visitor info guide to brisbane

In 1929-30 Santa Barbara was one of the most expensive residences to be built in Brisbane at a cost of 4000 pounds to its owner

Formerly known as Sandgate Pier, this 350m long structure with its white timber rails and colonial lamps was completed in 1872 during the early heyday of Sandgate’s seaside tourism.

Public donations helped to raise the funds for Brisbane’s landmark war memorial

This rare and highly accomplished piece of 1891 architecture was designed as the South Brisbane Municipal Chambers by John Murdock.

As with all designs that break with tradition St Andrew’s began its life in 1905 as a maligned building for not following the gothic in-vogue style.

Brisbane’s largest and most striking cathedral, St John’s construction from local tuff and Helidon sandstone famously took well over a century

Built in the early 1890’s on the site of and to replace the original wooden Catholic church of 1865, St Mary’s is today a landmark in this area of South Brisbane.

Few non-locals know of this little slice of early colonial history atop a hill with commanding views towards the north and city.

This church, built in 1935, is the oldest purpose built Orthodox Russian Church within the oldest Russian Orthodox parish in Australia.

Gothic St Stephen’s Cathedral, like cathedrals world wide, was completed after more than a century had passed between the foundation stone being laid in 1860

This little green square at the edge of Ashgrove shopping centre is awash with memorials pertinent to the history of the area.

When Brisbane’s premier iconic bridge opened in 1940 (attended by 37000 people) after five years of construction it was the seventh largest of its type in the world.

The fine Georgian building housing the arcade was built in 1926 to house the Tattersall’s (Horse Racing) Club

This fine featured building, fronting onto both Chinatown Mall and Brunswick St Mall, was designed by RS Dods in 1902 for Irish retailer Thomas Charles Beirne

This tucked away hilltop rendered brick homestead was designed by Melbourne architect William Ellerker and built in 1865.

This decorative and stately row of six attached town houses was the unusual ‘baby’ of a trio of parliamentarians