Queensland

All Saints' Anglican Church, Wickham Terrace

FIRST ORGAN: Thomas Jennings, London
Installed 1864 Paul Atkinson in former church on this site
Installed 1869 in present church
Enlarged and installed in south-east corner of church 1874-75 William Davidson, Sydney
2 manuals, 20 speaking stops, mechanical action
Removed c.1939

PRESENT ORGAN: T.C. Lewis, London, 1873, for St John's Pro-Cathedral, Brisbane
2 manuals, 11 speaking stops, mechanical action
Installed with additions 1903 at St Luke's Anglican Church, Brisbane, B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane
Rebuilt, electrified & installed in this location 1957 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Rebuilt & enlarged 2007 W.J.Simon Pierce, Brisbane (opus 5)
2 manuals, 24 speaking stops, mechanical action

Baptist Church, Wharf Street
see: City Tabernacle Baptist Church, Wickham Terrace, Brisbane

Brisbane City Hall, King George Square
Henry Willis & Sons, London, 1891-92, for the Exhibition Building, Bowen Park, Brisbane
4 manuals, 45 speaking stops, tubular pneumatic action
Rebuilt, enlarged & installed in present location 1927-29 Henry Willis & Sons Ltd, London & Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
5 manuals, 76 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action
Renovated with additions 1988-91, Brown & Arkley, Sydney
5 manuals, 79 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action
Restored 2010-14 Pierce Pipe Organs Pty Ltd, Brisbane
5 manuals, 80 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action

Masonic Temple, Ann Street
Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1930
2 manuals, 20 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Electrified 1985-86 with addition 1987 H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane
Additions 2000-01 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
2 manuals, 22 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action

Presbyterian Church, Ann Street
Charles Richardson, Sydney, 1903
Console moved and pneumatic action reversed 1921 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Additions 1929-30 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Restored 2004 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
2 manuals, 17 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action

Presbyterian (subsequently Congregational) Church, Wickham Terrace

FIRST ORGAN. see: Uniting (formerly St Andrew's Presbyterian) Church, Red Hill Road, Gympie

SECOND ORGAN. see: Baptist Church, Vulture Street, South Bank

School of Arts (former building), cnr Queen & Creek Streets
Anonymous and undated
For sale at this location 1873
1 manual & pedals, 6 speaking stops, mechanical action
Subsequent history unknown

PRESENT ORGAN: Knud Smenge, Melbourne, 1990
2 manuals, 17 speaking stops, mechanical action

St Andrew's Uniting (formerly Presbyterian) Church, Creek Street
Walter G. Rendall, Sydney, 1905
3 manuals, 30 speaking stops, tubular pneumatic action
Rebuilt with addition 1908, B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane
3 manuals, 31 speaking stops, tubular pneumatic action
Additions 1922, and console moved 1935 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Electrified 1941 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Addition 1959 J.W. Walker & Sons, UK
3 manuals, 38 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action
Rebuilt 1984 J.W. Walker & Sons (Australia) Pty Ltd, Sydney
3 manuals, 40 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action

St John's Anglican Cathedral, Ann Street

MIAIN ORGAN: Norman & Beard Ltd, London & Norwich, 1909
Installed 1910 B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane
Additions 1912, 1914, 1915 & 1924
3 manuals, 30 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Rebuilt & enlarged 1972 Hill, Norman & Beard, Melbourne
4 manuals, 81 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic & electro-magnetic action
Tonally redesigned and revoiced 2008-10 W.J Simon Pierce, Brisbane
4 manuals, 82 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic & electro-magnetic action

CHAMBER ORGAN: Pierce Pipe Organs, Brisbane, 2019
1 manual, 5 speaking stops, mechanical action

St Paul's Presbyterian Church, St Paul’s Terrace
Hill & Son, London, 1882 (job no 1834)
Installed 1883 T.C. Christmas in Presbyterian Church, Creek Street
Installed 1889 in apse of present church
Removed 1891 to present location in transept
2 manuals, 18 speaking stops, mechanical action
Rebuilt with additions 1963 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
2 manuals, 22 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action

St Stephen's Catholic Cathedral, Elizabeth Street

FIRST ORGAN: Unknown builder
Purchased 1871 and installed 1873 in old St Stephen's Church
Installed 1874 in west gallery of present building
Removed before c.1915
3 manuals, 12(?) speaking stops, mechanical action

SECOND ORGAN: William Anderson, Melbourne,
probably for St Mary's Catholic Church, West Melbourne, 1889
Installed in this location 1921
Removed and installed 1998 in Old Museum Building, Bowen Hills

PRESENT ORGAN: Knud Smenge, Healesville, 2000 (opus 50)
3 manuals, 48 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action
Adjustment to electrics 2001 and 2020 Pierce Pipe Organs, Brisbane

St Stephen's Old Catholic Cathedral (The 'Pugin Chapel'), Elizabeth Street

FIRST ORGAN: Unknown builder
Installed 1873 in this location
Installed 1874 in new St Stephen's Catholic Cathedral, Brisbane

