Customs House and Residence

The glorious colonial architecture of the Customs House and Residence, honours the once significant influence of Her Majesty’s Customs Service on the city of Maryborough.

Step inside and hear the stories of immigrants who came from afar and uncover the inspirational history of the families who pioneered this important Queensland settlement. In the early 1900s Maryborough was the largest industrial town in the State manufacturing steam engines, railway rolling stock, sugar mill crushing equipment and ships for the Royal Australian Navy.