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

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

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.

Woman standing in front of Hawthorne Ferry Terminal next to palm trees in Hawthorne

Hawthorne Ferry Terminal

Ferries have been an important part of Brisbane transport since the 1840s and as there was only one bridge built across the river in almost a century.

Hester Villa ad garden on Stafford St in East Brisbane

A fine example of an early Federation era timber and iron house, Hester Villa was built in 1901 for Captain Robert Pairn.

Holy Cross Laundry building in Wooloowin

Holy Cross Laundry

Businesses and hospitals still use this laundry, not realising that it is a rare surviving example of a 19th century workhouse for the down-and-out that still operates as a charitable institution.

Holy Spirit Catholic Church tower and trees in New farm

Holy Spirit Catholic Church

This landmark church with imposing Italianate tower was yet another of Archbishop Duhig’s projects in the years 1927-30.

Doors with chinese encryptions and paintings in the Holy Triad Temple in Albion

Holy Triad Temple

This ornate little joss house, which was built in 1886 for Brisbane’s burgeoning Cantonese community, is tucked away in the back streets of Breakfast Creek.

Hughesville house and front yard behind a white picket fence in Eight Mile Plains

Eight Mile Plains

Hughesville sits in all its classic beauty overlooking the commercially marked intersection of Padstow and Logan Rds.

Old Ithaca Town Council Chambers on Enoggera Tce in Red Hill (old Red Hill kindy)

Ithaca Town Council Chambers

One of Brisbane’s earliest shires was the inner western Ithaca, which loosely covers today’s suburbs of Paddington, Red Hill and part of Bardon.

Jacob's Ladder, King Edward Park, Spring Hill, Brisbane, urban stair climbs, history, Queensland

This thoroughfare between Spring Hill and the Brisbane CBD was indeed little more than a ladder in its early days

John Mills House and gardens in 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

Julius St Flats art deco building facade at sunrise in 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

Kirkston house and yard seen from Rupert St Windsor

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.

La Scala house on the Corner Brunswick and Harcourt Streets.

Fortitude Valley

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.

Lamb House surrounded by trees in Kangaroo Point

The landmark villa Lamb House or ‘Home’ as it has also been known, is some sixty years younger than Kangaroo Pt itself.

Land Administration Building facade and square

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.

Lota House building and front garden in lota.

As a relic of an early 1860s gentry estate, Lota House is the oldest surviving residence in the Manly and Lota region

Stairs leading to the Marist Brothers Tower Block in 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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