St Stephen's Catholic Cathedral Choir Room, Elizabeth Street

E.F. Walcker & Cie, Ludwigsburg, Germany
Installed 1961 in St Mark's Anglican Church, Harbord, NSW
Installed in present location 2017 Hargraves Pipe Organs, Mt Evelyn, Vic
2 manuals, 11 speaking stops, 3 couplers, mechanical action

Uniting (formerly Methodist) Church, Albert Street

FIRST ORGAN (former church, cnr Albert Street and Burnett Lane): James Cole, Manchester, c.1878
see: St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Ipswich

PRESENT ORGAN: George Benson, Manchester, 1889.
3 manuals, 26 speaking stops, mechanical & tubular pneumatic action
Addition 1895 B.B. Whitehouse, Brisbane.
Rebuilt with tubular pneumatic action 1911 B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane
Additions 1928 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Rebuilt & enlarged 1951 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
3 manuals, 41 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action
Rebuilt 1985 J.W. Walker & Sons.
3 manuals, 37 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action

Wintergarden Theatre, Queen Street
Wurlitzer Co., Tonawanda, NY, USA, opus 748
Installed in this location 1924 J.E. Dodd, Adelaide
2 manuals, 7 ranks extended & percussion, electro-pneumatic action
Removed 1937 to Plaza Theatre, Sydney, and subsequently (in enlarged form)
to other locations in Sydney, Darwin and Adelaide

 

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Albion  See: Ascot   &  Clayfield

Former Brethren Chapel, Franklin Street
Unknown builder, c.1890?
Formerly belonged to a doctor in Ispwich
1 manual, 2 speaking stops, mechanical action, no pedals
Removed 1956 to residence of John Brooks, Canberbury, Victoria
Damaged by water c.1980, and broken up

St Philip's Anglican Church, Cornwall Street, Annerley (Thomson Estate)
Positive Organ Co. Ltd, London
Installed 1890s at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Mackay
Installed 1901 at the Methodist Church, West End
Installed 1909 in previous church on this site
1 manual, 7 speaking stops, 2 melodic couplers, mechanical & tubular-pneumatic action
Destroyed by fire 1954

Uniting (formerly Congregational) Church, Cracknell Road
Whitehouse & Marlor, Brisbane, 1899 for Congregational Church, Wharf Street, Brisbane
Installed in present church 1927 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane.
Overhauled 1985 David Hudd, Brisbane
2 manuals, 14 speaking stops, mechanical action
In storage since c.2008

Arana Hills

Private Residence, Patricks Road
Builder unknown, one manual, one stop, mechanical action

St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School, Petrie Street

FIRST ORGAN: B.B. Whitehouse & Co., 1918, for St Augustine's Anglican Church, Hamilton
Installed in present location 1958 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
1 manual, 3 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action, no pedals
Removed to storage c.1993 and broken up c.1994

St Finbarr's Catholic Church, Waterworks Road
Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1957
1 manual, 4 speaking stops, no pedals, tubular-pneumatic action

St Paul's Anglican Church, Waterworks Road
Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1955
2 manuals, 7 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Electrified c.1982 H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane
2 manuals, 7 speaking stops, electric action

Auchenflower

St Alban's Anglican Church, Milton Road
John Hamer-Howorth, Toowoomba, 1972
1 manual, 7 speaking stops, mechanical & tubular-pneumatic action
Broken up December 2016 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane

Balmoral   See: Bulimba

Bardon

Residence of Christopher Wrench, Simpsons Road

PRACTICE ORGAN: Knud Smenge, Melbourne, 1988, for residence of Norman Kaye, South Yarra, Vic
Installed in residence of Christopher Wrench, Petrie Terrace, 2000 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
Addition 2002 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
Installed in present location 2013 Christopher Wrench
2 manuals, 5 speaking stops, mechanical action

CONTINUO ORGAN: Henk Klop, Gardegen, Netherlands, 2013
1 manual, 5 speaking stops, mechanical action

St Mary's Anglican Church, cnr Simpson and Burnham Roads
B.B. Whitehouse & Co., 1919, for St Mark's Anglican Church, Clayfield (Albion)
Installed in new St Mark's church 1964 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Removed 1977 to this location, Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Removed c.1995 to a location in Caboolture, and subsequently to an untraced location in Eumundi
1 manual, 3 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action, no pedals

Belmont

Residence of Ken Dun, Majura Street
Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1925, for the Baptist Church, Windsor Road, Red Hill
Installed in present location c.1991
2 manuals, 6 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action

Old Museum Building (formerly Exhibition Building), Bowen Bridge Road

FIRST ORGAN: Henry Willis & Sons, London, 1891-92
Installed in this location 1892
4 manuals, 45 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Rebuilt, enlarged & installed 1927-29 in Brisbane City Hall

