cycling

The sporting landscape

If Queensland was a country it would be among the top ten sporting nations in the world.

Women cycling through the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 1896. Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland image 7871-0001-0023

Cyclists’ Road Map of Brisbane and Surrounding Districts, 1896, Sheet 1 and 2

Brisbane, QLD

Australia

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1 January 1896

5 August 2010

Location

Brisbane, QLD

Australia

See map: Google Maps

5 August 2010

Brisbane

Surveyor General’s Department

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

1 mile to an inch

The Cyclists' Road Map of Brisbane and Surrounding Districts, 1896, sheets 1 and 2. Significantly the map does not cover the whole state, but rather is limited by the capital and surrounds – north to Deception Bay, south to Beenleigh and west to Gold Creek and the Bremer River. The furthest distance measured is to Scarborough, 29¼ miles. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Cyclists' Road Map, Brisbane and Surrounding Districts, 1896

Brisbane, QLD

Australia

See map: Google Maps

1 January 1896

5 August 2010

Location

Brisbane, QLD

Australia

See map: Google Maps

Brisbane

Surveyor General's Department

Collection of the National Library of Australia

1 mile to an inch

The Cyclists’ Road Map of Brisbane and Surrounding Districts, 1896 was produced by the Surveyor General’s Department in two sheets and priced at one shilling per sheet. It stated, ‘All roads shown on this map have been ridden over by Officers of the Survey Department’. The map key indicates ‘Roads, Railways, Telegraph Stations, Omnibus Stands and Finger Posts’. It contains comments, speculation and personal observations relating to the state of the roads, amenities and features of the landscape. This is sheet one of two. Collection of the National Library of Australia.

Bicycling through Brisbane, 1896

The bicycle revolutionised movement through the landscape for hundreds of avant-garde Queenslanders during the closing years of the nineteenth century.