T J Byrnes Monument is a heritage-listed memorial at Palmerin Street, Warwick, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

Byrnes is the only Queensland premier to be honoured with two memorial statues (the other being erected in 1902 on the corner of Wickham and Boundary Streets in Petrie Bight, Brisbane and relocated in 1925 to Centenary Place), and is one of only three Queensland premiers (along with Sir Charles Lilley and Thomas Joseph Ryan) to have a medal for scholarship posthumously endowed in his name.

In 1876 he won the University of Sydney prize in the junior public examination, which granted him an extension scholarship to complete his secondary education at Brisbane Grammar School.

He was elected to the Queensland Legislative Council in August and was given the portfolio of Solicitor-General in Sir Samuel Griffith's newly formed coalition government.

Byrnes' policies at this period received considerable support in far north Queensland – he advocated the continued use of South Sea Islander labour and declared an interest in northern development (without committing himself to separation).

Later he became an outspoken opponent of the separationist movement, which may account for his choosing to stand (unsuccessfully) for North Brisbane in March 1896.

[1] Although nominated for North Brisbane by Premier Hugh Nelson, Byrnes was unpopular in the capital, where he was seen to be concentrating more on his law practice than on his portfolio.

However, immediately following his defeat in North Brisbane, Byrnes stood in April 1896 for the electorate of Warwick, where he achieved a resounding victory.

[1] Warwick took great pride in its state representative, and Byrnes reciprocated by assiduously promoting Queensland and his electorate.

Fellow Parliamentarians supported his appointment because he was popular with voters, and the struggling coalition government needed the charismatic Attorney-General as their figurehead.

The original proposal was to locate it opposite the two-storeyed 1897-99 stone post office which had been erected during Byrnes' term as MLA for Warwick.

Both sites were submitted to the Warwick Municipal Council, which preferred the more prominent post office location, so that the children going to school could see the man who rose from the bottom to the top rung of the ladder.

The whole monument weighed 26 tons, rested on a concrete block and plinth of Melbourne bluestone, and stood 19.5 feet (5.9 m) high.

Sir Herbert described Byrnes as a great statesman and patriot and stressed the distinction conferred on Warwick by having had the Premier as its representative.

It comprises a pedestal and lifelike statue, facing east along Grafton Street, set on two stepped courses of a basaltic rock identified in 1902 as Melbourne bluestone.

[1] The pedestal of veined marble is approximately 3.5 metres (11 ft) high, is alike on all four faces, and comprises plinth, dado and entablature.

[1] The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.

As a memorial, the place has a close association with the life and work of T J Byrnes – barrister, politician, and one of Queensland's early heroes.