PRESENT ORGAN: William Anderson, Melbourne,
probably for St Mary's Catholic Church, West Melbourne, 1889
Installed 1921 in St Stephen's Catholic Cathedral, Brisbane
Additions c.1921 & 1925 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Restored 1983 Brown & Arkley, Sydney
Installed in present location 1998 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
3 manuals, 28 speaking stops, mechanical action

Baptist Church, North Road
see: Residence of Dr Thomas Campbell, Murwillumbah

Methodist Church, Nash Street
see: Residence of Dr Thomas Campbell, Murwillumbah

Residence of Dr Phillip Gearing, Rafting Ground Road
P.D. Collins, St Albans, UK, 1979
Installed 1981 in Department of Music, University of Queensland, St Lucia
Installed in residence of Phillip Gearing, Windemere Terrace, Toowoomba, 1997-98 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
Installed 2014 in residence of Phillip Gearing, Highland Terrace, St Lucia
Installed 2019 in present location
2 manuals, 9 speaking stops, mechanical action

St John's Anglican Church, Oxford Street
Revd William Francis Gore, probably in England between c.1875 and c.1881,
incorporating parts of an older organ
Installed 1888 or 1892 in All Saints' Anglican Church, Yandilla
Installed c.1915 in old St Andrew's Anglican Church, Lutwyche Addition c.1923
Inst 1926 new St Andrew's Anglican Church, Lutwyche
Installed 1929 in present location
Refurbished 1979 H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane
Restored with additions 2014 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
1 manual, 7 speaking stops, mechanical action

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Sylvia Street
see: Christadelphian Ecclesia Hall, cnr Weller Rd and Orford St, Wellers Hill

Residence of Ray Smith, 62 Sydney Avenue, Camp Hill
W. Myers King, c.1922, for his residence at Indooroopilly
Installed in the Presbyterian Church, Indooroopilly, 1943 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, mechanical action
Removed from Presbyterian Church, Indooroopilly, 1967 H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane
Rebuilt & installed in present location 1971 Ray Smith, Brisbane
2 manuals, 16 speaking stops (6 ranks), direct electric action

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Rode Road
Charles Dirksen Organ Co, Brisbane, 1958
2 manuals, 2 ranks extended, electric action
Broken up c.1980 H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane

Uniting (formerly Methodist) Church, cnr Gympie and Hamilton Roads
see: Chermside-Kedron Community (Uniting) Church, cnr Gympie and Rode Roads

Former Eagle Junction Congregational Church, Bonney Avenue
Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1933
2 manuals, 7 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Removed 1978 to St Martin's Anglican Church, Mullumbimby, NSW

Scots Presbyterian Church, Bellevue Terrace

FIRST ORGAN: B.B. Whitehouse & Co, Brisbane, 1907
Removed 1933 to St Alban's Anglican Church, Toowoomba

St Colomb's Anglican Church, Victoria Street
B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane, 1914
1manual (2-manual console), 5 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Removed 1957 to present position.
Rebuilt & enlarged 1969 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
2manuals, 14 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action

St Mark's Anglican Church, Bonney Avenue
see: St Mary's Anglican Church, cnr Simpson and Burnham Roads, Bardon

St Ita's Catholic Church, Gladstone Road
Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1960, for former church
Installed 1972 in present church, Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
1 manual, 3 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action, no pedals

Eagle Junction  See: Clayfield

PRESENT ORGAN: Roger H. Pogson, Sydney, 1980
2 manuals, 20 speaking stops, mechanical action

THIRD (PRESENT) ORGAN: J.W. Walker & Sons, Ruislip, Middlesex, 1963,
for the Methodist (subsequently Uniting) Church, Reid, ACT
4 ranks extended + Mixture, electric action
Enlarged (addition of Tromplette stop) Peter Jewkes, 1977
Removed to storage, Peter D. Jewkes, 2013
Iinstalled in present location, Ian Brown and Associates, Ballina, 2023

Fortitude Valley  See also: Bowen Hills

'Dara', the Former Residence of the Late W.A. Duncan, near Duncan Street
London-built 'Finger Organ'
For sale at this location 1859

Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Church Street

FIRST ORGAN: Timothy Russell, London, 1850, for unknown location
Installed in former Holy Trinity Church 1874 and in present church 1877
Removed 1924 to St Paul's Anglican Church, East Brisbane

PORTABLE CONTINUO ORGAN: Knud Smenge, Melbourne, 1982, for Luther College, Croydon, Vic.
Installed in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Wangaratta, Vic.
(property of the Wangaratta Choristers), 2003 Wakeley Pipe Organs, Melbourne
Re-located to present location 2016
1 manual, 4 speaking stops, no pedals, mechanical action

GALLERY ORGAN: (property of John Postle),
Positive Organ Co. Ltd., London, opus 172, c.1900
Removed c.1935 from Catholic Apostolic Church, South Brisbane (later St Thomas' Anglican Church) &
installed 1940 in St Joseph's Catholic Church, Kangaroo Point, Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Restored & installed in residence of John Postle, Ashgrove, 1989-90 W.J. Simon Pierce
Installed in present location 1991
1 manual, 7 speaking stops, mechanical & tubular-pneumatic action, no pedals

