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Cooking Recipes Specially Compiled for Electric Stoves c.1935

Format: PublicationIdentifier: 354.49 ELE Collection: Archivist's Picks

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Walter Taylor Bridge under construction - c.1935

Format: ImageDate: c.1935 Suburbs: Chelmer Suburbs: Indooroopilly Identifier: BCC-DIGI-0063 Identifier: BCC-DIGI-0064 Identifier: BCC-DIGI-0065 Identifier: BCC-DIGI-0066 Identifier: BCC-DIGI-0067 Identifier: BCC-DIGI-0068 Identifier: BCC-DIGI-0069 Identifier: BCC-DIGI-0070 Identifier: BCC-DIGI-0071 Identifier: BCC-DIGI-0072 Identifier: BCC-DIGI-0073 Identifier: BCC-DIGI-0074 Identifier: BCC-DIGI-0075 Landmarks: Walter Taylor Bridge

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Morton and Rita Green overlooking the Walter Taylor Bridge

Format: ImageSuburbs: Chelmer Suburbs: Indooroopilly Identifier: BCC-DIGI-0062 Landmarks: Walter Taylor Bridge Landmarks: Indooroopilly Railway Bridge

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How the Brisbane City Council Library Service Made a Difference in my Life - 1989

Format: Files and CorrespondenceDate: 1989 Identifier: BCA0707

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Corporate wardrobe catalogue - 1991

Format: EphemeraDate: 1991 Identifier: BCA1519 Medium: Catalogue

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Savage Garden receive the keys to the city from Lord Mayor Jim Soorley - 1998

Format: ImageDate: 1998 Suburbs: Brisbane City Identifier: BCC-P-0003 Identifier: BCC-P-0004

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Improvements, Albert, Elizabeth, Queen and Adelaide Streets to North Quay and river - c.1920

Format: Maps and PlansPlan Published: c.1920 Suburb: Brisbane City Identifier: BCA1153 Plan Number: J-20-103

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Brisbane trams film footage - 1968, 1969

Format: VideoDate: 1968-1969 Identifier: BCA1589

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Lord Mayor Clem Jones in the mosquito-catching Council Torana, Nudgee - 1970

Format: ImageDate: 17th January 1970 Suburbs: Nudgee Identifier: BCC-B54-32468

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Beatles tour - letters of support and opposition to proposed reception in City Hall - 1964

Format: Files and CorrespondenceDate: 1964 Identifier: BCA0664 Landmarks: City Hall

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Telegraph report on 1893 flood, with handwritten eyewitness annotations

Format: Files and CorrespondenceDate: 7th February 1893 Identifier: BCA2169 Landmarks: Victoria Bridge

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Panorama View of City from South Brisbane looking towards Gardens point 1987

Format: ImageDate: 1987 Suburbs: Brisbane City Suburbs: Kangaroo Point Identifier: BCC-D-120146

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Albert Street View Perry house to Botanic Gardens 1917

Format: ImageDate: 1913 Suburbs: Brisbane City Identifier: BCC-B54-G139B

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Queen Elizabeth II and Lord Mayor Roy Harvey outside Queen Street Hungry Jacks - 1982

Format: ImageDate: 1982 Suburbs: Brisbane City Identifier: BCC-P-0001 Landmarks: Beak House Landmarks: Queen Street Mall

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Scrapbook of John Hayward, mayor of Ithaca Town Council - 1912 -1921

Format: Files and CorrespondenceDate: 1907 - 1925 Identifier: BCA0410 Landmarks: Ithaca War Memorial

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Plans of Japanese Garden at Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens - 1988

Format: Maps and PlansPlan Published: 1989 Suburb: Mt Coot-tha Identifier: BCA2163

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Plans Sanitary Vehicles and Wharf North Quay 1880 - 1935

Format: Maps and PlansPlan Published: 1891 Suburb: Brisbane City Identifier: BCA1946 Plan Number: I-14-517

