Brief History of Maryborough. This fertile area of Queensland was the fifth area to be settled when it was still part of NSW. The first settlement in QLD was at Redcliffe (and later Moreton Bay) as a convict colony in 1824. This was followed by white settlement at Ipswich in 1842 and further inland in… Continue reading Maryborough. Side view of Woodstock House was built in 1915 as the Queensland National Bank.A typical classical Greek style building with good symmetry and Corinthian columns.