Hamilton over the years. Houses and the riverbank, Hamilton. Herston’s beginnings. Highgate Hill then and now. Hotels in old Brisbane. The Brisbane Hospital. All images, unless otherwise credited, are from the State Library of Queensland.
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Who Lives in a Place Like This? Part 2
The Sketch Map of Brisbane Town in 1844, and the stories behind it. 16. Wright’s Hotel At first, hotels were few in old Brisbane Town. The hospitable Scot, Alexander Wright, was the proprietor of one of the larger and more respectable ones, The Caledonian Hotel, between Queen and Ann Streets. Mr Wright boasted of theContinue reading “Who Lives in a Place Like This? Part 2”
Moreton Bay and More 