Flooding in Mary Street, Brisbane, 1974.

Alice Street, Brisbane, during 1974 flood

At the height of the 1974 floods the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Alderman Clem Jones, ordered the gates of Somerset Dam be shut to prevent the release of floodwaters defying the recommendations of the

By the end of the nineteenth century most of these trees were nearing maturity and their distinctive crowns appeared above the canopy of other trees.

Private Collection

Brisbane public transport map, 1968

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3 March 2015

Brisbane public transport map, 1968. This map shows the transport into and out of Brisbane city, red denotes public transport and black shows private transport. The total figures show 10,780 travelling by public and 14,506 by private, significantly more than one third of the private traffic travelled over the Story Bridge. This map appeared in the follow up report to the Brisbane transportation study which was found to have conducted an inadequate study of public transport. From Wilbur Smith and Associates, The southeast Queensland-Brisbane region public transport study, Queensland Department of Transport, 1970, p.30. Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Development plan Brisbane roads, 1965

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3 March 2015

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Development plan Brisbane roads, 1965. This ‘Recommended stage development plan’ for Brisbane appeared in the Wilbur Smith and Associates plan for Brisbane. The different colours denote pathways requiring development: red is stage 1 1965-70, blue is stage 2 for 1970-75, green is stage 3 for 1975-80, and brown is stage 4 for 1980-85. Major developments such as the riverside expressway are shown in this map. With its ‘Street and highway plan’ the transportation study recommended the removal of Brisbane’s trams. From Wilbur Smith and Associates, Brisbane transportation study, vol 1, Queensland Main Roads Department and Brisbane City Council, 1965, p.194. Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Brisbane, central part, 1951

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3 March 2015

Collection of the Lands Museum, Department of Environment and Resource Management 

Brisbane, central part, 1951. This map shows the extent of the tramway system after it had expanded to its fullest extent in 1947. It also marks the routes of buses and trains operating in Brisbane. Drawn and published by the Survey Office, Public Lands, Brisbane, September 1951. Collection of the Lands Museum, Department of Environment and Resource Management 

See Brisbane from the trams, 1957

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3 March 2015

Collection of the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

See Brisbane from the trams, 1957. This tourist map of Brisbane was made by the Brisbane City Council and promoted various points of interest throughout the city, the key provided reference to public buildings, churches and theatres. On the reverse side were also many advertisements of things to do and see in Brisbane such as travel to Kalinga or to Toowong. Collection of the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Brisbane Electric Tramways System, 1931

3 March 2015
3 March 2015

Collection of the Brisbane City Archives

Brisbane Electric Tramways System, 1931. This map appeared in the Brisbane City Council Department of Transport Annual Reports between 1927 and 1931. This map is water and mud damaged because the Brisbane City Council Department of Transport held their archive material in the basement of their Coronation Drive offices which were flooded in 1974. The records were recovered and cleaned by volunteers of the Brisbane tramways museum. Collection of the Brisbane City Archives

Map of Brisbane and suburbs, 1920

3 March 2015
3 March 2015

Map of Brisbane and suburbs, 1920. This Gordon and Gotch map shows tram routes in red. The trams network was not yet at its fullest extent and would continue to grow until the late 1940s. It can be seen in this map that the line extended out to Toowong but was not at Kalinga. Public telephones are also marked with a red ‘T’. 

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