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Brisbane River

Brisbane River and inner city, 1895

Brisbane, QLD

Australia

27° 28' 15.3588" S, 153° 1' 24.6072" E

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1 January 1895

3 May 2011

Location

Brisbane, QLD

Australia

27° 28' 15.3588" S, 153° 1' 24.6072" E

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3 May 2011

Brisbane

Survey Office

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Six chains to an inch

Brisbane River and inner city, 1895. This map, sheet eight of ‘McKellar’s Official Map of Brisbane and Suburbs’, shows the meanders of Brisbane River which divided the city. To overcome this, ferry crossings were located at Hockings Street and Park Road, North Quay, South Brisbane, Garden Point, Kangaroo Point and between Merthyr and Ferry Streets. Two steam ferry crossings were at ‘Town Reach’. The Victoria Bridge had tram lines along it and connected South Brisbane to the central business district. The map shows wharves lining the river bank, however, the presence of a public baths near South Bank shows that people’s engagement with the river was not restricted to commerce but included pleasure. As Brisbane’s heritage as a river port has been gradually erased by waterside development, this map reveals a very different and distinct city landscape. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Indooroopilly and St Lucia estate, 1895

St Lucia, QLD

Australia

27° 30' 7.362" S, 153° 0' 23.5656" E

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1 January 1895

29 April 2011

Location

St Lucia, QLD

Australia

27° 30' 7.362" S, 153° 0' 23.5656" E

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29 April 2011

Brisbane

Survey Office

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Six chains to an inch

Indooroopilly and St Lucia estate, 1895. This map, sheet 11 of ‘McKellar’s Official Map of Brisbane and Suburbs’, depicted the St Lucia estate and undeveloped land where the University of Queensland would be later built. Brisbane city council resumed 976 land parcels for the project. The cottages of the 284 people that were living at St Lucia were also sold off to raise money. Where the carefully sculpted UQ lakes now lie, the left bank of Carmody Creek was lined with land parcels. Later converted into sports fields, the vacant land on the other side was used for the farm school for young men during the Depression. Street names such as Ethel, May and Alice disappeared from the map as the streetscape was replaced with sweeping thoroughfares which curved around new buildings, accentuating the University’s prominence in the newly created landscape. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

St Lucia from Dutton Park, c1936. Photographed by J.J.C. Bradfield, Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland, ms F3376

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

St Lucia layout, c1950

University of Queensland St Lucia, QLD

Australia

27° 30' 7.362" S, 153° 0' 23.5656" E

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1 January 1950

24 February 2011

Location

University of Queensland St Lucia, QLD

Australia

27° 30' 7.362" S, 153° 0' 23.5656" E

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24 February 2011

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

St Lucia layout, c1950. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland, ms UQFL458

St Lucia, c1950

University of Queensland St Lucia, QLD

Australia

27° 30' 7.362" S, 153° 0' 23.5656" E

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1 January 1950

24 February 2011

Location

University of Queensland St Lucia, QLD

Australia

27° 30' 7.362" S, 153° 0' 23.5656" E

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24 February 2011

Brisbane

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

St Lucia, c1950. This Co-Ordinator-General’s Department topographic map of St Lucia from 1 November 1950 has been drawn over in pencil to accommodate new plans for the University Buildings and Grounds Committee. In the original map also note the proposed bridge linking St Lucia to Highgate Hill, and adjacent to the bridge the ‘Area made available by Brisbane City Council to Queensland Government for military training of University Students.’ To the left of this area also note the low lying Smyths Creek which has been largely built over, and the elevated position that the Great Court was built on. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland, ms UQFL458

St Lucia Farm School from the air, c1936. Photographed by J.J.C. Bradfield, Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland, ms F3376

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Layout Plan of University of Queensland site, 1950

University of Queensland St Lucia, QLD

Australia

27° 30' 7.362" S, 153° 0' 23.5656" E

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1 January 1950

24 February 2011

Location

University of Queensland St Lucia, QLD

Australia

27° 30' 7.362" S, 153° 0' 23.5656" E

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24 February 2011

Brisbane

Co-Ordinator General’s Department

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

1 inch = 100 feet

Co-Ordinator General’s Department Layout Plan of University of Queensland site, 1950. Notice the ‘Front Drive’ on the map, Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland, ms UQFL458

'A river city is held together by its bridges, collects them like sutures across a wound’ from Simon Cleary, The comfort of figs, St Lucia, UQP, 2008, p91.

Victoria (replaced 1969) and Grey Street Bridges (now William Jolly), Brisbane, c1934. Postcard, Sidues Series, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

City of Brisbane, c1906

Brisbane, QLD

Australia

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1 January 1906

30 August 2010

Location

Brisbane, QLD

Australia

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30 August 2010

Brisbane

Queensland Government

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

City of Brisbane, c1906. From Queensland: The Winter Paradise of Australasia, c1906, Brisbane, Queensland Government. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland