Victoria Park Golf Clubhouse, Heritage golf clubhouse in Herston, Brisbane, Australia.
The Victoria Park Golf Clubhouse is a two-storey brick building at 309 Herston Road, Herston, designed by Reyburn Jameson in the City Architect's office and built in 1931, with extensions in 1939 and 1948. It served Brisbane's first municipal golf links, laid out by Stan Francis in Victoria Park, and now houses offices of the Mental Illness Fellowship of Queensland.
The building was constructed between 1931 and 1948 as Brisbane's first public golf facility, making the sport accessible to ordinary people. It was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 1999, gaining protection as a heritage site.
The clubhouse was designed with separate areas for male and female golfers, reflecting the gender divisions of the 1930s in how people used the space. This spatial arrangement shows how social customs of the time shaped where different groups spent time.
The clubhouse stands at 309 Herston Road, at the northeast corner of the former golf course, a site chosen so players could return eastward and be near the Bowen Bridge Road tram. The building now houses the Mental Illness Fellowship of Queensland, so it is not a public visitor attraction; view it from the street or contact the occupant about access.
The building's nickname, the Pink Palace, comes from a nightclub that operated there in the late 1970s and 1980s. The clubhouse was designed in the office of City Architect Alfred Herbert Foster, with plans drawn by Assistant Architect Reyburn Jameson.
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