Brisbane : housing, health, the river and the arts / Brisbane History Group.

Brisbane : Brisbane History Group, 1985.

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History -- Queensland.

Brisbane (Qld.) -- History.

1. An overview of the Brisbane house / Don Watson

2. The small Brisbane house / Richard Allom

3. The elite Brisbane house / Janet Hogan

4. The Brisbane house in historical context / Ray Sumner

5. The Brisbane house in environmental context / Bal Saini

6. In search of the Brisbane house / Rod Fisher

7. Casualties of Brisbane's growth: Infant and child mortality in the 1860s / Helen Gregory & John Thearle

8. Saving the children: Brisbane and medical triumphs of the 1890s / John Thearle & Helen Gregory

9. When the plague came to Queensland / Lorraine Cazalar

10. A geological history of the Brisbane River / Gerald Sargent

11. Future use of the Brisbane River / Phil Heywood

12. Early bridges across Brisbane / Colin O'Connor

13. Queensland Art Gallery in historical perspective / Janet Hogan

14. A humble beginning for Queensland's National Art Gallery / Bettina MacAulay

15. Decorative arts in early Brisbane / Dianne Byrne

16. Aspects of early photography in the Moreton Bay region / Rod Fisher.

Includes bibliographical references.

0959293027

160 p. :ill. ; 30 cm