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Walter Taylor Bridge Plans 1936

Format: Maps and PlansSuburb: Chelmer Suburb: Indooroopilly Identifier: BCA0853 Plan Number: 1936

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Your City - Ratepayer's Newsletter 1945 - 1948

Format: PublicationDate: 1945 Identifier: BCA0248 Collection: Archivist's Picks

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City of the Sixties

Format: VideoDate: 1960's Identifier: C35

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Shine on Brisbane television advertisement - extended cut

Format: VideoDate: 1985 Identifier: F19

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Council worker at bus control station - 1988

Format: ImageDate: 1988 Identifier: BCC-L23-9560

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Steam train crossing at Woolloongabba Fiveways - 1960s

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Castlemaine Brewery at sunset from corner of Cribb Street, Milton - 1993

Format: ImageDate: 1993-08-07 Suburbs: Milton Identifier: BCC-L03-938 Landmarks: Castlemaine Brewery

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Story Bridge 50th Birthday Celebrations - F111 dump and burn - 1990

Format: ImageDate: 1990-07-07 Suburbs: Kangaroo Point Suburbs: Brisbane City Identifier: BCC-L02-9524 Landmarks: Story Bridge

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Mud Army volunteers waiting for bus on Baroona Road, Milton - 2011

Format: ImageDate: Between 11th January 2011 and 18th January 2011 Suburbs: Milton Identifier: BCC-FLOOD11-066

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CityCats return to the Brisbane River after floodwaters recede - 2011

Format: ImageDate: Between 11th January 2011 and 18th January 2011 Suburbs: Brisbane City Identifier: BCC-FLOOD11-041 Identifier: BCC-FLOOD11-042 Identifier: BCC-FLOOD11-043 Landmarks: Victoria Bridge

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Young families waiting for a tram at the corner of Edward and Adelaide Street, boys making faces at the camera, Brisbane City - 1960

Format: ImageDate: 1960-08-25 Suburbs: Brisbane City Identifier: BCC-B54-14489

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Corner store with pyramid roof and vines on corner of Heal and Clay Street, New Farm - 1960

Format: ImageDate: 1960-05-17 Suburbs: New Farm Identifier: BCC-B54-13993

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Council worker pouring oil in gutters to stop mosquito larvae breeding - 1959

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Harry's Caravan Café, Newstead - 1955

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Settlement Road under construction, The Gap - 1955

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Flooded subdivision with For Sale sign, Oxley - 1955

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Albert Street Uniting Church, Brisbane City - 1950

Format: ImageDate: 1950-07-06 Suburbs: Brisbane City Identifier: BCC-B54-01083 Landmarks: Albert Street Uniting Church

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Doggett Street from Commercial Road towards Longland Street. Newstead Gasworks in the background, Newstead - 1950

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George Pickers building with extensive advertisements - 1948

Format: ImageDate: 1948 Suburbs: Fortitude Valley Identifier: BCC-B54-00751

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View of houses and corner shop on James Street in Fortitude Valley - 1948

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View of City Hall from Wickham Park, Spring Hill - 1948

Format: ImageDate: 1948 Suburbs: Spring Hill Identifier: BCC-B54-00711 Landmarks: City Hall

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View along Caxton Street, Petrie Terrace - 1920's

Format: ImageDate: 1920's Suburbs: Petrie Terrace Identifier: BCC-B54-00695

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Department of Health rat catcher dogs in motorcycle side car

Format: ImageDate: 1949-07-22 Identifier: BCC-B54-HEALTH11 Identifier: BCC-B54-HEALTH12

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View from hilltop to waterfront including house named Kalorama, 105 Carlton Terrace, Wynnum - 1951

Format: ImageDate: 1951-07-04 Suburbs: Manly Identifier: BCC-B54-01781

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Inspection of damage to stormwater drain Corinda - 1950

