Tugboat towing SS ORUNGAL on Brisbane River
This photograph depicts a tugboat towing SS ORUNGAL as captured from the ship's bow, probably on Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland. Customs House is just visible with its dome. The sign on the wharf roof r... More
View of the wharves at Petrie Bight on Brisbane River, taken from SS O...
This image probably depicts the Nixon-Smith wharves at Petrie Bight along the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland. Sections two and three of the Circular Quay wharves at Petrie Bight were leased to businessm... More
Petrie's Bight and Custom House, Brisbane, Australia - circa 1910
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Custom House and Petrie Bight, Brisbane Australia - circa 1910
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Petrie's Bight and Custom House, Brisbane, Australia - circa 1910
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Custom House and Petrie Bight, Brisbane Australia - circa 1910
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Queensland State Archives 18 Customs House Queen Street and Petrie Big...
Customs House, Queen Street and Petrie Bight, Brisbane. (Brisbane CBD; Brisbane central business district)
Queensland State Archives 2193 Petrie Bight showing National Hotel and...
Petrie Bight showing National Hotel and Customs House, Brisbane. ((includes river scene, roadway, horse-drawn vehicles, trams, telegraph poles, rider on horseback))
Queensland State Archives 2290 Panorama view of Brisbane 1862
Panorama view of Brisbane. (Panorama from north of Petrie Bight around east and south to the north of Roma Street.)
Queensland State Archives 3070 SS Quetta at Petrie Bight Brisbane c 18...
RMS Quetta at Petrie Bight, Brisbane
Queensland State Archives 3110 Excavation for road widening at Petrie ...
Excavation for road widening at Petrie Bight, Brisbane. (Story Bridge construction)
Queensland State Archives 3115 Excavation for road widening at Petrie ...
Excavation for road widening at Petrie Bight. (Story Bridge construction)
Queensland State Archives 3117 Excavation for road widening at Petrie ...
Excavation for road widening at Petrie Bight, Brisbane. (Story Bridge construction)
Queensland State Archives 3126 Fossilised tree trunk in cliff face Pet...
Fossilised tree trunk in cliff face, Petrie Bight, Brisbane. (Story Bridge construction)
Queensland State Archives 3128 Junction of schist and tuff in cliff fa...
Junction of schist and tuff in cliff face, Petrie Bight. (Story Bridge construction)
Queensland State Archives 3129 Excavation for road widening at Petrie ...
Excavation for road widening at Petrie Bight. (Story Bridge construction)
Queensland State Archives 3391 Petries Bight Brisbane 1889
Petrie's Bight, Brisbane.
Queensland State Archives 4057 Bowen Terrace and Petrie Bight showing ...
Bowen Terrace and Petrie Bight showing new wharfage and junction of schist and tuff rock, Brisbane. (Story Bridge construction)
State Lib Qld 1 113856 Unveiling of the T. J. Byrnes statue, Brisbane,...
Unveiling of the T. J. Byrnes statue, Brisbane, 1902
State Lib Qld 1 164211 Wharves at Petrie Bight, Brisbane, 1924
Wharves at Petrie Bight, Brisbane, 1924 Wharves at Petrie Bight, Brisbane. The S.S. 'Royal City', 5411 gross tons and 3481 nett tons, docked at Nixon-Smiths wharves, Circular Quay, on 17 February, 1924. The S.S... More
State Lib Qld 1 170407 Clan MacTaggart (ship)
Clan MacTaggart (ship) Berthed at Petrie Bight, Brisbane with Ville D'amiens (top left) and Viminale (top right). Customs House is pictured top left.
State Lib Qld 1 96904 Ships moored at Petrie Bight, Brisbane, ca. 1913
Ships moored at Petrie Bight, Brisbane, ca. 1913 Ships moored at Petrie Bight, looking south towards Town Reach. Visible on the east side of the Bight are the firms: Castlemaine Brewery and Quinlan, Gray and Co... More
State Lib Qld 2 167639 Advertisement for Uhl's Coach Harnesses. 1914
Advertisement for Uhl's Coach Harnesses. 1914 Inset photograph features Cobb and Co. Coach leaving Longreach. L. Uhl & Sons Ltd. business was situated at Queen Street, Petrie Bight in Brisbane.
State Lib Qld 2 391761 Professor Edwin Bates' saddle, 1910-1920
Professor Edwin Bates' saddle, 1910-1920. Professor Bates' saddle, 1918 catalogue of L. Uhl & Sons Ltd., Saddlers of Petrie Bight, Brisbane. Bates' saddle, fully stamped with colonial girth and colonial irons. ... More
State Lib Qld 2 53444 Young girl posing for a studio portrait
Young girl posing for a studio portrait. Young girl, wearing a dress with a pinafore trimmed in crocheted lace, posing for a photograph at P. Mathewson & Sons' studio, Petrie's Bight, Brisbane, ca. 1890s.
