Brisbane in the 60's
04:22pm 24/09/13 Permalink
1963 Queen St Brisbane
http://debritz.com/regent/oldbrisbane1.jpg 1970 Mooloolaba http://www.bonzle.com/h/2/s/4/mardy.jpg |
04:34pm 24/09/13 Permalink
lol, awesome, i know its only a 'new' suburb , but a guy at work was saying that back in the 70's Algester was just motorbike tracks, not much there back then !
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04:40pm 24/09/13 Permalink
about 2003 I was working in the commonwealth bank, and there was a group of old guys that would rush in and get their pensions
one of those dudes gave me a lift into the city late one night after easter, the guy was pretty cool, turns out for years i'd been serving rock-and-roll George, not just some nice old dude |
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Love comparisons from different eras, very cool. Always loved how the city nightlife looked in those days.
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04:56pm 24/09/13 Permalink
1976 Brisbane Airport
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k9SQPi6tumA/UR7yqPTRcmI/AAAAAAAAGRk/T6oXrp7-6sY/s1600/ascot taxi p76.jpg Today Brisbane Domestic Airport http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Brisbane_Airport_domestic_terminal_Vabre.jpg |
05:09pm 24/09/13 Permalink
The Valley Vitoria Bridge from Queen st 1939 QLD Treasury Queen St 1938 http://members.iinet.net.au/~dodgymon/60s/Brisbane-451px-QldTreasuryQueenStreet1939.jpg AMP Building 1938 Festival Hall Mcwhirters http://members.iinet.net.au/~dodgymon/60s/Brisbane-mcwhirters.jpg Brisbane now Macarthur central last edited by Dodgymon at 17:54:07 24/Sep/13 |
05:50pm 24/09/13 Permalink
You know what I love about older times? The cars.
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06:30pm 24/09/13 Permalink
You know what I love about older times? The cars. i like the fuel prices better |
06:31pm 24/09/13 Permalink
1970 Mooloolaba http://www.bonzle.com/h/2/s/4/mardy.jpg A little more recently - http://www.abovephotography.com.au/Aerial-Photos/Queensland/Sunshine-Coast/Mooloolaba-001384-Original.jpg |
06:33pm 24/09/13 Permalink
awesome pics.
Here's some old Brisbane history for ya. I grew up in the City, literally, at the Botanic Gardens. My grandfather was the Head Caretaker and as such got a house to live in. You guys would now know the area as that mound where they have all the concerts. it was a huge old Queenslander and we lived there after i was born with my grandparents and my cousin (1 year older) and his parents until we moved into a flat on Gregory Tce, Rutland Court they were called, then we moved to Wilston. Both these properties are still there but my parents never bought, just rented, I'd be a millionaire now if they had! I was living in the gardens as they were building what was then called QUT and the Vic bridge. Dad and i used to walk down and go fishing on the pontoons that went out to the bridge supports. And my cousin and i used to run amok in the construction site of QUT and loved climbing the old sandstone walls of the old buildings. great hand and foot holds those large sandstone blocks have. I went to Brisbane Central State School. I used to walk up with my Nan and collect our mail from Parliament House and my cuz and I would do the rounds with Pop when he rang the bell which meant the gardens were closing so he had to kick all the bums out, the ones he could find. did you know the gardens used to have animals? bit of a zoo it was. The house was on a huge block and down the back was the nursery for propagating plants for the gardens. We even used to swim in the river and explore the mud flats at low tide. my cousin and i had the best playground in the world! |
06:36pm 24/09/13 Permalink
Yeah cool photos.
But QUT was only called QUT from around 1990 onwards, before that it was QIT. |
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But QUT was only called QUT from around 1990 onwards, before that it was QIT. ahh s*** yeah. the old QLD Institute of Technology. got my acronyms mixed up. they used to have the city morgue down the back also. very scary as a kid walking past there when we were out playing late, well actually we ran past it. |
06:57pm 24/09/13 Permalink
i like the fuel prices better fuel might have been 10c / L but you also were only earning $300 a week (or whatever) so.. |
09:16pm 24/09/13 Permalink
Airport comparison is incorrect - the original photo was of the old airport at Eagle Farm:
http://www.hangar7.org.au/eaglefarmairfield01.jpg I believe that's Doomben on the left. EDIT: eK are you asdfg or do you just read the same forum as I do where that photo was posted? |
09:40pm 24/09/13 Permalink
Love looking at old pics of Brisbane.
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09:40pm 24/09/13 Permalink
The yellow and green taxi in the airport postcard is an ascot taxi, nicknamed an ' egg and lettuce' because of the odd colour scheme. Eventually evolved into ' brisbane cabs (BC) otherwise known as bash & crash. They turned off their phones when GST came in because they were a bit dodgy.
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06:48am 25/09/13 Permalink
For those who are interested, the rebuilt City Hall has a Brisbane museum has a big exhibit of old Brisbane photos, most with comparisons to that area now - quite a good trip
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10:54am 25/09/13 Permalink
Great thread! 60's Brisbane looks awesome.
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11:03am 25/09/13 Permalink
Here are some promotional films for Brisbane from the 50's:
Checkout more here: http://www.youtube.com/user/FILMAUSTRALIA |
11:34am 25/09/13 Permalink
Great photos, and I love the Youtube vids, just subscribed to that channel :)
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05:01pm 25/09/13 Permalink
RIP Festival Hall :(
So many great times there. She wasn't pretty, the sound was s***** and it was hot as f*** in the summer time, but I still loved the place. |
04:50pm 09/10/13 Permalink
nice pictures. the brisbane trams was stopped service & Cased in 1969, and QR electric train was first comissioned in 1979 between darra to ferny grove. Stupidest thing they did was remove the trams. Idiots. |
06:33am 10/10/13 Permalink