Format: ImageDate: 1950-08-08 Suburbs: Corinda Identifier: BCC-B54-01132

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Tram No. 447 on Queen Street from Edward Street lit up with neon signs - 1969

Format: ImageDate: 1969-04-07 Suburbs: Brisbane City Identifier: BCC-TR-1709

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Tram No. 414 on Queen Street from Albert Street at night - 1968

Format: ImageDate: 1968-11-30 Suburbs: Brisbane City Identifier: BCC-TR-1576 Landmarks: Wintergarden

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Animated Bus Advertisement - 1979

Format: VideoDate: 1979 Identifier: C35-3

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John Ward Tram and Bus Collection

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Cross River Bridge proposal report City Planner 1926

Format: PublicationDate: 1926 Identifier: CA16/939997 Collection: Archivist's Picks

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Spring Hill Development Proposals

Format: VideoDate: 1979 Identifier: S87 Suburb: Spring Hill

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Crowds at opening of the Tropical Dome, Mt. Coot-Tha - 1977

Format: ImageDate: 15th December 1977 Suburbs: Mt Coot-tha Identifier: BCC-C35-821-12 Landmarks: Tropical Dome

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Plans of Robert Black, Town Engineer

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Proposed drain off Musgrave road to Fullerton Street, Red Hill - 1913

Format: Maps and PlansPlan Published: 1913 Suburb: Red Hill Identifier: BCA1155 Plan Number: J-19-32

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Proposed improvement to river bank, North Quay, showing garden layout, Brisbane City - 1898

Format: Maps and PlansPlan Published: 1898 Suburb: Brisbane City Identifier: BCA1153 Plan Number: I-13-457

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Detailed map of Ann and Adelaide Street near Wharf Street intersections, Brisbane City - 1889

Format: Maps and PlansPlan Published: 1889 Suburb: Brisbane City Identifier: BCA1431 Plan Number: E-13-7

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Breakfast Creek Bridge 1855

Format: Maps and PlansSuburb: Newstead Identifier: BCA1159 Plan Number: 1-14-721

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City Reservoir - Turbot and Ann Streets Brisbane 1859

Format: Maps and PlansPlan Published: 1859 Suburb: Brisbane City Identifier: BCA1321 Plan Number: I-13-480

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Spring Hill from Lilley Street to River showing properties and plague cases 1903

Format: Maps and PlansPlan Published: 1903 Suburb: Spring Hill Identifier: BCA1153 Plan Number: D-8-68

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Brisbane Parish Map showing original boundaries Brisbane Municipal Council 1859

Format: Maps and PlansPlan Published: 1859 Identifier: MoB 03-0-001

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Site of proposed Bridge to connect North and South Brisbane 1861

Format: Maps and PlansPlan Published: 1861 Suburb: Brisbane City Suburb: South Brisbane Identifier: BCA1847

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Civic Survey Map showing residential cccupation, Brisbane 1938

Format: Maps and PlansPlan Published: 1938 Identifier: BCA0208

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Laying pipes across the river from Davies Park, West End looking towards Auchenflower - 1917

Format: ImageDate: 1917 Suburbs: Auchenflower Suburbs: West End Identifier: BCC-B54-G90 Landmarks: Moorlands Landmarks: Regatta Hotel

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Rescuing the Beer - Milton - 1974 Flood

Format: ImageDate: 1974 Suburbs: Milton Identifier: BCC-B120-2394 Landmarks: Castlemaine Brewery

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City Hall with street sign in foreground - 1951

Format: ImageDate: October 1951 Suburbs: Brisbane City Identifier: BCC-B54-1991 Landmarks: City Hall

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Dewar Terrace Sherwood Looking North 1952

Format: ImageDate: 17 November 1952 Suburbs: Sherwood Identifier: BCC-B54-3307

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Jacaranda Trees in New Farm Park

Format: ImageDate: 1991 Suburbs: New Farm Identifier: BCC-L16-9358

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Brisbane City Council Minutes and Proceedings 1859-1864

