Boondooma Homestead, Heritage-listed pastoral complex in Boondooma, Queensland

Boondooma Homestead is a pastoral complex with multiple buildings made of stone and timber, including a residence, dining room, connecting walkway, and cooling shed. The structures sit near Boondooma Creek and the Boyne River.

The Boondooma run was taken up in 1846 by brothers Alexander Robertson Lawson and Robert Lawson with Robert Alexander, who built temporary huts and sheds. The lease was applied for on 31 October 1851 and approved the following year. A stone storeroom and the main timber house were erected in the 1850s, the stone building by German stonemason Wilhelm Brill.

The stone storeroom was built by Wilhelm Brill, a stonemason born in Germany in 1811 who arrived in Brisbane in 1853 and worked at Boondooma from 1856 to 1857. He used roughly coursed local rock from a nearby quarry, sawn timbers, logs and antbed. His familiarity with metric dimensions makes the structure one of Queensland's earliest buildings constructed to metric standards.

The property is maintained by South Burnett Regional Council and welcomes visitors to explore the historical buildings and grounds. Taking time to look at each structure helps you understand how the station functioned.

The site operated a wool-processing plant and press on the Boyne River until the 1890s before shutting down. This shift toward cattle ranching reveals how the property adapted to changing conditions over time.