Thomas Rees (mayor)
Thomas Rees was a contractor and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was Mayor of Brisbane in 1904.
Early life
Thomas Rees was born on 9 September 1844 in Lydstep, South Pembrokeshire, Wales, the son of Evan Rees and his wife Elizabeth.Career
Thomas Rees built the now heritage-listed St Pauls Presbyterian Church in Spring Hill from 1887 to 1889.In 1892 he built the now heritage-listed Roman Catholic St Stephens School in Charlotte Street.
He built the now heritage-listed South East Queensland Water Board Building at 41 Edward Street, Brisbane City from 1885 to 1886.
He built the now heritage-listed Spencers Building at 45–51 Edward Street, Brisbane City from 1889 to 1890.
In 1905 he built the now heritage-listed Woolloongabba Post Office at 765 Stanley Street, Woolloongabba.