Newstead Heritage Trail
Discover the importance of sites such as Breakfast Creek and Newstead House on this self-guided heritage trail.
About the Newstead Heritage Trail
The Newstead Heritage Trail weaves through the streets of Newstead and Bowen Hills, visiting places that help to tell the rich history of the area.
The trail features:
- the importance of the confluence of Breakfast Creek and the Brisbane River for Aboriginal people
- long-standing landmark, the Breakfast Creek Hotel
- Newstead House, the oldest remaining house in Queensland
- the development of Newstead Gasworks into a vibrant commercial and residential hub.
Newstead Heritage Trail map
There are 16 points of interest on the 3.3-kilometre trail, starting at Breakfast Creek Hotel and concluding at Newstead Gasworks.
The route takes you past buildings and sites that have shaped the area’s history, including Newstead House and the Holy Triad Temple.
For addresses of all trail stops and suggested route between stops, download the trail guide.
Points of interest
Flooding at the Breakfast Creek Hotel, 1893 (State Library of Queensland)
Built in 1889, this hotel is iconic in Brisbane
Joss House, Breakfast Creek, 1886 (State Library of Queensland)
The Holy Triad Temple is a rare Chinese temple dating from the 1880s.
Old Breakfast Creek Bridge, Queensland, c. 1887 (State Library of Queensland)
The first permanent bridge was built across the creek in 1858.
Breakfast Creek after Newstead House grounds were cleared, undated (State Library of Queensland)
The confluence of the creek and the river was always important to the Aboriginal people in this area.
Sketch of first Breakfast Creek Bridge, 1840 (Brisbane City Council)
This peninsula was first named by Europeans ‘Edenglassie’.
Family gathered on the grass in front of Newstead House, Brisbane, c. 1890 (State Library of Queensland)
Built between 1845 and 1846, Newstead House is Queensland’s oldest surviving residence.
Goldsworthy and Perkins Boot and Shoe Factory, Queenslander, 28 July 1900
Constructed in 1889, it is an example of Newstead’s 19th Century industrial nature.
Clubhouse of the Booroodabin Bowling Green, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, 1907 (State Library of Queensland)
Booroodabin Bowls Club is claimed to be the oldest bowls club still in existence in Queensland.
P. G. Fegan’s Service Station in Newstead, c. 1935 (State Library of Queensland)
This small service station was built in 1928.
Z Special Unit outside Miegunyah, 1943 (Australian War Memorial)
This graceful house played an important role during World War II.
About this stop
Herbert was one of the leading figures in the infamous Fitzgerald Inquiry in the late 1980s in Queensland.
Lores Bonney boarding her Gypsy Moth ay Charleville, c. 1933 (State Library of Queensland)
Important Australian aviator, Lores Bonney, lived on this street.
Interior view of Cloudland Ballroom, Bowen Hills, c. 1950 (State Library of Queensland)
It was a sad day in Brisbane’s history when this magnificent ballroom was demolished in 1982.
Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church at Bowen Hills, 1928 (State Library of Queensland)
This church is a very fine example of Spanish Mission architecture in Brisbane.
Bowen Hills from Breakfast Creek Road (Cintra House at the far left of the photo at the top of the hill), 1882 (State Library of Queensland)
This beautiful house was built in the early 1860s.
Homes in Doggett Street, Newstead (Gasometer No. 2 in rear of photograph), 1950 (Brisbane City Council)
An illustrative example of the heavy industry in this part of Brisbane in the 19th and well into the 20th Centuries.
