Gayndah

20 Capper Street
Gayndah QLD 4625

Erected in 1928, the Gayndah Courthouse illustrates the pattern of the town's development as an official and commercial centre for Queensland’s Burnett district.

The courthouse’s prominent central location demonstrates the importance of the building and its associated offices within the town.

The courthouse replaced an earlier brick courthouse building dating probably from the 1850s which was located approximately 800 metres from the present site. The Department of Public Works designed the building when A.B. Leven was government architect. 

Gazetted in 1849, the town of Gayndah initially developed as the centre for a number of large sheep stations taken up in the Burnett region during the 1840s. Gayndah's early growth as a pastoral ‘capital’ is largely attributed to the determination of the squatters, and for a short time, the town reputedly rivalled Brisbane as the capital for Queensland.

As Gayndah developed as the district’s administrative centre, a school was established in 1861, and the courthouse and post office were erected.