Significant works
- 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]
R C Ziegler and Son is a firm of monumental masons in Queensland, Australia. They built many heritage-listed war memorials in Queensland.
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.
Bundaberg is a city in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the headquarters of the Bundaberg Regional Council and a major centre within the broader Wide Bay–Burnett geographical region.
Charleville is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Charleville had a population of 3,335 people.
Peranga is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Peranga had a population of 85 people.
Cooyar is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Cooyar had a population of 224 people.
Goombungee is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Goombungee had a population of 1,026 people.
The Queensland National Bank is a former bank in Queensland, Australia.
Apple Tree Creek is a rural town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as Bodalla, the Dundaburra people of the Northern Kabi group name from the Gregory River Plum which to first Europeans looked like an apple. Prior to settlement of the Isis District which includes Apple tree Creek - the area was called Buth'arth translating to scrub. The town was renamed in 1962. In the 2016 census, Apple Tree Creek had a population of 639 people.
John H. Buckeridge (1857–1934) was an English-born Australian architect, who built about sixty churches in Queensland and is also remembered for remodelling the interior of the Macquarie era church of St James', King Street, Sydney.
Cooyar War Memorial is a heritage-listed war memorial in Hack Menkins Park, McDougall Street, Cooyar, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The memorial was unveiled on Saturday 14 July 1923 by Arthur Edward Moore. It was designed and produced by R. C. Ziegler and Son and cost £413/10/0, with funds raised by public subscriptions and revenue raised from entertainments. The memorial comprises two pieces, the pedestal surmounted by a digger statue, on which the names of the 25 fallen are recorded, and a smaller plinth which records the names of the 110 local men who served in World War I. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
Goombungee War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Hartwig Street, Goombungee, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1920 by R C Ziegler and Son. The architect was Harry Marks. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
Henry (Harry) James Marks (1871–1939) was an architect in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He was the architect of numerous buildings, many now listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.
Charleville War Memorial is a heritage-listed war memorial at Edward Street, Charleville, Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by George Brockwell Gill and built in 1924 by R C Ziegler and Son. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
Bundaberg War Nurses Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Bourbong Street, Bundaberg West, Bundaberg, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1949 by Zero Ziegler. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
Bundaberg West is a suburb of Bundaberg in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Bundaberg West had a population of 2,500 people.
Melrose & Fenwick were a monumental masonry firm in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. They are known for the many Queensland war memorials that they produced.
The Digger Statue is a heritage-listed memorial at 57 Heeney Street, Chinchilla, Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Andrew Lang Petrie and built in 1919 by A L Petrie & Son. It is also known as Chinchilla WWI Memorial and Chinchilla Soldier Statue. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 1 August 1999.
William Hodgen (1866–1943) was an architect in Queensland, Australia. Many of his works are now heritage-listed. He is also known as William Hodgen, junior.
Greenwood is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Greenwood had a population of 40 people.
Nutgrove is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Nutgrove had a population of 32 people.