Byrnes statue at Petrie Bight, junction of Wickham and Boundary Streets, c1911. Collection State Library of Queensland

Collection State Library of Queensland

Unveiling the T. J. Byrnes statue, Brisbane 1902. Dara overlooks the scene. Collection State Library of Queensland

Collection State Library of Queensland

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.

Flood Map City of Brisbane, 1893

1 January 1893
6 November 2013
6 November 2013

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Brisbane Oblique View, 1888

Brisbane, QLD
Australia
1 January 1888
6 November 2013
6 November 2013

Location

Brisbane, QLD
Australia

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Brisbane Oblique View, 1881

Brisbane, QLD
Australia
1 July 1881
6 November 2013
6 November 2013

Location

Brisbane, QLD
Australia

Copyright © Collection of Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying

View from Wickham Terrace towards Adelaide Street, 1876. Photograph  by Max Klose. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Copyright © Fryer Library, University of Queensland

View from Wickham Terrace, 1876. Photograph by Max Klose. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Copyright © Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

The poet Anna Wickham (1884-1947) drew her pen-name from the landscape of her Queensland childhood and youth.

Tinnenburra land sales, 1864. This advertisement appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald in 1864 regarding the sale of three Tinnenburra blocks and 1200 head of ‘well-bred’ cattle. The land was described as permanently watered, ‘unsurpassed’ in its ‘fattening properties’ and capable of supporting 40,000 sheep. These exaggerated appraisals, however, ignored the presence of Aboriginal people, unaware that their country was being sold off at auction. The advertised Tinnenburra runs were adjacent to stations belonging to the Bogan River Company and Thomas Danger, an early selector in the area. These blocks were later purchased by James Tyson and formed one of the largest pastoral properties in the world. Sydney Morning Herald, 1 March 1864  

Sydney morning herald 1 March 1864  

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