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.

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Jacaranda trees in New Farm Park, c1958

Jacaranda trees in New Farm Park, c1958.

Copyright © Private Collection

Jacarandas outside Parliament House, Brisbane, 1962

Jacarandas outside Parliament House, Brisbane, 1962

Jacaranda from Harry Oakman, Gardening in Queensland, 1960

'Jacaranda' from Harry Oakman, Gardening in Queensland, Brisbane, Jacaranda Press, 1960

Jacaranda trees in flower, New Farm Park, 1958

Jacaranda trees in flower, New Farm Park, 1958. Slide by Patrick Conaghan, Private Collection

Copyright © Patrick Conaghan, Private Collection

Under the jacaranda, 1903

R. Godfrey Rivers (1859-1925), Under the jacaranda 1903, Oil on canvas, 143.4 x 107.2cm. Purchased 1903, Collection: Queensland Art Gallery

Jacaranda

In spring the blooms of the Jacaranda tree infuse the landscape with a distinct shade of purple.

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Glasshouse Mountain no. 3 c1960

Karl Langer, Glasshouse Mountain no. 3 c.1960. Fibre-tipped pen and ink on wove paper with watermark, 50.1 x 33.6cm. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery.

Location

Glasshouse Mountains, QLD
Australia
26° 54' 50.7276" S, 152° 55' 17.868" E
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Glasshouse Mountains 1988

John Rigby, Glasshouse Mountains 1988. Oil on canvas, 166 x 80cm. Collection and courtesy the artist.

Location

Glasshouse Mountains, QLD
Australia
26° 54' 50.7276" S, 152° 55' 17.868" E
See map: Google Maps

Rain cloud over the Glasshouse Mountains 1979

June Stephenson, Rain cloud over the Glasshouse Mountains 1979. Oil, glazed over acrylic tempera, oil colour worked into wet glaze on commercially prepared canvas, 90.4 x 121cm.

Location

Glasshouse Mountains, QLD
Australia
26° 54' 50.7276" S, 152° 55' 17.868" E
See map: Google Maps
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