Engraving of the Brisbane Gas Company's gasworks, Petrie Bight, circa ...
Engraving of the Brisbane Gas Company's gasworks, Petrie Bight, circa 1868
StateLibQld 1 104104 View of Petrie Bight, Brisbane, ca. 1888
View of Petrie Bight, Brisbane, ca. 1888 This was the commercial hub of Brisbane in the 1880's. New wharves, both commercial and municipal, were being built, along with larger warehouses along Eagle Street. Of ... More
StateLibQld 1 110816 Andrew Petrie's house at the corner of Queen and ...
Andrew Petrie's house at the corner of Queen and Wharf Streets, Brisbane, ca. 1859 Andrew Petrie's residence now the site of Howard Smith Company's Offices, Petrie's Bight. On the verandah is Miss Petrie (who ... More
StateLibQld 1 110932 Returned soldiers on the wharf at Petrie Bight, B...
Returned soldiers on the wharf at Petrie Bight, Brisbane, ca. 1920.
StateLibQld 1 117556 Petrie Bight looking across to Customs House, Bri...
Petrie Bight looking across to Customs House, Brisbane View of Customs House and other official buildings on the Brisbane River at Petrie Bight (also known as Petrie's Bight).
StateLibQld 1 123593 Petrie Bight, Brisbane, Queensland, 1890
Petrie Bight, Brisbane, Queensland, 1890 View from above the intersection of Adelaide and Boundary Streets, to Petrie Bight, Brisbane. The dome of Customs House is visible in the background. Petrie Bight is als... More
StateLibQld 1 126843 Brisbane street decorated in readiness for the Qu...
Brisbane street decorated in readiness for the Queen's visit, 1954. Side of the Castlemaine Perkins building, Adelaide Street, in the centre. Photograph taken from the Busacott Building on Petrie Bight.
StateLibQld 1 129787 Quarrying near Petrie Bight Wharves, New Farm, Br...
Quarrying near Petrie Bight Wharves, New Farm, Brisbane, ca. 1935
StateLibQld 1 130059 Construction of the Story Bridge, Brisbane, 1936
Construction of the Story Bridge, Brisbane, 1936. Stone pylons of the Story Bridge seen from the Fortitude Valley side looking towards Kangaroo Point. The pylons are surrounded with scaffolding. Hornibrook Cont... More
StateLibQld 1 131675 View of the Customs House on Queen Street on the ...
View of the Customs House on Queen Street on the wharf. The old Customs House was built in the 1880s on the Town Reach of the Brisbane River and Petrie's Bight. It has a copper dome and a two storey colonnade. ... More
StateLibQld 1 137759 Brisbane floods, 1893
Brisbane floods, 1893. Floodwaters swirl around the warehouses at Mercantile Wharf, Petrie's Bight, Brisbane during the 1893 floods. Poul C. Poulsen, founder of the Poulsen Studios in Brisbane, was born in Den... More
StateLibQld 1 139225 National Hotel, Brisbane, ca. 1900
National Hotel, Brisbane, ca. 1900 The National Hotel was constructed in 1889 at the corner of Queen and Adelaide Streets, Petrie's Bight. (Description supplied with photograph). The hotel is on the right of t... More
StateLibQld 1 167391 Wharf caretaker's cottage on Macrossan Street nea...
Wharf caretaker's cottage on Macrossan Street near Petrie's Bight on the Brisbane River. Wharf Caretaker's house, Petrie's Bight.
StateLibQld 1 168507 Petrie Bight, Brisbane, Queensland, ca.1910
Petrie Bight, Brisbane, Queensland, ca.1910 View from the corner of Adelaide and Boundary Streets to Petrie Bight, Brisbane. Also known as Petrie's Bight.
StateLibQld 1 173667 Ready (ship)
Ready (ship) Petrie Bight, Brisbane. (Description supplied with photograph.).
StateLibQld 1 174935 Petrie Bight on the Brisbane River, ca. 1875
Petrie Bight on the Brisbane River, ca. 1875 Sailing ships moored in the Brisbane River at Petrie Bight (also known as Petrie's Bight). The view looks south west back to the buildings in the city of Brisbane.
StateLibQld 1 176471 Atcherley Private Hotel, Brisbane, ca. 1927
Atcherley Private Hotel, Brisbane, ca. 1927. Advertisement showing tariffs and facilities for the Atcherley Private Hotel, Petrie Bight, Queen Street.
StateLibQld 1 187591 Woman sitting on a chair, posing for a studio por...
