Maryborough lays claim to the Lamington Following the 1893 floods that swept away the old wooden bridge over the Mary River in Maryborough QLD the new concrete bridge built by engineer Alfred Barton was opened by Gov Lamington in 1896 promptly named the Lamington Bridge as it remains to this day and after the ceremony they retired to the hotel up the road Now called the Lamington Hotel for lunch There the cook had run out of dessert ingredients and yes the rest is history