Historian & Heritage Consultant

Margaret Cook

Margaret Pullar Historian | ABN 46 071 104 553 | ACN 071 104 553

Exhibition Work

Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich

Margaret Cook was one of the consultants who developed the internationally acclaimed Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich, in 2001-2. Her research and interviews with former employees formed the basis for many of the exhibition panels still on view today.

Queensland State Archives

In 2011 Margaret Cook worked with the Queensland State Archives to produce an essay and exhibition entitled The British Royals: a Queensland story. The work involved telling the story of Royal visits to Queensland since the 1860s with text, photographs and memorabilia, largely drawn from the Queensland

State Archives collection. The result was 10 panels full of colourful photographs and stories invoking the excitement and pomp and circumstance generated by Royal visits.

Ipswich Little Theatre

Together with Ipswich Little Theatre members and Andrew Spark, Margaret produced an interpretative panel for Ipswich Little Theatre. The panel provides the story of the construction of the reverberatory incinerator, its design by Walter Burley Griffin and its conversion to an intimate theatre for visiting patrons to enjoy.

Conservation Management Plans

Since 1996 Margaret Cook has worked on over 40 conservation management in association with heritage architects. A select list includes:

  • Graceville Uniting Church with Ivan McDonald Architects, 1997.
  • Commissariat Stores with Michael Kennedy Architect, 1998.
  • Raymont Lodge with Ivan McDonald Architects, 1999.
  • Rockhampton Post Office with Robert Riddel Architect, 1999.
  • Brisbane Grammar School with Paul Burmester Architects, 2000.
  • Afton Downs Woolshed with Geoff Morton, 2000.
  • Fairy Knoll, Ipswich, with Paul Burmester, 2001.
  • South Brisbane, Nundah, Lutwyche, Bulimba, Cedar Creek, Moggill, Brookfield, Christ Church and Pullenvale Cemetery Conservation Plans with Catherine Brouwer 2003 - 2005.
  • Albion Flour Mill with John Hoysted, ERM, 2006.
  • Ipswich Technical College for Department of Public Works, 2006.
  • Maryborough Government Offices for Department of Public Works, 2006.
  • Toowoomba Foundry for Ruth Woods, 2007.
  • Former Acetate of Lime Factory, Colmslie for Ivan McDonald Architects, 2007.
  • Moorlands, Toowong, for Ivan McDonald Architects, 2007.
  • Holy Cross Laundry and Convent, Wooloowin for Ruth Woods, 2007.
  • Canaan, Riverview, with Ruth Woods, 2008.
  • St Stephen's Presbyterian Church with Thom Blake and Peter Todd, 2009.
  • Ipswich Incinerator for Ivan McDonald Architects, 2009.
  • Cumbooquepa, Somerville House for Ruth Woods, 2009.
  • Union College, University of Qld, with Ruth Woods, 2009.
  • Gowrie House, Toowoomba with Ivan McDonald Architects, 2009.
  • Queen's Park, Toowoomba with Catherine Brouwer, 2009.
  • Mt Spec Road with Ivan McDonald Architects, 2010.
  • Mt Maria College with Ivan McDonald Architects, 2010.

Tenure Histories & Environmental Impact Studies (EIS)

Margaret Cook has undertaken a number of tenure histories particularly in the area of Native Title. Her clients include Freehills, Hollingdale & Page, Australian Premium Coals, McCullough Robertson Lawyers, Clayton Utz, Hopgood Ganim and Macarthur Coal.

Margaret has worked on a number of Environmental Impact Studies, as part of a team, writing the non-indigenous cultural heritage component.

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