R C Ziegler and Son

R C Ziegler and Son is a firm of monumental masons in Queensland, Australia. They built many heritage-listed war memorials in Queensland.

History

The firm was established in Toowoomba circa 1902 and undertook monumental masonry commissions throughout south-western Queensland. The family company moved to Bundaberg where it was operating until the mid 1980s.^[1] In 2016, it is based once again in Toowoomba serving Queensland and northern New South Wales under the name RC Ziegler Monumentals.^[2] The firm closed in 2013.

Significant works

Cooyar War Memorial

• 1920: Goombungee War Memorial^[3]
• 1923: Cooyar War Memorial^[4]
• 1924: Charleville War Memorial^[1]
• 1926: Cunnamulla War Memorial Fountain^[5]
• 1949: Bundaberg War Nurses Memorial^[6]