Old Brisbane

1860s1 photo

View overlooking the Botanic Gardens in Brisbane, 18601860

1870s7 photos

Government House and the Botanical Gardens in George Street, Brisbane, 18731873View of the lake at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, 18741874Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 18741874Fronticepiece and view of Brisbane's Botanic Gardens from an 1875 photographic album1875Botanic Gardens and Government House, Brisbane, Queensland, 18751875Cocoa Palms in the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 18761876Several striking palms featured in the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 18761876

1880s6 photos

Curator's cottage in the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 18841884Entrance gates to the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 18841884View of the South Brisbane Reach of the Brisbane River and the Botanical Gardens, Brisbane, Queensland,18871887Botanic Gardens and the steps leading up to the caretaker's cottage, Brisbane, 18891889Glasshouse in the Botanical Gardens, Brisbane, 18891889Bamboo Walk in the Botanical Gardens, Brisbane, 18891889

1890s12 photos

People walking through the Botanic Gardens in Brisbane, 18911891Ships stranded in the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, Queensland, 18931893Looking down flooded Albert Street towards the Botanical Gardens, Brisbane, 18931893Curator's house at the Botanic Gardens after sustaining flood damage, 18931893View of the Curator's House in the Botanic Gardens in Brisbane, after the 1893 floods1893Ships stranded in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens during the 1893 floods1893Three boats stranded in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens, 18931893Stranded boats on edge of the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 18931893Curator's residence swamped by flood waters in the Botanic Gardens in Brisbane, 18931893Paluma (ship) aground at the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, during the 1893 flood1893Brisbane Botanic Gardens during flood, 18931893View of the 1893 Brisbane flood from Albert Street to the Botanic Gardens.1893

1900s6 photos

Children celebrating Federation Day in the City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 19011901Crowd celebrating Federation Day in the City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 1 January, 19011901Federation Day crowd gathered around the bandstand at the City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 19011901Spectators gather around the bandstand in the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 19011901Crowds enjoying a day at the Botanic Gardens during Commonwealth Day celebrations, Brisbane, 19011901Residence of the Director of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, 19081908

1910s6 photos

Caretaker's cottage in the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 19101910Woman and children posing inside the bandstand, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, 19101910Woman and four girls standing next to the Band Stand in the Botanic Gardens in Brisbane, 19101910People strolling past the front of Mr Bailey's house in the Botanic Gardens, 19101910Two small boys in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens, 19111911Visitors to the Allies' city in the Botanic Gardens in Brisbane, 19161916

1920s4 photos

People's Reception to HRH the Prince of Wales in Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, July 19201920Pelicans in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, May 19201920Prince of Wales greets the crowds at the People's Reception at Brisbane's Botanic Gardens, July 19201920Cineraria flowers in the bush house at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, 19221922

1930s6 photos

Aerial view of the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens at Gardens Point, 19371937Reception for the Master Bakers' Federal Convention at the Botanic Gardens Kiosk, Brisbane, 19381938Filming in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens of actors Beenie Grant and Howard Broadbent by cameraman Tasman Higgins, 19381938Keeping Botanic Gardens' lawn tidy, Gardens Point, Brisbane, 19381938Royal Flying Doctor Service promotion in the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 19381938Children enjoy the wading pool at Brisbane Botanical Gardens, 19381938

1940s3 photos

Measuring for construction of slit air raid trenches in the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, January 19421942Brisbane River near Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, Queensland, 19481948Men sleeping on park benches in the City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 19491949

1950s2 photos

Promenade in Botanic Gardens, Gardens Point, Brisbane, 19501950Trolley bus turning around at the Edward Street entrance to the botanical gardens, Brisbane, 19511951

1960s1 photo

Memorial plaque in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens to mark the site of the first sugar publicly produced in Queensland, January 19631963

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