Brisbane

Paddington tram depot, 1962

3 March 2015

Collection of the Brisbane City Archives

Paddington tram depot, 1962. This architectural plan was drawn in July 1962 for the refurbishment of the meal rooms for drivers and workers. Over the month the plans went back and forth between the transport department and architects until this plan became the final copy on 30 July. The plan shows the work spaces on the ground floor with the oil store and the areas for the carbuilders and electricians. These plans were never carried out as the Paddington bus depot burnt down on 28 September 1962 taking the whole building, 65 trams and the possibility of a new meal room. The depot was never rebuilt and signaled the end of Brisbane’s trams. Collection of the Brisbane City Archives

Proposed Brisbane tramways, 1887. The Metropolitan Tramway and Investment Company made a series of improvements to the Brisbane tram network after they commenced operation in 1887.

Collection of the Brisbane City Archives

West End tram terminus, 1965. This image is of the West End tram terminus which linked with the ferry stop.

Collection of The University of Queensland Library

Queens Gardens and proposed inner city development, c1920

25 February 2015

Collection Brisbane City Council Library

Queens Gardens and proposed inner city development, c1920. Collection Brisbane City Council Library.

Monuments and memory: T.J. Byrnes and T.J. Ryan

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.

Poinsettia city: Brisbane’s flower

Souvenir wares can inform us about the social history of their times through the imagery with which people choose to represent themselves.

Brisbane Oblique View, 1888

Brisbane, QLD

Australia

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1 January 1888

6 November 2013

Location

Brisbane, QLD

Australia

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6 November 2013

Brisbane Oblique View, 1881

Brisbane, QLD

Australia

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1 July 1881

6 November 2013

Location

Brisbane, QLD

Australia

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6 November 2013

Site of Lytton fortifications, 1887

1 January 1887

10 October 2012

Site of Lytton fortifications, proposed 1877 and built 1880-82, from C. Kinloch Cooke, Australian defences and New Guinea, compiled from the papers of the late Major-General Sir Peter Scratchley, R.E., K.C.M.G., London, Macmillan and Co, 1887

United States Army map of Brisbane, c1941

Brisbane

Australia

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

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1 January 1941

17 June 2011

Location

Brisbane

Australia

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

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17 June 2011

Brisbane

State Library of Queensland

United States Army map of Brisbane, c1941. The simple eight chain series maps, originally made at the turn of the century by Queensland surveyors, were modified by the United States Army when they were situated in Brisbane between 1941 and 1945. The Army adapted these maps by overlaying topographical lines. In this way, the US Army imposed their own cartographic order. This map is sheet 14 of 55, and shows Brisbane city. The corner of Adelaide and Creek Streets, the site of the ‘Battle of Brisbane’, is shown in the centre of the map at a low point of 30 feet elevation. Collection of the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland