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Customs House

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Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Customs House
Phone:
+61 7 3365 8999

Hours:
Sunday9am - 4pm
Monday9am - 5pm
Tuesday9am - 10pm
Wednesday9am - 10pm
Thursday9am - 10pm
Friday9am - 10pm
Saturday10am - 10pm


Customs House is a heritage-listed customs house at 427 Queen Street, Brisbane CBD, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Charles H McLay and built from 1886 to 1889 at a cost of ₤38,346 by John Petrie & Son. It was originally used for the collection of customs duty and was opened in 1889, when Queensland was a British colony, replacing the original Customs House located at Petrie Bight. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 7 February 2005.The collection of custom duties on imported products was particularly important to Queensland where the manufacturing sector was slow to develop. Brisbane was declared a port city in 1846. In 1908, seven years after federation, the building was acquired by the federal government.Customs House is within reach of the CityCat catamaran ferry service, as well as the Free Loop Bus.
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