Wickham Hall, Wickham Street
Alfred Cobby, Gympie, c.1890
Displayed January 1891 at this location
Located August 1891 at the Breakfast Creek Pavilion
Subsequent history unknown
2 manuals, [14?] speaking stops, mechanical action

St Augustine's Anglican Church, Charlton Street

FIRST ORGAN: B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane, 1918
Removed to St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School, Ascot 1958 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane

PRESENT ORGAN: Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1959
2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action
Additions 1988; rebuilt & enlarged 2007 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
2 manuals, 19 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action

Residence of W.J. Simon Pierce, Foley Road
Aug. Laukhuff, Weikersheim, W. Germany, 1959
Installed 1959 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane,
at St James' Anglican Church, Kelvin Grove
Removed to this location 2008 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
2 manuals, 3 ranks extended, electric action

Park Uniting (formerly Presbyterian) Church, Hampstead Road
B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane, 1913, for Park Presbyterian Church, South Brisbane
Addition 1948 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Installed in new Park Presbyterian Church, Highgate Hill, 1952 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Removed to storage at St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral, Toowoomba
c.1998 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane

St Peter's Lutheran College, Harts Road
Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1980
Completed 1983 H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane
2 manuals (3-manual console), 23 speaking stops, electric action
Choir organ added 2018 Pierce Pipe Organs, Brisbane
3 manuals, 30 speaking stops, 10 couplers, electric action

Uniting (formerly Methodist) Church, Station Road
H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane, 1962, for the Methodist Church, Indooroopilly
1 manual, 4 speaking stops, electric action
Rebuilt and enlarged 1976 H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane, in present church
2 manuals, 16 speaking stops, electric action
Removed 2009 and broken up

Presbyterian Church, Enoggera Terrace

FIRST ORGAN: B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane, 1905
1 manual, 4 speaking stops, no pedals, mechanical action
Now located at St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School, Ascot

PRESENT ORGAN: Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1933
Rebuilt 2000 Ian D. Brown & Associates, Ballina
2 manuals, 5 ranks extended, electric action

St Barnabas' Anglican Church, Waterworks Road

FIRST ORGAN: B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane, 1913
2 manuals, 5 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Tonal revisions 1986 David Hudd, Brisbane
Damaged by fire 1994 and broken up

PRESENT ORGAN: Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1966, for the Methodist (later Uniting) Church, Kedron
Removed to storage before 1994
Installed in present location c.1995 David Cahill, Warwick
2 manuals, 7 speaking stops, electric action

Wesley Uniting (formerly Methodist) Church, Linton Street
B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane, 1903
Restored 1953 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Restored with additions 1989 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
2 manuals, 13 speaking stops, mechanical action

Former Residence of the Late L.R. Somerville, Little Barron Street
Leslie Robert Somerville, Brisbane, c.1940
Installed in subsequent residences of L.R. Somerville
2 manuals, 5 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Removed 1961 to the Methodist Church, Bexhill, NSW,
and subsequently rebuilt and enlarged

Kelvin Grove State College, Lestrange Terrace
Christie, London, 1932-33, for Granada Theatre, Maidstone, Kent, England
Removed 1970 after the theatre was flooded
Installed in present location 1973-75 Theatre Organ Society of Australia (Queensland Division),
with a second-hand console from New Zealand
3 manuals, 8 ranks extended & percussion, electro-pneumatic action
Rebuilt & enlarged 2001 Theatre Organ Society of Australia (Queensland Division)
3 manuals, 11 ranks extended & percussion, electro-pneumatic action

St James' Anglican Church, Enoggera Road
see: Residence of W.J. Simon Pierce, Hemmant

Former Methodist (subsequently Uniting) Church, Lutwyche Road
Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1949
Removed to storage c.1994 at Sandgate,
and c.1999 at Residence of Donald Backstrom, Kedron
2 manuals, 8 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action

St Andrew's Anglican Church, Lutwyche Road

FIRST ORGAN: W.F. Gore, for All Saints' Anglican Church, Yandilla, before 1885
see: St John's Anglican Church, Bulimba

Maroochydore See: Kuluin   

St Francis' Anglican Theological College, Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Milton Road
Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1935, for Catholic Apostolic Church, South Brisbane
(subsequently St Thomas' Anglican Church)
2 manuals, 6 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action
Additions 1939, 1946, Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Installed in present location with tonal revisions, 1972, Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
2 manuals, 7 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action

Anglican Church of the Ascension, Wynnum Road,
C.W. Leggo, Sydney, c.1930, for St Stephen's Anglican Church, Hurlstone Park
1 manual, 5 ranks extended, tubular-pneumatic action
Rebuilt & installed at this location 1967 Fr R.H. Miles, Morningside
2 manuals, 5 ranks extended, direct electric & electro-pneumatic action
Broken up 1992 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane

