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Lost Brisbane, and surrounding areas 1860-1960, Kay Cohen, Val Donovan, Ruth Kerr, Margaret Kowald, Lyndsay Smith, Jean Stewart

eng

Includes bibliography (pages 358-360) and index

mapsportraitsillustrations

index present

non fiction

Lost Brisbane

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Kay Cohen, Val Donovan, Ruth Kerr, Margaret Kowald, Lyndsay Smith, Jean Stewart

and surrounding areas 1860-1960

Lost Brisbane and surrounding areas 1860 to 1960 is a joint publication of The Royal Historical Society of Queensland and QBD The Bookshop. It is a spectacular collection of more than 500 photographs from the Society's Photographic Collection that traces the development and changes in the city and its environs over a period of 100 years. This book is not only about buildings and places that no longer exist. It highlights the changes in landscapes, streetscapes, work places, transport, and recreational pursuits. Brisbane's hilly terrain made it a challenge for transport systems to develop but gave the residents wonderful views. The camera unleashed a great opportunity to record the life of the city and panoramas from key vantage points show how the landscape has changed. This book is not a nostalgic lament for a lost past. It offers authoritative insights into the way Brisbane and surrounding areas have developed and changed since the 1860s