Hugo William Du Rietz

Hugo William Du Rietz (sometimes written as Du Reitz, Durietz, Dureitz) (c. 1831–1908) was a pioneer gold miner and architect in Gympie, Queensland, Australia.

Hugo William Du Rietz was born 3 April 1831 in Vittskövle, Sweden, the son of Johan Fredrik Du Rietz (a lieutenant in the Royal Navy of Sweden) and his wife Johanna Ulrika Charlotte Borgh [2][3] Hugo Du Rietz was educated as an architect and served in 1849 in the First Schleswig War as a volunteer for Denmark.

[1] He came to Queensland following reports of gold being found at Canoona (near Rockhampton).

In 1865 he built the Bank of New South Wales building at the corner of Queen and George Streets (which was replaced in 1928 with the present Bank of New South Wales Building).

He imported the first cream separator into Queensland (possibly the first in Australia) and he built the first silo in Gympie.