Ernest Jones arrived in Brisbane with his family on the 'Eastern Empire' in 1866. He describes early Brisbane, cane growing in South-East Queensland, growing cotton and fruit at Buderim, and growing bananas, coffee and citrus. Accompanied by handwritten notes on the jottings by A.B. White (5 l.), 1973.
Burnett, Ernest Jones, 1853-1940
Umpi Korumba : visions of Brisbane
4 videocassettes, containing different drafts for short film, Umpi Korumba. Also 6 leaves typescript providing background information about film. Umpi Korumba (originally titled 'Round Brisbane') is a short film, produced for the Centenary of Federation with the assistance of QPIX. It is one in a series of 4 films entitled Time & Light : Four impressions of Brisbane.
Roberts, Erik
University of Queensland Department of Architecture Scrapbooks
Seven scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings on Brisbane architectural history, mostly from the Courier Mail, and some from The Australian. Compiled by University of Queensland Dept. of Architecture.
University of Queensland Department of Architecture
Newspaper articles by Firmin McKinnon from the Courier Mail on Brisbane's historic homes. Includes Bulimba House, Merthyr, Whytecliffe, Bishopsbourne, Auchenflower House, Ormiston House, Lota House, Bardon House, Newstead House, Coochin Coochin Homestead, Roslyn, Kedron Lodge and old Government House.
McKinnon, Thomas Firmin Mackay Jessie, 1878-1953
Letter, 1967 February 17 : Gympie, Qld. to Ronald Lawson.
Relates to the Marquis family and their life in Zilmere in Brisbane, and other areas of the state 1891-1901.
McKewen, Julia
Letter, 1923 Nov 7 : New Farm, Qld. to Dr Stewart.
Letter to Dr Stewart re early settlement of Brisbane, sites of wells and bora rings.
Service, David
Submitted to University of Queensland Press 1972. These volumes have author's corrections & addenda to 1974. Published by the University of Queensland Press in 1975. Accompanied by reader's report by Roger Joyce 1972, with covering letter to Dr Steele from Frank Thompson.
Steele, John Gladstone
Account compiled by George Watkins, Chemist, 1886 to 1916, at Queen Street Brisbane.
Contains notes about early churches of Brisbane.
Watkins, George
The Alcock collection consists of over 2000 glass slides. The series within the collection, called "Images of early Brisbane", includes images of buildings, landmarks and views of Brisbane, including the 1893 floods. Also images of University of Queensland in its early years.
Alcock, Henry, 1886-1948