Primary Building (Primac House)

Army Transport Command Headquarters/US Army Brisbane Central Postal Exchange (PX)

One of Brisbane’s early (1909) motor showrooms, it was enlarged to six-storeys in 1925. It was sold in 1934 and became 'Primac House'. During World War Two, the US Army leased the fifth floor for use as a Postal Exchange (PX) that supplied imported US goods to US service personnel. As the main PX in Brisbane City, it became the centre point of the infamous Battle of Brisbane riots (26–27 November 1942).

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Location

99 Creek Street

Brisbane, QLD 4000

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Place type

Headquarters

History

Built in 1909 as a motor showroom for the Canada Cycle & Motor Agency (Qld) Ltd, it was sold in 1934 to the Queensland Primary Producers Co-Operative Association Ltd and subsequently became 'Primac House'. In 1942, office spaces throughout its five floors were requisitioned for use by various agencies drawn from the Australian Army, the Commonwealth Government and the US Army.

'Primac House' was the Australian Army’s Transport Command headquarters and its Manpower and Canteen Services. The second floor contained the offices of the Brisbane War Road Transport Pool’s General Cartage Division, the Women’s Land Army, the Women’s Auxiliary Central Bureau...

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