T.J. Ryan with his back to Queen Victoria, 2013. Photograph by Rodney Sullivan and Robin Sullivan, 2013

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Ryan and Queen Victoria statues, Queens Gardens, 1934. The Executive building is in the background. Queensland Figaro, 20 January 1934, p 10

The T. J. Ryan statue about to be unveiled in Queens Gardens, 1925. Collection State Library of Queensland

Collection State Library of Queensland

Byrnes statue, Centenary Place, Brisbane, 2013

Copyright © Rodney Sullivan and Robin Sullivan, 2015

Centenary Park and Byrnes statue, 1927. Wickham Street is on the left and Ann Street on the right. Dara is the large building in the background with All Hallows to the right.

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Byrnes statue at Petrie Bight, junction of Wickham and Boundary Streets, c1911. Collection State Library of Queensland

Collection State Library of Queensland

Unveiling the T. J. Byrnes statue, Brisbane 1902. Dara overlooks the scene. Collection State Library of Queensland

Collection State Library of Queensland

At the beginning of the twentieth century Brisbane trailed behind Sydney and Melbourne in the provision of parks and monuments, a defect which troubled progressive citizens.

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