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280 x 227 mm. A similar photograph to Y3085C/2, which is in better condition.

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238 x 190 mm. A view from the roof of the Parliament Buildings, looking across towards Government House. Photograph by George P. Wright. Another print of the same photograph occurs in Y3085C/1.

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270 x 220 mm. A general view of the school buildings. The foundation stone of the building was laid by the Duke of Edinburgh in 1868.

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225 x 175 mm. Photograph shows a young man looking up at the grasses.

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230 x 180 mm. A notice by the gate informs us that visiting days were Sunday, Wednesday and Saturday from 2 till 5 p.m. The hospital is now in the centre of the city. In 1867, when it was opened, there was anger at its being built so far out of town.

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230 x 175 mm. View inside a greenhouse, showing various plants.

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225 x 175 mm. A very similar photograph to Y3085E/36.

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200 x 150 mm. A view of the brick building, similar in design to the hospital.

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150 x 105 mm. A view of the Duke and Duchess being driven through George Street in an open coach, with soldiers lining the road, and crowds on the road and on the balconies of buildings.

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210 x 135 mm. A view of the Brisbane Lands Office decorated with flags and palms, and a sign reading ‘Queensland rejoices’. With electric tramlines in the road. (See Y3085J10).

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235 x 180 mm. A photograph from the same viewpoint as Y3085C/8, although from further back, to accommodate the extension built on the left since the earlier photograph. With a pony and trap in front of the building and several bystanders watching the photographer. ‘S. Lomer and Co.’ in bottom right hand corner.

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225 x 175 mm. A view over the ponds to a willow tree.

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200 x 150 mm. Showing a herd of bullocks in the foreground with a large cargo steamer behind.

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200 x 150 mm. A view of the palm-like plant.

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280 x 230 mm. View across a gorge, showing a railway bridge of iron girders, and the track continuing up an incline. Two men stand at the edge of the bridge with a railway trolley.

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285 x 225 mm. A view across a wooded gorge, crossed by an iron railway bridge on wooden supports.

Scope and Contents Prints A and B are attached to one another, C-H are generally in fair condition. The photographs illustrate the substantial development that had taken place during the interval. They were possibly taken by Percy Ricardo who exhibited photographs of Brisbane at the Colonial and Indian Exhibitions of 1858, 1862 and 1885 (Class 5 No. 21).C (i) The town in 1860225 x 170 mm. Looking towards the river. Little industry is apparent, although the area is starting to be built upC...

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225 x 180 mm. A similar photograph to C3085C/4, although a slightly different angle. In the time lapse between the two pictures, the road has been surfaced, there are telegraph poles, and the street is lit by gas. A horse no longer browses in front of the main entrance to the building. The extensions to the building have not yet, however, been started.

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227 x 175 mm. A three-quarters front view of the Parliament above the Botanical gardens. This photograph shows the House before the additions which made the frontage one side of a rectangular building.

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Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

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280 x 225 mm. A view across wooded hills. Picnic Point is a mountain near Toowoomba, due west of Brisbane.

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195 x 130 mm. The same building as photographed in Y3085C/10, but with an identical extension on the right of the picture, built in the intervening period. With a horse and cart in front of the building.

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232 x 160 mm. A view of the new Post Office. The post office in Y3085C/10 is now the Post and Telegraph Offices. Built by John Petrie, the first mayor of Brisbane, the Post Office was completed in October 1872.

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235 x 185 mm. A view of the street showing numerous pony traps and a stage coach on the right. This end of the street shows the tram lines, with a horse-drawn tram at the crown of the hill. Queen Street was the first thoroughfare in Brisbane to have tramways; the work was started in January 1885 and opened for general on traffic 12th August.

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235 x 185 mm. A view down the hill along Queen Street, showing various shops (including a ‘Lithographers and bookbinders’ on the left) and with various kinds of horse carts and traps on the road including what were known as ‘Molly Maguires’, small two wheeled traps, with the seat set axle-wise.