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GOMA

During its relatively short existence GOMA has quickly established itself as the proverbial jewel in Brisbane’s visual arts crown.

During its relatively short existence GOMA has quickly established itself as the proverbial jewel in Brisbane’s visual arts crown.

Brisbane’s arts and cultural scene is thriving, with world class theatre, art galleries, dance and music, film and theatre as well as a host of museums and excellent libraries. Highlights are GOMA, Australia’s leading modern art gallery, the Queensland Ballet directed by Li Cunxin (Mao’s Last Dancer), Queensland Theatre and Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Brisbane’s unique indie arts centre the Brisbane Powerhouse. Brisbane also hosts first class festivals such as the annual 3 week Brisbane Festival and Brisbane International Film Festival and Brisbane Writers Festival.

Government House white building, facade and lawns in Paddington

Government House

Fernberg, which is German for ‘distant mountain’ was aptly named by its first owner and resident in 1864, merchant and later MP Johann Heussler.

Government Printing Office building facade with columns in Brisbane

Government Printing Office

The striking gothic arched William St section of this office was designed by colonial architect FDG Stanley and built in 1874 after an earlier wooden printing office had been demolished.

Grand stand inside Graceville Memorial Park

Graceville Memorial Park

As one of few surviving recreational grounds from the 1880s, this park began and grew with the suburb of Graceville

Graceville Railway Station building and platform next to train tracks.

Graceville Railway Station

A rare example of a post war station fitted out between 1952 and 1959 in the new age of Modernist design which was a deliberate move away from the traditional railway station.

Graceville Uniting Church building in full sun light.

Graceville Uniting Church

Walter Taylor, the builder and architect of the live-in Walter Taylor Bridge, was also responsible for this unique interwar gothic church and its connecting buildings.

Granite House building and front yard in Ashgrove

The quiet leafy hideaway that is St John’s Wood was once a centre point for Brisbane society and privy to Royal guests including the future King of England George V.

Greylands house and lawns in Indooroopilly

One of Brisbane’s grand and earliest villas built in Indooroopilly, Greylands was constructed in 1876 by prominent lawyer Graham Lloyd Hart.

Woman standing in front of Hawthorne Ferry Terminal next to palm trees in Hawthorne

Hawthorne Ferry Terminal

Ferries have been an important part of Brisbane transport since the 1840s and as there was only one bridge built across the river in almost a century.

Hester Villa ad garden on Stafford St in East Brisbane

A fine example of an early Federation era timber and iron house, Hester Villa was built in 1901 for Captain Robert Pairn.

Holy Cross Laundry building in Wooloowin

Holy Cross Laundry

Businesses and hospitals still use this laundry, not realising that it is a rare surviving example of a 19th century workhouse for the down-and-out that still operates as a charitable institution.

Holy Spirit Catholic Church tower and trees in New farm

Holy Spirit Catholic Church

This landmark church with imposing Italianate tower was yet another of Archbishop Duhig’s projects in the years 1927-30.

Doors with chinese encryptions and paintings in the Holy Triad Temple in Albion

Holy Triad Temple

This ornate little joss house, which was built in 1886 for Brisbane’s burgeoning Cantonese community, is tucked away in the back streets of Breakfast Creek.

Hughesville house and front yard behind a white picket fence in Eight Mile Plains

Eight Mile Plains

Hughesville sits in all its classic beauty overlooking the commercially marked intersection of Padstow and Logan Rds.

Old Ithaca Town Council Chambers on Enoggera Tce in Red Hill (old Red Hill kindy)

Ithaca Town Council Chambers

One of Brisbane’s earliest shires was the inner western Ithaca, which loosely covers today’s suburbs of Paddington, Red Hill and part of Bardon.

Jacob's Ladder, King Edward Park, Spring Hill, Brisbane, urban stair climbs, history, Queensland

This thoroughfare between Spring Hill and the Brisbane CBD was indeed little more than a ladder in its early days

John Mills House and gardens in Yeronga

John Mills House

By the early 20th century Yeronga was well established as a desirable place of residence for Brisbane’s growing middle class, including printer John Mills

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