Former Residence of Dr Graeme Westacott, Brussels Avenue
Peter Burton, Melbourne, 1981, for residence of Graeme Morton, Taringa
Removed 1985 to residence of Dr Graeme Westacott, Wangan
Installed at this location c.1990
2 manuals, 4 speaking stops, mechanical action
Broken up c.1992 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane

Former Residence of the Late Mrs A.E.A. Jarrott, 15 Simpson Street
Anonymous, undated
In storage from c.1914 in Melbourne
Installed c.1922 William J. Snow in his residence, cnr Margaret and Lindsay Streets, Toowoomba
Installed 1926 in the Methodist Church, Oakey
1 manual & pedals, 5 speaking stops, mechanical action
Installed in this location c.1955 H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane
Broken up c.1959 H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane

Mowbraytown  See: East Brisbane   

St Michael & All Angels' Anglican Church, Brunswick Street

FIRST ORGAN: G.F. Steinmeyer, Oettingen, W. Germany, 1891, opus 425, for Mr Süss, Wooloongabba
1 manual, 4 speaking stops, pedal pulldowns, mechanical action
Installed c.1894 in old church, and 1959 in new church at New Farm
1 manual, 5 speaking stops, mechanical action
Broken up 1960s

PRESENT ORGAN: Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1964, incorporating the pipework of the first organ
Pipework replaced after damage by vandals 2000 Ian D. Brown & Associates, Ballina
2 manuals, 7 ranks extended, electric action

Former Uniting (originally Methodist) Church, Union Street
B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane, 1913
1manual (2-manual console), 5 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Enlarged (Swell added) 1924 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
2 manuals, 9 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Damaged by water 1985, and removed to storage, David Hudd, Brisbane
Broken up c.1995-98 David Cahill, Warwick

Residence of the Late Blair Linnett, Irwin Terrace
John Compton Organ Co., London, 1937, for A.B.C. Regal Cinema, Chester, England
Removed 1971 to storage at this location
Installed 1978 Blair Linnett
3 manuals, 6 ranks extended & percussion, electro-pneumatic action

Paddington  See: Ithaca   

Former Residence of Christopher Wrench, Crown Street
See: Residence of Christopher Wrench, Simpsons Road, Bardon

Red Hill  see also: Ithaca

Baptist Church, Windsor Road, Red Hill

FIRST ORGAN: Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1925
2 manuals, 6 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Removed c.1991 to the residence of Ken Dun, Belmont

PRESENT ORGAN: J. Peel, c.1940, for his residence in South Brisbane
Removed 1948 & installed in north transept of
Redeemer Lutheran Church, Toowoomba, 1949 Walter Emerson, Toowoomba
2 manuals, 10 speaking stops, mechanical & tubular-pneumatic action
Rebuilt, enlarged & installed in gallery 1964 Walter Emerson, Toowoomba
Enlarged & installed in new Redeemer Lutheran Church 1979 Walter Emerson, Toowoomba
Installed in present location 1990-91 H.W. Jarrott and Darryl Skerman
Re-scaled and re-voiced 1993 Australian Pipe Organs, Melbourne
2 manuals, 18 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action
Damaged by storm November 2006
Rebuilt and enlarged 2008 Ian Brown and Associates, Ballina
2 manuals, 22 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action

St Brigid's Catholic Church, Musgrave Road
B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane, 1914
2 manuals, 17 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Case designed by Robin Dods

Chinese Christian Church Brisbane
(formerly Methodist, and subsequently Uniting Church), Ryans Road
Noel Ferguson, Cairns, 1951, for his residence in Cairns
2 manuals, 4 ranks extended, electric action
Installed in the present location 1970 with additions, H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane
2 manuals, 5 ranks extended, electric action
Extensive repairs 2019 Doug Milne and Graham Hyde, Brisbane

Cromwell College Chapel (Uniting Church), University of Queensland
Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1955
2 manuals, 8 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action

Former Residence of Dr Phillip Gearing, Highland Terrace
see: Residence of Dr Phillip Gearing, Rafting Ground Road, Brookfield

St John's College Chapel (Anglican), University of Queensland

FIRST ORGAN: H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane, 1960, for St Paul's Anglican Church, Taringa
Installed in this location 1986 H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane
2 manuals, 4 speaking stops, electric action
Removed c.1992, sold 2003 to David Cahill, Warwick, and broken up

SECOND ORGAN (still at this location): H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane, 1992
2 manuals, 16 speaking stops (8 ranks), electric action

PRESENT ORGAN: Kenneth Tickell & Co., Northampton, UK, 2011
2 manuals, 16 speaking stops, mechanical action

The James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre
(formerly Mayne Hall),
University of Queensland, St Lucia
Roger H. Pogson, Sydney / Aug. Laukhuff, Weikersheim, West Germany 1976
3 manuals, 45 speaking stops, mechanical action

Uniting (formerly Presbyterian) Church, cnr Swann Road & Hawken Drive
Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1954
2 manuals, 7 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action

