Old Government House and William Robinson Gallery — Attraction in Brisbane City

I was fortunate enough to attend a concert here last night and fell in love with this piece of Queensland heritage. Someone cleary takes a lot of pride in caring for it and presenting the historical items while providing a majestic entertainment space for events.

There are quite a number of historical displays that are well worth a look (the building is open to the public during the day), especially in the old state room, though thankfully the history hasn't been whitewashed either. Alongside the beautifully painted ornamental screen and old documents in the state room there is information on the running of the house, the servants and supplies: the nitty-gritty behind the dignified front and politic gravitas. Across the courtyard the storerooms and trade entrance have been preserved, but rather usefully now double as the toilets as well.

This place shines at night, and if you were considering a classy function this would be a distinguished atmosphere. The chandelier is brilliant, and the old woodwork glows in the soft lighting. For an event of up to about a hundred people (though I imagine you could squeeze in more if you wished) old government house would be small enough to be intimate, but spacious and well apportioned enough to allow for fluid event organisation. The acoustics are resonant and flattering for live music.

Truly a beautiful place. I feel priveleged to have been able to see...

So on my experience on the 22/12/22, the old government house is extremely well maintained, inside and out. A real marvel of craftsmanship from the 1800's. Although there was almost no furniture, art gallery on the top floor. I was under the impression that this was a museum piece, show casing the style and design of the day, how the upper classes lived and worked. I was sadly disappointed. The lady down stairs was extremely rude and abrupt, like I was interfering with her day. If things were done differently, furniture of the day, even reproduction pieces, would make a huge difference on bodies in the door. I wouldn't recommend going there until things change, including some...

Awesome restored govt building. The renovated building preserved the characteristics of an old building and definitely takes you back in time.

Upstairs bedrooms are converted into an art gallary and displays the work of australian artist William Robinson.

Downstairs there is a cafe with courtyard converted into open sitting area with big stone walls.

Cellar room in basement is preserved well, the narrow stairs with low head gap is spared rennovation and it goes so well with entire scheme of things.

There is a virtual room that has 3D model of entire Govt house that you can navigate on screen using a xbox controller

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