Media: DATA CD - 1 CD (117 pages)
Author: J. Knight
Year: (1897) 2008
ISBN: 9781742220437
Publisher: Archive Digital Books Australasia

'Brisbane: A Historical Sketch of the Capital of Queensland' is an outline history of Brisbane at the time (1897) and a historical sketch of the Municipal Council of Brisbane.

The history of Brisbane includes information on the legislative government and the discovery of gold. The section describing Brisbane in the present includes information about the Brisbane River, shipping and trade, the city, architectural beauties of Brisbane and commerce and industry.

The sketch of the Municipal Council of Brisbane includes information such as the bridging of the Brisbane River and provides a list of names of the mayors of Brisbane and a complete list of the aldermen since 1859.

High quality scanned images of the whole of the original book. This CD has been bookmarked for easy navigation, and pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.

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Any computer using Adobe (Acrobat) Reader 4 or later
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