) ▁region . ▁The ▁tim ber ▁industry ▁played ▁a ▁major ▁economic ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁North ▁Coast ▁region , ▁which ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 8 6 0 s ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁tim ber ▁producing ▁regions ▁in ▁Queensland . ▁Alfred son ' s ▁is ▁important ▁evidence ▁of ▁the ▁manufact uring ▁aspect ▁of ▁the ▁area ' s ▁tim ber ▁industry ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁Its ▁location ▁at ▁Co or an ▁was ▁close ▁to ▁tim ber ▁supplies , ▁and ▁the ▁adjacent ▁railway ▁facil itated ▁the ▁ship ment ▁of ▁the ▁join ery ' s ▁products . ▁ ▁The ▁establishment ▁by ▁Alfred son ' s ▁of ▁a ▁pre - cut ▁tim ber ▁house ▁fabric ation ▁work shop ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁is ▁representative ▁of ▁the ▁response ▁of ▁tim ber ▁fir ms ▁to ▁the ▁Australia - wide ▁post - World ▁War ▁II ▁housing ▁short age . ▁ ▁The ▁place ▁demonstr ates ▁rare , ▁un common ▁or ▁end anger ed ▁aspects ▁of ▁Queensland ' s ▁cultural ▁her itage . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁the ▁mill ing ▁of ▁tim ber ▁and ▁the ▁manufact ure ▁of ▁tim ber ▁products ▁was ▁an ▁integral ▁component ▁of ▁the ▁North ▁Coast ▁tim ber ▁industry , ▁a ▁major ▁industry ▁for ▁Queensland . ▁Alfred son ' s ▁Jo in ery ▁complex ▁is ▁a ▁rare ▁surv iving ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁pre - World ▁War ▁II ▁era ▁of