Scenes of Queen Street and Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, 1899

Clip 1: Queen Street and Victoria Bridge, Brisbane

0 min 52 sec

Taken from the historical footage Scenes of Queen Street and Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, 1899 (1899)

Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be G

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Curator’s clip description

This actuality footage shot in 1899, shows electric trams in Queen Street, Brisbane with the Treasury building and Victoria Bridge in the background.

Curator’s notes

These surviving seconds of actuality footage were shot by the official photographer of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Frederick Charles Wills and his assistant, Henry William Mobsby. It captures a busy Brisbane intersection.

Elizabeth Taggart-Speers, curator

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