Street Scene | Discovering Queensland

Historic street scenes can illustrate buildings, people, transport and daily activities, and how they encapsulate the life and times of a city.

Victoria Bridge, 1930

View of busy traffic passing over Victoria Bridge in October 1930

Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, looking north October 1930

Bridges

Victoria Bridge

River

Queen Street, October 1930

View of historic buildings alongside Queen Street

Queen Street, Brisbane looking south, October 1930

Queen Street, 1930

View of Queen Street from early 1930

Queen Street, Brisbane looking south, October 1930

Town Reach, c1932

Town Reach, used as an active sea port

Town Reach, Brisbane River and Customs House, c1932

View

River

Queen Street, 1934

View of Queen Street showing the emerging skyline of taller buildings

Queen Street, March 1934

Abbot Street, Cairns, c1935

View of Abbott Street, Cairns featuring Cominos Cafe

Abbot Street, Cairns, c1935

Cairns

Government Buildings, Adelaide St

View of a large government building with a park in the foreground

Government Buildings Adelaide St - Anzac Park in Foreground, Brisbane, c 1935

Adelaide Street

Historic Building

Sydney Street, c1936

Street scene of Sydney Street, Mackay c1936

Sydney Street, Mackay, showing the Former Mackay Town Hall, c 1936

Mackay

Chase through Spring Hill

Street scape of early 1900s Spring Hill in Brisbane

Leichhardt Street, Spring Hill, Brisbane, 1936

Brisbane's Old Town Hall, Queen St.

Front facade of the Old Brisbane Hall

Brisbane's Old Town Hall, 1930s

Historic Building

Limestone Hill, November 1957

Street view of Limestone Street featuring traffic and buildings.

Limestone Hill, Ipswich, taken November 1957

Ipswich

Russell Street, Toowoomba, 1961

View of Russell Street, Toowoomba in 1961 including buildings and vehicles.

Russell Street, Toowoomba