Gallery of Modern Art (Cinémathèque Cinema A), Stanley Place
Wurlitzer Co., Tonawanda, NY, USA, opus 2040
Installed 1929 J.E. Dodd, Adelaide, in the Regent Theatre, Queen Street, Brisbane
Console moved to centre of pit 1944 & piano moved to left 1954 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Removed 1964 to the residence of Dr Keith King, Lawson, Blue Mtns, NSW
Removed 2004 to storage & installed in present location 2007 Don Clark & W.J. Simon Pierce
3 manuals, 15 ranks extended & percussion, electro-pneumatic action

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), Concert Hall, South Bank
Johannes Klais Orgelbau, Bonn, 1986
4 manuals, 88 speaking stops, mechanical action

South Brisbane  See also: South Bank

Former Catholic Apostolic Church (subsequently St Thomas' Anglican Church), Manning Street

FIRST ORGAN see: Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Fortitude Valley (Gallery organ)

SECOND ORGAN see: St Francis' Anglican Theological College, Milton

Former Residence of the Late Mr J. Peel, Vulture Street
see: Baptist Church, Windsor Road, Red Hill

St Andrew's Anglican Church, Vulture Street
J.W. Walker & Sons, London, 1884
Installed 1885 in temporary gallery T.C. Christmas, Brisbane
2 manuals, 16 speaking stops, mechanical action
Removed to present position in the nave, early 1911 B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane
Restored with additions 1961 Charles Dirksen Organ Co., Brisbane
Rebuilt and enlarged 1970 Laurie Pipe Organs, Melbourne
3 manuals, 30 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action
Restoration commenced 2010 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane

Baptist Church, Morrow Street
H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane, c.1957, for former church at this location
Moved to new church c.1979
Console placed in storage, c.2007
Removed to storage 2013 David Cahill, Warwick
1 manual, 3 speaking stops, no pedals, electric action

Former St Paul's Anglican Church, Moggill Road
see: St John's College Chapel, University of Queensland
& Former Homestead of the Gore Family, Yandilla

Thompson Estate  See: Annerley

St Ignatius Catholic Church, Kensington Terrace
Aug. Laukhuff, Weikersheim, W. Germany, 1959
Installed 1959 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
2 manuals, 2 ranks extended, electric action

SECOND ORGAN: Werner-Bosch, Sandershausen, W. Germany, 1958
Formerly at Elizabeth Street Chapel (Brethren), Wellington, New Zealand
Installed in this location 1975 Walter Emerson, Toowoomba
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, mechanical action
Removed 1982 and rebuilt 1984 Knud Smenge for St Mary's Anglican Church, North Melbourne, Vic.

Christadelphian Ecclesia Hall (formerly Presbyterian Church, and subsequently Uniting Church)
cnr Weller Road and Orford Street
Charles Dirksen Organ Co., Brisbane, 1957, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Camp Hill
Removed 1979 H.W. Jarrott to St Mary's Catholic Church, Bardon
Removed from Bardon mid-1980s H.W. Jarrott
Rebuilt & enlarged 2002 Ray Smith in present location
2 manuals, 18 speaking stops (6 ranks), electric action

West End Uniting Church, Vulture Street

FIRST ORGAN: Positive Organ Company Ltd, London, 1890s,
for Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Mackay
Installed in this location 1901;
Removed c.1909 to St Philip's Anglican Church, Annerley

SECOND ORGAN: B.B.Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane, 1909.
Removed 1924 to Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Fortitude Valley

PRESENT ORGAN: Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1924
Restored 1991-92 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
2 manuals, 19 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action

Former residence of Henry Edwin Fisher, Broadway Street
see: Residence of Graham Fisher, Kingston Road, Kingston, Vic.

Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Hawthorne Street

FIRST ORGAN: B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane 1912
2 manuals, mechanical action, destroyed by fire 1929

PRESENT ORGAN: Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane 1930
Additions c.1952 Whitehouse Bros & 1986 David Hudd, Brisbane
Alterations 2011 W. J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
2 manuals, 9 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action

Nazareth Lutheran Church, Hawthorne  Street

FIRST ORGAN: Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1926, for St Francis' Anglican Church, Nundah
Installed in present church 1977
2 manuals, 7 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Destroyed by fire 2000

PRESENT ORGAN: W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane, 2005
2 manuals, 14 speaking stops, mechanical action

Wooloowin See: Clayfield

Presbyterian (formerly St Andrew's Presbyterian) Church, Bay Terrace
Charles Dirksen Organ Co., Brisbane, 1960
Repairs and rewiring 2021 Pierce Pipe Organs, Brisbane
2 manuals, 4 ranks extended, electric action

 

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St Marks' Anglican Church, Burnett Street
George Fincham & Sons, Melbourne, 1986, for St Paul's Anglican Church, Glen Waverley, Vic
Installed in present location with new facade 1998 Australian Pipe Organs, Melbourne
2 manuals, 33 speaking stops (11 ranks), electric action

Former Residence of Colin Middleton, Dobson Lane
see: St Mary's Anglican Church, cnr Simpson and Burnham Roads, Bardon

