Holman Street ferry wharf, Heritage ferry wharf in Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Australia
The Holman Street ferry wharf is a transport hub at Kangaroo Point where passengers cross the Brisbane River. The structure features a timber waiting shed with a terracotta-tiled roof and is reinforced by retaining walls built into the riverbank.
The timber waiting shed was built before 1919 for the City of Brisbane, which then ran the river ferries. A ferry crossing from Kangaroo Point had existed since 1845, when the government accepted George Beer's £34 tender for a second Brisbane crossing. The wharf was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 2004, destroyed in the 2011 floods, and rebuilt in 2015.
Ferries have left from several Kangaroo Point streets, including Holman, Bright, Thornton and Ferry Streets, and the Petrie Bight–Holman Street crossing was already running when Queensland separated in 1859. The timber waiting shed, with arched openings to street and river and bench seats along its walls, is a rare surviving example of an early 20th-century ferry terminal.
The terminal sits at the end of Holman Street beside Captain Burke Park, reached from land by a pathway and concrete apron, then a jetty with metal mesh guardrails to two pontoons where the ferries dock. The timber waiting shed has arched openings to the street and the river, with bench seats inside. Mangroves along the retaining wall hide the shed from the water.
The structure was added to the Queensland Heritage Register in 2004, recognizing its importance to Brisbane's transport history. The combination of original timber benches and its working role makes it a rare surviving example of early ferry infrastructure.
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