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Looking down Queen Street from the Albert Street intersection Brisbane, 1884

(29 Aug 1946) MAGNIFICENT EXHIBITS AT BRISBANE SHOW - The Brisbane Agricultural Show has re-started after the war and was opened by the Duke of Gloucester.

While doing some research for some of our Estate Maps in Bardon we came across an old video of the Bardon Hill Climb in 1940 as well as these great pictures of the Bardon Hill Climb in 1938.  In reading the newspapers of the day, it seems they called these events "Freak Hill Climbs" and were held regularly in Bardon as fundraising for events such as the Bathurst T. T. Riders Fund. These Hill Climbs occured in what is now Purtell Park, Bardon.

1881 View of Milton Road from John Fenwick's House

1929 photo of Burke's Hotel, Annerley Road, Woolloongabba