brisbane

From Flickr: “Sketch of the Convict Barracks, Brisbane, 1832” by State Library of Queensland, Australia

Creator: Unidentified Location: Brisbane, Queensland Description: Detail from a sheet of pencil drawings of public buildings at Moreton Bay, September 1832. Original drawings held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney, New South Wales. Attributed to Sockering. Reproduced in J. G. Steele’s Brisbane Town in Convict Days, plate 80. (Description supplied with Read More →

From Flickr: “Aerial view of Boggo Road Gaol, Brisbane, ca. 1954” by State Library of Queensland, Australia

Creator: Unidentified Location: Brisbane, Queensland Description: Boggo Road Gaol opened in 1883 as the Brisbane Gaol. Used mainly as a holding prison for those serving short sentences or on remand, its initial infamy came from it being a place of execution. See more boggoroadgaol.com/ View this image at the State Read More →

From Flickr: “Queen Street in Brisbane, ca. 1887” by State Library of Queensland, Australia

Creator: Unidentified Location: Brisbane, Queensland Description: Queen Street in Brisbane, looking north. View this image at the State Library of Queensland: http://ift.tt/1FNyeN3 Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: http://ift.tt/1iX4KPi You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland. via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/ewgcDs