R C Ziegler and Son
R C Ziegler and Son is a firm of monumental masons in Queensland, Australia. They built many heritage-listed war memorials in Queensland.
History
[edit]The firm was established in Toowoomba circa 1902 and undertook monumental masonry commissions throughout south-western Queensland. The family company moved to Bundaberg where it was operating until the mid 1980s.[1] In 2016, it is based once again in Toowoomba serving Queensland and northern New South Wales under the name RC Ziegler Monumentals.[2] The firm closed in 2013.
Significant works
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- 1920: Goombungee War Memorial[3]
- 1923: Cooyar War Memorial[4]
- 1924: Charleville War Memorial[1]
- 1926: Cunnamulla War Memorial Fountain[5]
- 1949: Bundaberg War Nurses Memorial[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Charleville War Memorial (entry 600758)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "R C Ziegler Monumentals". Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Goombungee War Memorial (entry 600826)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Cooyar War Memorial (entry 600825)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "MEN OF THE WEST". Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. LXV, no. 280. Queensland, Australia. 23 November 1926. p. 6. Retrieved 24 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Bundaberg War Nurses Memorial and Park (entry 600365)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.