Brisbane and Suburbs showing Mount Coot-tha Park, 1905

Mount Coot-tha, QLD
Australia
27° 29' 6.5832" S, 152° 57' 33.0876" E
1 January 1905
4 May 2011
4 May 2011

Location

Mount Coot-tha, QLD
Australia
27° 29' 6.5832" S, 152° 57' 33.0876" E
Brisbane
Department of Lands

Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland 2011

Eight chains to an inch

Brisbane and Suburbs showing Mount Coot-tha Park, 1905. This map, sheet seven, formed part of a series of Brisbane sheet maps originally drawn by government lithographer A.R. McKellar and published by the Surveyor-General’s Office, Brisbane 1895. Comprised of 13 sheets, the 1895 edition was printed with the scale of six chains to an inch and contained minimal topographic information on Mount Coot-tha Park. Despite the larger scale of eight chains to an inch, the 1905 edition of McKellar’s maps provided significant detail. The topographic relief in this map gathers towards Mount Coot-tha (in the bottom left) and Taylors Range. One Tree Hill, that has the trigonometric station and the lookout-pavilion, are measured at 746 feet. On the base of the mountain a walking track and mine shaft are marked. Mount Constitution has a measured elevation of 844 feet. A track leads to the summit after crossing below ‘Ithaca Falls’. In 1905, the price of this map was six shillings and two pence. The entire set comprised 12 sheets and cost 25 shillings. The Collection of the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying, DERM, Brisbane

Brisbane and Suburbs showing Mount Coot-tha Park, 1895

Mount Coot-tha, QLD
Australia
27° 29' 6.5832" S, 152° 57' 33.0876" E
1 January 1895
4 May 2011
4 May 2011

Location

Mount Coot-tha, QLD
Australia
27° 29' 6.5832" S, 152° 57' 33.0876" E
Brisbane
Department of Lands

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Six chains to an inch

Brisbane and Suburbs showing Mount Coot-tha Park, 1895. This map, sheet seven, formed part of a series of Brisbane sheet maps drawn by government lithographer A.R. McKellar and published by the Surveyor-General’s Office, Brisbane 1895.  Comprised of 13 sheets, ‘McKellar’s Official Map of Brisbane and Suburbs’ was printed at the scale of six chains to an inch and contained minimal topographic information on Mount Coot-tha Park. Shown mainly as blank space, Mount Coot-tha Park and Toowong Cemetery contrast with the intricate detail on roads, suburbs and train lines. The outline of East Ithaca Creek and a track leading up it from the Ben Nevis estate provide the only indication of undulating relief. This dearth of topographic information was rectified in a later edition of McKellar’s maps. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Mount Coot-tha dial, 1901

Mount Coot-tha, QLD
Australia
27° 29' 6.5832" S, 152° 57' 33.0876" E
1 January 1901
4 May 2011
4 May 2011

Location

Mount Coot-tha, QLD
Australia
27° 29' 6.5832" S, 152° 57' 33.0876" E
Queensland geographical journal

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Mount Coot-tha dial, 1901. This copy of an engraved dial on the top of Mount Coot-tha appeared in the 1901-02 edition of the Queensland geographical journal. Prepared by W.H. Traill for the trustees of the of the Mount Coot-tha reserve, the paper was read before a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Queensland, by the president Sir Hugh M. Nelson on 30 October 1901. The article states: ‘The lines radiating from the centre to the circumference of this plate, direct the eye straight toward the distant objects named on it. Little more than half of a circle is indicated on the dial. The hills, of which Mt Coot-tha is the projecting end of one spur, cut off the view of the other directions.’ Imagining oneself in the position of the dial, the author noted that on a clear day Sandgate and the ‘glimmering waters of Moreton Bay’ were visible. W.H. Trail, ‘Mount Coot-tha reserve,’ Queensland geographical journal, 17, 1901-02

Brisbane River and inner city, 1895

Brisbane, QLD
Australia
27° 28' 15.3588" S, 153° 1' 24.6072" E
1 January 1895
3 May 2011
3 May 2011

Location

Brisbane, QLD
Australia
27° 28' 15.3588" S, 153° 1' 24.6072" E
Brisbane
Survey Office

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Six chains to an inch

Brisbane River and inner city, 1895. This map, sheet eight of ‘McKellar’s Official Map of Brisbane and Suburbs’, shows the meanders of Brisbane River which divided the city. To overcome this, ferry crossings were located at Hockings Street and Park Road, North Quay, South Brisbane, Garden Point, Kangaroo Point and between Merthyr and Ferry Streets. Two steam ferry crossings were at ‘Town Reach’. The Victoria Bridge had tram lines along it and connected South Brisbane to the central business district. The map shows wharves lining the river bank, however, the presence of a public baths near South Bank shows that people’s engagement with the river was not restricted to commerce but included pleasure. As Brisbane’s heritage as a river port has been gradually erased by waterside development, this map reveals a very different and distinct city landscape. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Indooroopilly and St Lucia estate, 1895

St Lucia, QLD
Australia
27° 30' 7.362" S, 153° 0' 23.5656" E
1 January 1895
29 April 2011
29 April 2011

Location

St Lucia, QLD
Australia
27° 30' 7.362" S, 153° 0' 23.5656" E
Brisbane
Survey Office

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Six chains to an inch

Indooroopilly and St Lucia estate, 1895.  This map, sheet 11 of ‘McKellar’s Official Map of Brisbane and Suburbs’, depicted the St Lucia estate and undeveloped land where the University of Queensland would be later built. Brisbane city council resumed 976 land parcels for the project. The cottages of the 284 people that were living at St Lucia were also sold off to raise money. Where the carefully sculpted UQ lakes now lie, the left bank of Carmody Creek was lined with land parcels. Later converted into sports fields, the vacant land on the other side was used for the farm school for young men during the Depression. Street names such as Ethel, May and Alice disappeared from the map as the streetscape was replaced with sweeping thoroughfares which curved around new buildings, accentuating the University’s prominence in the newly created landscape. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Flat wagons set up as a temporary bridge between Milton and Toowong, c1900. Passengers from a train and local residents could walk across these wagons and planks to connect with a train waiting on the other side. There are passengers on the far bank ready to make the crossing. QR Historical Collection/The Workshops Rail Museum

QR Historical Collection/The Workshops Rail Museum

Albert Street Literary Trail, 2004

Albert Street
Brisbane, QLD
Australia
1 January 2004
7 October 2010
7 October 2010

Location

Albert Street
Brisbane, QLD
Australia

Collection of Lara Cain-Gray

Albert Street Literary Trail, 2004. From Your guide to the Albert Street Literary Trail, 2004. Collection of Lara Cain-Gray

Book cover Nick Earls, Zig Zag Street, Sydney, Anchor, 1996 and street sign Zig Zag Street, Red Hill, Brisbane, photographed by Kris Anderson. Collection of Lara Cain-Gray

Collection of Lara Cain-Gray

Book cover Venero Armanno, Romeo of the underworld, Sydney, Picador, 1994 and Venero Armanno street plaque, Albert Street, Brisbane, photographed by Kris Anderson. Collection of Lara Cain-Gray

Collection of Lara Cain-Gray

Book cover David Malouf, Johnno, Penguin edition, 1975 and David Malouf street plaque in Albert Street, Brisbane photographed by Kris Anderson. Collection of Lara Cain-Gray

Collection of Lara Cain-Gray

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