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In order to convert the building to a medical facility, some changes were made to the layout of the rooms, although the form of the building was not changed. As the core consisted of two rooms on either side of a central hall, two of which were linked by an open arch, the wall between two bedrooms on
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Currajong is significant for demonstrating the lifestyle of several families who were prominent in the development of north
Queensland. Its conversion for use as a military medical facility in World War II reflects the importance of Townsville in the conduct of the war in the
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Currajong passed to James and Jessie Ferguson, whose background was in the pastoral industry. They occupied the house until the outbreak of World War II, when it was requisitioned by the
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parkland. It is a large, single storeyed timber dwelling raised on low brick piers. It has a hipped roof clad in corrugated iron. The house is surrounded by wide verandahs supported by timber posts with decorative
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The house contains seven rooms, two with verandah annexes. The core consists of four rooms paired on either side of a hall. An arched opening divides the rooms which originally were dining and drawing rooms.
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Gilbert Francis Elliott. The following year he sold the land to his brother-in-law, Alfred Peter MacKenzie. In 1870, MacKenzie, together with his brother and sister, had pioneered sugar growing at
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Currajong is now located at 5 Castling Street, West End as part of a museum complex which includes a miner's cottage and a 1920s farmhouse. Currajong backs onto the street, overlooking
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Currajong stood was needed for the expansion of the hospital and the house was scheduled for demolition. A major effort by the local branch of the
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and had been a pioneer of the sugar industry in north
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and the property was sold in 1890 to Alfred Hunt. Hunt had major interests in mining and had been a member of the partnership which owned the
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Currajong is a large, single-storeyed timber residence which was built between 1887 and 1888 for Alfred MacKenzie who was a manager of the
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Although it has been relocated, Currajong is a good and early example of a large, late nineteenth century timber residence in
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the other side was removed to create two large wards. An operating theatre was added and toilets and showers were installed.
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for use as a monastery in 1945. In 1955 the property passed to the
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