Wynnum Heritage
Most of Wynnum's heritage places are buildings you pass on the street, and most are still in use. Brisbane City Council lists five of them on Bay Terrace and Florence Street as local heritage places. This page also covers Memorial Park and the jetty. The walking route and the wading pool have their own pages: see the heritage trail route and the Wynnum Wading Pool.
Source: Brisbane City Council heritage register and Wynnum Heritage Trail, checked 14 October 2026.
Seeing them
The Council records we read say nothing about public entry to these buildings. Treat them as places to look at from the street, and ask the owner or hirer before going inside. Memorial Park is the open public space.
Dates at a glance
- 1889Railway to Cleveland opens; the trail dates the original jetty
- 1896Wynnum State School opens (24 February)
- 1905Guardian Angels church opens (26 November)
- 1913School of Arts opens (December)
- 1919Memorial Park named (site reserved 1918)
- 1920Presbyterian church built
- 1924Post office opens (March)
- 1949Present brick school building opens, Florence Street
- 1954Cyclone damage leads to the jetty's replacement
- 1995Post office closes
Dates from Council records. Not to scale.
Bay Terrace and Florence Street
| Place | Address | Dates | Today |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guardian Angels Catholic Church | 198 Bay Terrace | Church opened 26 November 1905; school building opened 4 October 1914 | Church still used for worship; the 1914 school building is a hall |
| Former Wynnum School of Arts | 219 Bay Terrace | Opened December 1913 | Meetings, functions and classes |
| Former Presbyterian church | 238 Bay Terrace | Built 1920 | A church hall since the 1950s |
| Former Central Post Office | 155 Bay Terrace | Opened March 1924; closed 1995 | Private businesses |
| Former Wynnum Central State School | 105 Florence Street | School opened 24 February 1896; present brick building opened February 1949 | Wynnum Community Centre, hired for local events |
All five were listed as local heritage places on 1 January 2004. Check the addresses: Council's record for the School of Arts also calls it “Wynnum Community Centre”, but the community centre you can hire is the Florence Street building. The record for that building dates the standing brick structure to 1949. Council's venue page says the centre “originally opened as a state school in 1896”, so the school is older than the building.
Source: Brisbane City Council heritage register records for each address; Council's Wynnum Community Centre venue page, checked 14 October 2026.
Wynnum Memorial Park
Memorial Park is at 105 Buderim Street. Council's record says a 21-acre reserve was set aside for showgrounds in 1918. It was first named Russell Park, after Mayor Richard Russell, and became Memorial Park in 1919, the year a memorial avenue was planted on the Peel Street side. Wynnum Town Council bought the land in 1923. Wynnum High and Intermediate School took just over two acres in 1939 and four more in 1950. The rest is still a reserve with play facilities and sporting grounds. Council lists it as a local heritage place.
Source: Brisbane City Council heritage register (page revised July 2026), checked 14 October 2026.
Wynnum Jetty
Council's heritage trail dates the original jetty to 1889 and says it became a place for swimming, strolling and community events. A new bandstand opened in 1917. The trail's extension entry adds a concrete pontoon in 1925 and says the Centenary Motor Boat Club launched there in 1924. Damage from the 1954 cyclone led to the jetty being replaced.
The entrance has three pylons designed by local resident Paul Songhurst, and murals along the walkway. In words supplied by Aunty Becky of Winnam Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Corporation, the pylons represent the past, present and future, and the murals express the wisdom of Elders.
An older Council document describes an earlier jetty at the site, but we couldn't re-check it, so 1889 is the trail's date, not a confirmed first. The sources also give no current opening, fishing or repair status. Check with Council before relying on the jetty.
Source: Brisbane City Council, Wynnum Heritage Trail page, checked 14 October 2026.
What this page leaves out
It isn't a full history of Wynnum. The Council records used here don't cover the area before European settlement. The trail guide includes First Nations commentary supplied by Aunty Becky, and that is the place to start.
Part of Things to Do in Wynnum.