Townsville to the goldfields and pastoral areas to the west and north.
The tea rooms that you are able to visit today are a reminder of days gone by; the internal structure is the original hand adzed hardwood construction from 1865. The heritage listed building remains one of the few slab sided inns left standing in Australia and is the oldest building of its type in North Queensland; a fine example of early architecture.
With these three images I have tried to capture the heritage and history of this fine example of the buildings created by the early pioneers of Australia.
The coloured examples I have tried to colour grade them sympathetically to the era, & the Monochrome version as it may have been captured back in those times.
I am quite the novice at this technique and welcome any feed back.
Thank you for visiting