Woman sitting on a chair, posing for a studio portrait, 1890-1900 A woman poses for a portrait, wearing a silk? blouse and jacket with pleated details on the shoulders, crocheted trim on the collars and cuffs, ... More
StateLibQld 1 202431 Ships docked at Petrie Bight, Brisbane, ca. 1930
Ships docked at Petrie Bight, Brisbane, ca. 1930 View, looking south, of ships docked at Circular Quay, Brisbane (also known as the Petrie's Bight area). The image shows the area from Petrie Bight to Town Reach.
StateLibQld 1 233297 Official welcome for the Duke and Duchess of Corn...
Official welcome for the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, Brisbane, 1901 The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York are welcomed by the Governor of Queensland, Lord Lamington on their arrival at Kennedy Wh... More
StateLibQld 1 234207 Petrie's Bight in Brisbane by the Brisbane River
Petrie's Bight in Brisbane by the Brisbane River. Glimpses of the Brisbane River to the centre left of the photograph. To the right in the centre is the Petrie's Bight Undertaking Establishment.
StateLibQld 1 234211 Petrie's Bight on the Brisbane River
Petrie's Bight on the Brisbane River. Ships moored at Petrie's Bight. Customs House is on the right hand side of the photograph. Cargo and sailing ships can be seen out along the river, out from Circular Quay.
StateLibQld 1 240265 Looking south along the Brisbane River from Bowen...
Looking south along the Brisbane River from Bowen Terrace, ca. 1880. Petrie Bight close to Circular Quay. The tip of Kangaroo Point can be seen on the left of the photograph.
StateLibQld 1 254575 Looking across Petrie Bight to the city, Brisbane...
Looking across Petrie Bight to the city, Brisbane, ca. 1898
StateLibQld 1 254619 View of the wharves and the Customs House at Petr...
View of the wharves and the Customs House at Petrie Bight, Brisbane, ca. 1902
StateLibQld 1 260646 Exide Service Station at Petrie Bight, Brisbane, ...
Exide Service Station at Petrie Bight, Brisbane, 1922 This was the first location of the firm Exide Battery Co and was situated in Petrie Bight opposite the Brisbane River, approximately where the Red Cross Blo... More
StateLibQld 1 395673 Panoramic view of the wharves at Petrie Bight, Br...
Panoramic view of the wharves at Petrie Bight, Brisbane, ca. 1910. W. M. Howard Pty. Ltd., Smith & Sons Pty. Ltd. and W. M. Collins & Sons Ltd. are shown.
StateLibQld 1 396277 Workshop of Jolliffe and Company Coachworks, Bris...
Workshop of Jolliffe & Company Coachworks, Brisbane, 1902. Coach and carriage builders situated at the Petrie Bight end of Queen Street. Established ca. 1885. (Description supplied with photograph.).
StateLibQld 1 50076 Petrie Bight stretch of the Brisbane River at Kang...
Petrie Bight stretch of the Brisbane River at Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, ca. 1882 The photograph has been taken from near the Municipal Wharf looking across the river to the northern tip of Kangaroo Point.
StateLibQld 1 85084 Cape Corrientes (ship)
Cape Corrientes (ship) On the rocks at Petrie Bight. While passing down the Brisbane River, the steamer failed to turn sharply enough at the Kangaroo Point bend and ran on to the rocky bank under Bowen Terrace,... More
StateLibQld 1 92232 Superstructure of the Story Bridge, Brisbane, 1938
Superstructure of the Story Bridge, Brisbane, 1938. As the building of the Story Bridge over the Brisbane River progresses, the large structure begins to add a new and distinctive note to the city skyline, and ... More
StateLibQld 1 93660 View of the almost completed Story Bridge over the...
View of the almost completed Story Bridge over the Brisbane River, ca. 1939 The almost-completed Story Bridge, linking Kangaroo Point on the right to Fortitude Valley and New Farm on the left, seen from Petrie ... More
StateLibQld 2 190503 Front view of the Retreat, facing the river at Pe...
Front view of the Retreat, facing the river at Petrie Bight, 1931
StateLibQld 2 391809 Professor Edwin Bates on horseback, 1910-1920
Professor Edwin Bates on horseback, 1910-1920 Professor Bates on horse using one of his saddles. Picture appears in the 1918 catalogue, illustrating Professor Bates American Saddlery and also some of our own li... More
Brisbane River (7258449190)
This photograph is from a black and white 120 format film negative strip featuring four images by PC Poulsen. The image depicts the Brisbane River with Customs House visible on the far right edge. The image wa... More
View of the wharves at Petrie Bight on Brisbane River, taken from SS O...
This image probably depicts the Nixon-Smith wharves at Petrie Bight along the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland. Sections two and three of the Circular Quay wharves at Petrie Bight were leased to business... More
Quetta at Petrie Bight, Brisbane ca. 1884 (24590078080)
Creator: Unidentified. Location: Brisbane, Queensland. Description: The Quetta at Petrie Bight, a reach of the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The small pocket of land to the north of the ... More