Format: MinutesDate: Between 6th September 1859 and 15th February 1864 Collection: Brisbane City Council Minutes pre-1925 Collection: Archivist's Picks

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Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens - Panorama of Tropical Dome with red flowers - 1994

Format: ImageDate: 11 August 1994 Suburbs: Mt Coot-tha Identifier: BCC-T120-94261 Landmarks: Tropical Dome Landmarks: Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha

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Circus elephants and ponies in Musgrave Park - 1962

Format: ImageDate: 1962 Suburbs: South Brisbane Identifier: BCC-B54-18780

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Wheelie bin launch - 1984

Format: ImageDate: 22 June 1984 Suburbs: South Brisbane Identifier: BCC-C120-3703 Identifier: BCC-C120-3704 Identifier: BCC-C120-3705 Identifier: BCC-C120-3706 Identifier: BCC-C120-3707 Identifier: BCC-C120-3708B Identifier: BCC-B35-1837.3 Identifier: BCC-B35-1837.4 Identifier: BCC-B35-1838.14 Identifier: BCC-B35-1839.24

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Horse Drawn Tram Turning Into Queen Street from North Quay - Victoria Bridge in Background.

Format: ImageDate: 1885 Suburbs: Brisbane City Identifier: BCC-D-120247 Landmarks: Victoria Bridge

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Brisbane City View along riverfront to Petrie Bight 1960

Format: ImageDate: 1960 Suburbs: Brisbane City Identifier: BCC-B54-13765

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Charlotte Street from George Street towards Story Bridge - 1947

Format: ImageDate: 1947 Suburbs: Brisbane City Identifier: BCC-D-120146 Landmarks: Story Bridge

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South Brisbane Waterfront and Wharves from Victoria Bridge - 1950

Format: ImageDate: 16 January 1950 Suburbs: South Brisbane Identifier: BCC-B54-712

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Wattle flowers in bloom, Mt Coot-Tha

Format: ImageDate: 1994 Suburbs: Mt Coot-tha Identifier: BCC-T120-94695 Landmarks: Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha

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City Hall Departmental Principals with Dome Light being Installed - 1929

Format: ImageDate: 1929 Identifier: BCC-B54-A778 Landmarks: City Hall

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Mission Impossible Television Series being Filmed at Toowong Cemetery - 1988

Format: ImageDate: 21 September 1988 Suburbs: Toowong Identifier: BCC-B35-6018.9 Identifier: BCC-B35-6018.11 Identifier: BCC-B35-6019.16 Identifier: BCC-B35-6019.17 Identifier: BCC-B35-6020.21 Identifier: BCC-B35-6020.23 Identifier: BCC-B35-6021.27 Identifier: BCC-B35-6021.30 Identifier: BCC-B35-6022.1 Identifier: BCC-B35-6022.2 Landmarks: Toowong Cemetery

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Cooking Recipes Specially Compiled for Electric Stoves c.1935

Walter Taylor Bridge under construction - c.1935

Morton and Rita Green overlooking the Walter Taylor Bridge

How the Brisbane City Council Library Service Made a Difference in my Life - 1989

Corporate wardrobe catalogue - 1991

Savage Garden receive the keys to the city from Lord Mayor Jim Soorley - 1998

Improvements, Albert, Elizabeth, Queen and Adelaide Streets to North Quay and river - c.1920

Brisbane trams film footage - 1968, 1969

Lord Mayor Clem Jones in the mosquito-catching Council Torana, Nudgee - 1970

Beatles tour - letters of support and opposition to proposed reception in City Hall - 1964

Telegraph report on 1893 flood, with handwritten eyewitness annotations

Panorama View of City from South Brisbane looking towards Gardens point 1987

Albert Street View Perry house to Botanic Gardens 1917

Queen Elizabeth II and Lord Mayor Roy Harvey outside Queen Street Hungry Jacks - 1982