Caloundra

St Andrew's Anglican Church, Upper Gay Terrace, Kings Beach
John Hamer-Howorth, Toowoomba, 1967
Additions 1969, 1973 John Hamer-Howorth, Toowoomba
1 manual, 6 speaking stops, mechanical & tubular-pneumatic action
Broken up 1987 H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane

St Paul's Playhouse (formerly St Paul's Anglican Church), Upper Mosman Street
Unknown builder (English) 1849
Installed 1856 at St Philip's Anglican Church, Clarence Street, Sydney
Installed 1875 in St Saviour's Schoolroom (Anglican pro-Cathedral), Goulburn, NSW
Installed in this location 1895
2 manuals, 14 speaking stops, mechanical action
Broken up, apparently after 1912

Residence of John Brooks, Malabu Avenue

FIRST ORGAN: Builder unknown (possibly Robert Mackenzie, Melbourne)
Installed second-hand 1881 at the Baptist Tabernacle, Collingwood, Vic
Installed 1963 at the Baptist Church, Middleborough Road, Burwood East, Vic
Installed c.1980 at the residence of John Brooks, View Street, Mont Albert, Vic
Removed to present location 1993, and under restoration by John Brooks until 2020.
1 manual & pedals, 6 speaking stops, 1 coupler, mechanical action

SECOND ORGAN: Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1933, for the Congregational Church, South Brisbane

Drayton see: Toowoomba

Eagle Heights see: Tamborine Mountain

Peace Lutheran Church, Spencer Street
Walter Emerson, Toowoomba, 1980
2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, electric action

St Patrick's Catholic Church, Church Street
Richard Heslop, London, c.1897
Installed 1898
Restored 1993, 2000, 2008 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
2 manuals, 13 speaking stops, mechanical action

St Peter's Anglican Church, Lady Mary Terrace
Henry Jones & Sons, South Kensington, 1902
Installed c.1959 present church from old church
Restored 1986-87 H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, mechanical action

Surface Hill Uniting (formerly Methodist) Church, Channon Street
George Benson, Manchester, 1888, for residence of James Lord, Brisbane
Installed 1890 in present church, B.B. Whitehouse, Brisbane
Restored 1997-98 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
2 manuals, 9 speaking stops, mechanical action

Uniting (formerly St Andrew's Presbyterian) Church, Red Hill Road
Henry Willis & Sons, London, 1884, for the residence of Hon. W.H. Wilson, Brisbane
Installed 1887 in the Presbyterian Church, Wickham Terrace, Brisbane
Installed c.1905 in the old church on the present site
Electrified & installed in present church 1962 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
2 manuals, 10 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action

Apostolic Cathedral, Niemeyer's Rd

FIRST ORGAN: Installed 1896. Details unknown

Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Mowbray Street
Installed 1968 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane,
incorporating parts of the 1891 G.F. Steinmeyer organ at
St Michael & All Angels' Anglican Church, New Farm, Brisbane, with new pipework
1 manual, 4 speaking stops, mechanical action
Removed 1981 and broken up

Innisfail    See: Wangan

Central (formerly St Stephen's) Presbyterian Church, Limestone Street

FIRST ORGAN: Unknown builder, installed 1866
See: St Peter's Anglican Church, Southport

St Paul's Anglican Church, Brisbane Street
J.W. Walker, London, 1859-60 (job no 649)
2 manuals, 12 speaking stops, mechanical action
Removed 1882 to new west gallery
Removed 1888 to north (left) transept
Swell rebuilt & enlarged 1897 with additions 1903 Whitehouse & Marlor, Brisbane
Rebuilt & enlarged 1912-14 B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane
3 manuals, 18 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Addition 1922 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Installed in chancel with additions 1929 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
3 manuals, 22 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Rebuilt, enlarged and installed 1975 in south (right) transept, Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
3 manuals, 35 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action
Additions and revisions 1997 and 2000 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
Rebuilt, enlarged and removed to north (left) transept 2014-16 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
3 manuals, 44 speaking stops, 8 couplers, mechanical action

Residence of Hendrik (Hank) Roelofs, Bruce Highway
Charles Dirksen Organ Co, Brisbane, 1963, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Prospect, South Australia
Installed and rebuilt c.1980 in residence of Hendrik Roelofs, Adelaide
Installed in present location 1989-90 Hendrik Roelofs, Kennedy
2 manuals, 2 ranks extended, electric action
Enlarged to 3 manuals with additional pipework c.2012-15 Hendrik Roelofs, Kennedy

Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Gordon Street

FIRST ORGAN (previous church): Positive Organ Company Ltd, London, 1890s
Removed 1901 to the Methodist Church, West End
Removed c.1909 to St Philip's Anglican Church, Annerley

SECOND ORGAN (previous church): B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane, 1911
Damaged in cyclone, 1918
Installed c.1921 at All Hallows' Convent Chapel, Brisbane

