City and environs of Brisbane, 1865

City and environs of Brisbane, 1865. Atlas of the colony of Queensland, Office of the Surveyor General, Government Printing Office, Brisbane 1865. The Queensland Acclimatisation Society obtained a large grant of land at York’s Hollow to the north of Fortitude Valley. The size of this land, which is clearly marked with a light green boundary on the 1865 map of the city of Brisbane, reflects the importance given to the concept of ‘acclimatisation’ in Queensland.