Cr Rick Baberowski, Sunshine Coast Council with the Bankfoot House Heritage Precinct team, Sunshine Coast Council – Winner of Sunstainability: Organisations with Paid Staff category. Photo: Krista Eppelstun, courtesy of M&G QLD.

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A view from the outside of Bankfoot House
Bankfoot House Heritage Precinct. Courtesy of Sunshine Coast Council.

Sunshine Coast Council
Bankfoot House Preservation Housekeeping Project

Purchased by Sunshine Coast Council in 2004, Bankfoot House began operating as a house museum in 2006 through the support of the Friends of Bankfoot House. This state heritage-listed property is the oldest surviving residence in the Glass House Mountains. It was once the lunch stop and staging post for Cobb & Co coaches on the Brisbane to Gympie goldfields route, offering accommodation for travellers, in addition to serving as the post office.

The Bankfoot House Preservation Housekeeping Project took place over a three-month timeframe from April to June 2018. Key milestones for the project included: a review of preservation needs assessment; training in Preservation Housekeeping for staff, volunteers and contract cleaners; an extensive conservation clean of the house; a clean of identified objects and assessment of items for display and storage; and a system of procedures, schedules, monitoring, evaluation and reporting including a Preservation Housekeeping Manual and materials kit.

Go to Sunshine Coast Council’s website
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