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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.

Read On GOMA

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

Read On GOMA

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.

Jacob's Ladder, King Edward Park, Spring Hill, Brisbane, urban stair climbs, history, Queensland
Spring Hill
Jacob's Ladder
This thoroughfare between Spring Hill and the Brisbane CBD was indeed little more than a ladder in its early days
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John Mills House and gardens in Yeronga
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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Julius St Flats art deco building facade at sunrise in New Farm
New Farm
Julius St Flats
This snug little time capsule of the 1930s, tucked away in a cul de sac off Moray St, came about as a result of a timber mill fire in 1931
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Kirkston house and yard seen from Rupert St Windsor
Windsor
Kirkston
Said to be one of Brisbane’s most architecturally accomplished buildings of its time, Kirkston was built in 1889 by one John Young of Young’s Shop and Residence.
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La Scala house on the Corner Brunswick and Harcourt Streets.
Fortitude Valley
La Scala
This unusual three storey timber house was designed by TR Hall, one half of the dynamic duo responsible for City Hall, and built at the start of World War I.
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Lamb House surrounded by trees in Kangaroo Point
Kangaroo Pt
Lamb House
The landmark villa Lamb House or ‘Home’ as it has also been known, is some sixty years younger than Kangaroo Pt itself.
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Land Administration Building facade and square
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Land Administration Building
Today this majestic monolith houses the beautifully converted Treasury Hotel, but it began life at the start of the 1900s as the Land Administration Building.
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Lota House building and front garden in lota.
Lota
Lota House
As a relic of an early 1860s gentry estate, Lota House is the oldest surviving residence in the Manly and Lota region
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Stairs leading to the Marist Brothers Tower Block in Ashgrove
Ashgrove
Marist Brothers Tower Block
This ghostly white tower in the western foothills can be seen for miles around and was built in 1930 as St Jude’s Mission House and Seminary for the training of priests and nuns
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Masonic Temple facade with columns on Ann St Brisbane
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Masonic Temple
This grand structure with its classic temple façade doubles as both a World War I memorial to lost Freemasons and a monument to Freemasonry itself
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Corner facade of McWhirter's Building
Fortitude Valley
Mcwhirters Building
This building is the legacy of Scotsman James McWhirter, one of Brisbane’s leading retailers of the late 19th and early 20th century.
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Miegunyah house building and hedge on Jordan Tce Bowen Hills
Bowen Hills
Miegunyah
A near to perfectly preserved half acre of house (circa 1886) and land as it was in the last part of Queen Victoria’s reign
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Milton House, garden and park bench in Milton
Milton
Milton House
Milton House was built in 1853 for retired Queen St chemist Ambrose Eldridge who himself played a role in the Separation Movement
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Mooney Memorial Fountain base on Eagle street in Brisbane.
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Mooney Memorial Fountain
A rare and ornate example of a Victorian public monument, the gothic style Mooney Memorial drinking fountain stands on an intersection of Eagle and Queen St
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Moorlands house at sunrise in Auchenflower
Auchenflower
Moorlands
Perched on a hill overlooking Coronation Drive and the river, Moorlands is possibly Brisbane’s most notorious and intriguing historical residence.
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Mount Carmel Convent building and garden in Wynnum
Wynnum
Mount Carmel Convent
Mt Carmel Convent, home to the Sisters of Mercy, was designed by RS Dods prestigious architectural firm and constructed in 1915
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