Scrapbook of John Hayward, mayor of Ithaca Town Council - 1912 -1921

Plans of Japanese Garden at Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens - 1988

Plans Sanitary Vehicles and Wharf North Quay 1880 - 1935

Walter Taylor Bridge Plans 1936

Your City - Ratepayer's Newsletter 1945 - 1948

City of the Sixties

Shine on Brisbane television advertisement - extended cut

Council worker at bus control station - 1988

Steam train crossing at Woolloongabba Fiveways - 1960s

Castlemaine Brewery at sunset from corner of Cribb Street, Milton - 1993

Story Bridge 50th Birthday Celebrations - F111 dump and burn - 1990

Mud Army volunteers waiting for bus on Baroona Road, Milton - 2011

CityCats return to the Brisbane River after floodwaters recede - 2011

Young families waiting for a tram at the corner of Edward and Adelaide Street, boys making faces at the camera, Brisbane City - 1960

Corner store with pyramid roof and vines on corner of Heal and Clay Street, New Farm - 1960

Council worker pouring oil in gutters to stop mosquito larvae breeding - 1959

Harry's Caravan Café, Newstead - 1955

Settlement Road under construction, The Gap - 1955

Flooded subdivision with For Sale sign, Oxley - 1955

Albert Street Uniting Church, Brisbane City - 1950

Doggett Street from Commercial Road towards Longland Street. Newstead Gasworks in the background, Newstead - 1950

George Pickers building with extensive advertisements - 1948

View of houses and corner shop on James Street in Fortitude Valley - 1948

View of City Hall from Wickham Park, Spring Hill - 1948

View along Caxton Street, Petrie Terrace - 1920's

Department of Health rat catcher dogs in motorcycle side car

View from hilltop to waterfront including house named Kalorama, 105 Carlton Terrace, Wynnum - 1951

Inspection of damage to stormwater drain Corinda - 1950

Tram No. 447 on Queen Street from Edward Street lit up with neon signs - 1969

Tram No. 414 on Queen Street from Albert Street at night - 1968

Animated Bus Advertisement - 1979

John Ward Tram and Bus Collection

Cross River Bridge proposal report City Planner 1926

Spring Hill Development Proposals

Crowds at opening of the Tropical Dome, Mt. Coot-Tha - 1977

Plans of Robert Black, Town Engineer

Proposed drain off Musgrave road to Fullerton Street, Red Hill - 1913

Proposed improvement to river bank, North Quay, showing garden layout, Brisbane City - 1898

Detailed map of Ann and Adelaide Street near Wharf Street intersections, Brisbane City - 1889

Breakfast Creek Bridge 1855

City Reservoir - Turbot and Ann Streets Brisbane 1859

Spring Hill from Lilley Street to River showing properties and plague cases 1903

Brisbane Parish Map showing original boundaries Brisbane Municipal Council 1859

Site of proposed Bridge to connect North and South Brisbane 1861

Civic Survey Map showing residential cccupation, Brisbane 1938

Laying pipes across the river from Davies Park, West End looking towards Auchenflower - 1917

Rescuing the Beer - Milton - 1974 Flood

City Hall with street sign in foreground - 1951

Dewar Terrace Sherwood Looking North 1952

Jacaranda Trees in New Farm Park

Brisbane City Council Minutes and Proceedings 1859-1864

Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens - Panorama of Tropical Dome with red flowers - 1994

Circus elephants and ponies in Musgrave Park - 1962

Wheelie bin launch - 1984

Horse Drawn Tram Turning Into Queen Street from North Quay - Victoria Bridge in Background.

Brisbane City View along riverfront to Petrie Bight 1960

Charlotte Street from George Street towards Story Bridge - 1947

South Brisbane Waterfront and Wharves from Victoria Bridge - 1950

Wattle flowers in bloom, Mt Coot-Tha

City Hall Departmental Principals with Dome Light being Installed - 1929

Mission Impossible Television Series being Filmed at Toowong Cemetery - 1988