New Farm Park rose gardens, jacarandas and Powerhouse, Brisbane

Bain, Jack (1960) New Farm Park rose gardens, jacarandas and Powerhouse, Brisbane. [Image]

Abstract

Prior to European settlement, the New Farm area was covered with bush and dotted with shallow lagoons, supporting a variety of wildlife and being a bountiful resource to local Indigenous Australians. The area was called ‘Binkin-ba’ meaning place of the land tortoise.

The changing land use in and around New Farm Park from Indigenous Australian resource to convict farm, from tenant farming to racecourse, from elite residences to suburban subdivision, and finally to parkland, demonstrates the evolution of Queensland’s history, and the process of the creation of open spaces as an area's population grew.

New Farm Park, which is on the land of the Turrbal people currently covers 15.0076 hectares of land, and is bounded by Brunswick Street and Sydney Street, New Farm. It adjoins the Brisbane Powerhouse arts precinct and the Brisbane River. (Text: Qld State Archives)

Additional Information

Item Type: Image
Collection: Bain/O'Gorman
Sub-Collection Title:

Australia - Queensland - Brisbane

Date: October 1960
Keywords: Jacaranda trees; New Farm Park - Brisbane - Queensland; Roses - New Farm Park; Powerhouse - New Farm Park - Brisbane; PLANTS; TURRBAL LANGUAGE E86; TURRBAL PEOPLE E86; BRISBANE (SE QLD SG56-15)
Date Deposited: 17 Oct 2022 23:28
Last Modified: 28 Aug 2024 05:10
Copyright Owner: Queensland University of Technology
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AustraliaQueenslandNew Farm
Location -27.46916253, 153.0511894
URI: https://digitalcollections.qut.edu.au/id/eprint/6746
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