St Mary's Catholic Church, Adelaide Street
B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane, 1912
Removed 1936 from west gallery to south transept
Restored with addition 1991 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
2 manuals, 18 speaking stops, mechanical action

St Paul's Anglican Church, Ellena Street
Wadsworth, Manchester, 1883
Installed 1884 B.B. Whitehouse, for the 'Brisbane Piano Warehouse'
2 manuals, 21 speaking stops, mechanical action
Rebuilt with additions and alterations 1969 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Renovated 1999 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
2 manuals, 24 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action

St Stephen's (formerly Presbyterian) Uniting Church, Sussex Street
Alex Young & Sons, Manchester 1890
Installed 1891, 2 manuals, 20 speaking stops, mechanical action
Addition 1939 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Electrified with pedal additions 1966 H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane
2 manuals, 24 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action

Calvary Catholic Church, Santa Monica Road
see: Residence of Dr Thomas Campbell, Murwillumbah

St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Currie Street
FIRST ORGAN: Installed 1925
Probably a reed organ
PRESENT ORGAN: Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1960
2 manuals, 6 speaking stops, electric action
Enlarged 1976 Walter Emerson, Toowoomba
New casework 1999 Ian Brown & Associates, Ballina
2 manuals, 10 speaking stops, electric action

Majestic Theatre, Factory Street
Installed 1982 Ron West incorporating console and pipework from various sources
Additions c.1990
2 manuals, 7 ranks extended & percussion, electro-pneumatic action

Redcliffe  see also Woody Point  &  Clontarf

St Mary's Anglican Church, Sutton Street
John Compton Organ Co., London, c.1959
Installed in this location 1963 from showroom of W.H.Paling, Brisbane
Damaged by fire 1980 & c.1990
Restored & enlarged (by extension) 1981 & c.1990 H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane
2 manuals, 2 ranks extended, electric action

St Paul's Anglican Cathedral, William Street

FIRST ORGAN: Joshua Porritt, Leicester, 1883
Inst 1883 T.C. Christmas, Brisbane,
2 manuals, 16 speaking stops, mechanical action
Rebuilt 1938 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
2 manuals, 17 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action
Removed and broken up 1966

Immanuel Lutheran Church, Ropeley-Rockside Road
H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane, 1971
1 manual, 3 speaking stops, electric action, no pedals

Scarness  See: Hervey Bay

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Hume Street
Charles Dirksen Organ Co, Brisbane, 1957
Restored 1982 Walter Emerson, Toowoomba
Installed in renovated building 1997 W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
2 manuals, 2 ranks extended, electric action

Redeemer Lutheran Church, Neil Street
see: Baptist Church, Windsor Road, Red Hill

St David's Presbyterian Church, Mary Street, Mount Lofty
John Hamer-Howorth, Toowoomba, 1977
1 manual, 6 speaking stops, mechanical & tubular-pneumatic action
Removed 2005

St Luke's Anglican Church, cnr Herries & Ruthven Streets
Norman & Beard, London & Norwich, 1907 (job no 816)
Installed 1907 B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane, in nave of present church
2 manuals, 19 speaking stops, tubular pneumatic action
Electrified, enlarged & installed in new chancel 1960 H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane
Rebuilt 1995 (with addition) W.J. Simon Pierce, Brisbane
2 manuals, 22 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action

St Paul's Lutheran Church, Phillip Street
Aug. Laukhuff, Weikersheim, W. Germany, c.1927
Installed in former church on this site 1927 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
2 manuals, 11 speaking stops, mechanical action, roll-playing mechanism
Rebuilt & installed in present church 1959 with additions 1963 H.W. Jarrott, Brisbane
Enlarged 1975 Walter Emerson, Toowoomba
2 manuals, 18 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action

Former Residence of the Late Alfred Cobby, Grafton Street
Alfred Cobby, Tenterfield, NSW, 1883
Removed 1884 to residence of A. Cobby, Warwick
Sold 1885 to a gentleman in Gympie
Subsequent whereabouts unknown
1 manual & pedal pulldowns, 3 speaking stops, mechanical action

The Scots PGC College Chapel, Oxenham Street
B.B. Whitehouse & Co., Brisbane, 1909, for the Methodist Church, Warwick
Rebuilt, enlarged & installed in new position 1964 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
2 manuals, 10 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action
Removed to present location & enlarged 1997 David Cahill, Warwick
2 manuals, 14 speaking stops, electro-pneumatic action

St Mark's Anglican Church, cnr Grafton & Albion Streets

FIRST ORGAN: J.W. Walker & Sons, London, 1885
Installed 1886. Removed and installed in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Rosalie, Brisbane

PRESENT ORGAN: Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane, 1923, with addition 1924
Removed from south transept to gallery 1940 Whitehouse Bros, Brisbane
Addition 1986 David Hudd, Brisbane
2 manuals, 15 speaking stops, tubular-pneumatic action

Former St Mark's Anglican Church, cnr Kate & Annie Streets
see: St Peter the Fisherman Anglican Church, Lucinda Street, Clontarf