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Queensland's rivers have been the foundation of both land and culture. 

Custom House tram station

Customs House, Queen Street and Petrie Bight, Brisbane, October 1926

Customs House, Queen Street and Petrie Bight, Brisbane, October 1926

Street Scene
Queen Street
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Brisbane

Brisbane River and Story Bridge

Drawing of the Brisbane River with ships and the Story Bridge

Brisbane River Bridge

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Drawing
Story Bridge
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Brisbane

Victoria Bridge, 1930

View of busy traffic passing over Victoria Bridge in October 1930

Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, looking north October 1930

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Victoria Bridge
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Street Scene
Brisbane

Town Reach, c1932

Town Reach, used as an active sea port

Town Reach, Brisbane River and Customs House, c1932

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Queen Street
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Brisbane

Story Bridge construction begins

Construction of the Story Bridge

Story Bridge construction, main bridge erection stage two, placing first casting of east main bearing, Brisbane, 30 September 1937

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Story Bridge
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Brisbane

Story Bridge construction, 1939

Erection of the final two centre panels of the Story Bridge, 1939

Erection of suspended span, erection of two centre panels, Brisbane, 25 October 1939

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Story Bridge
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Brisbane

Story Bridge open 1940

Story Bridge viewed from the base on Southern bank

"Story Bridge to open in June 1940"

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Story Bridge
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Brisbane

Story Bridge, Brisbane, 1958

United States Navy ships under the Story Bridge

United States Navy ships under the Story Bridge, Brisbane, January 1958

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Story Bridge
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Brisbane

Brisbane Skyline

Brisbane Skyline

Brisbane Skyline

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Brisbane

Brisbane, c1989

View of Brisbane, Petrie Bight, with river in foreground

Brisbane, c1989

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Southbank Beach, Brisbane, 1992

Loads of people visiting Southbank beach, in inner-city Brisbane

Southbank, 1992

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Brisbane