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Queens Gardens, Brisbane

Index Queens Gardens, Brisbane

Queens Gardens is a heritage-listed park located on a city block between George Street, Elizabeth Street and William Street in the Brisbane CBD, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [1]

48 relations: Acalypha, Bertram Mackennal, Brisbane, Brisbane central business district, Cast iron, City of Brisbane, Colvillea racemosa, Commonwealth Day, Crimean War, Department of Public Works (Queensland), Elizabeth II, Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Enoggera, Queensland, Erythrina, Facade, Family Services Building, Fountain, George Street, Brisbane, George V, German Army, Granite, Harry Oakman, Helidon, Queensland, Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener, Krupp gun, Land Administration Building, Libidibia ferrea, List of parks in Brisbane, Mahdist War, Moreton Bay, Old State Library Building, Brisbane, Park, Pedestal, Portsmouth, Premier of Queensland, Queen Victoria, Queensland, Queensland Heritage Register, Richard Godfrey Rivers, Sandstone, South African Wars (1879–1915), T. J. Ryan, Thomas Brock, Town of Brisbane, Treasury Building, Brisbane, Treasury Casino, William Street, Brisbane, World War I.

Acalypha

Acalypha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae.

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Bertram Mackennal

Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal (12 June 186310 October 1931), usually known as Bertram Mackennal, was an Australian sculptor and medallist, most famous for designing the coinage and stamps bearing the likeness of George V. He signed his work "BM".

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Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia.

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Brisbane central business district

The Brisbane central business district (CBD), officially gazetted as the suburb of Brisbane City and colloquially referred to as 'the city', is the heart of the state capital of Queensland, Australia.

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Cast iron

Cast iron is a group of iron-carbon alloys with a carbon content greater than 2%.

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City of Brisbane

The City of Brisbane is a local government area that has jurisdiction over the inner portion of the metropolitan area of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia.

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Colvillea racemosa

Colvillea racemosa is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.

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Commonwealth Day

Commonwealth Day, formerly Empire Day, is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations, often held on the second Monday in March.

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Crimean War

The Crimean War (or translation) was a military conflict fought from October 1853 to February 1856 in which the Russian Empire lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain and Sardinia.

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Department of Public Works (Queensland)

The Department of Public Works is the department of the Queensland Government responsible for the construction of public works.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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Elizabeth Street, Brisbane

Elizabeth Street in Brisbane, Australia is a major street in the centre of the city.

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Enoggera, Queensland

Enoggera is a suburb of Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia north-west of the Brisbane CBD.

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Erythrina

Erythrina is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae.

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Facade

A facade (also façade) is generally one exterior side of a building, usually, but not always, the front.

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Family Services Building

Family Services Building is a heritage-listed office building at 171 George Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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Fountain

A fountain (from the Latin "fons" (genitive "fontis"), a source or spring) is a piece of architecture which pours water into a basin or jets it into the air to supply drinking water and/or for a decorative or dramatic effect.

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George Street, Brisbane

George Street is a main street located in the Brisbane CBD in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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George V

George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.

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German Army

The German Army (Deutsches Heer) is the land component of the armed forces of Germany.

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Granite

Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.

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Harry Oakman

Henry Octave Cyril Vereecke (1906-04-04–2002-06-16), better known as Harry Oakman, was an Australian horticulturalist and writer.

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Helidon, Queensland

Helidon is a town and locality in the Lockyer Valley region of southeast Queensland, Australia.

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Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener

Colonel Henry Elliott Chevallier Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener (5 October 1846 – 27 March 1937), was a British soldier and peer.

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Krupp gun

The Krupp gun is a family of artillery pieces that was used by several world armies from the nineteenth century onwards.

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Land Administration Building

Land Administration Building is a heritage-listed former government building at 142 George Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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Libidibia ferrea

Libidibia ferrea, formerly Caesalpinia ferrea, and commonly known as Pau Ferro, Brazilian ironwood, Morado, or leopard tree, is a tree found in Brazil and Bolivia.

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List of parks in Brisbane

This is a list of major parks, gardens, and nature reserves in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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Mahdist War

The Mahdist War (الثورة المهدية ath-Thawra al-Mahdī; 1881–99) was a British colonial war of the late 19th century which was fought between the Mahdist Sudanese of the religious leader Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah, who had proclaimed himself the "Mahdi" of Islam (the "Guided One"), and the forces of the Khedivate of Egypt, initially, and later the forces of Britain.

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Moreton Bay

The Moreton Bay is a bay located on the eastern coast of Australia from central Brisbane, Queensland.

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Old State Library Building, Brisbane

Old State Library Building is a heritage-listed former library building at 159 William Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as the former Queensland Museum. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. Originally constructed for the Queensland Museum opposite Queens Gardens, the building contained the State Library of Queensland from 1902 to 1988, when the State Library was relocated to the Queensland Cultural Centre at South Bank.

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Park

A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats.

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Pedestal

A pedestal (from French piédestal, Italian piedistallo, "foot of a stall") or plinth is the support of a statue or a vase.

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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city in Hampshire, England, mainly on Portsea Island, south-west of London and south-east of Southampton.

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Premier of Queensland

The Premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.

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Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Queensland Heritage Register

The Queensland Heritage Register is a heritage register, a statutory list of places in Queensland, Australia that are protected by Queensland legislation, the Queensland Heritage Act 1992.

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Richard Godfrey Rivers

Richard Godfrey Rivers (1858 – 4 February 1925), generally known as R. Godfrey Rivers, was an English artist, active in Australia and president of the Queensland Art Society from 1892–1901 and 1904–08.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) mineral particles or rock fragments.

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South African Wars (1879–1915)

Ethnic, political and social tensions among European colonial powers, indigenous Africans, and English and Dutch settlers led to open conflict in a series of wars and revolts between 1879 and 1915 that would have lasting repercussions on the entire region of southern Africa.

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T. J. Ryan

Thomas Joseph Ryan (1 July 1876 – 1 August 1921) was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland from 1915 to 1919, as leader of the state Labor Party.

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Thomas Brock

Sir Thomas Brock (Worcester 1 March 1847 – 22 August 1922 London) was an English sculptor, and medallist, whose works include the monument to Queen Victoria in front of Buckingham Palace.

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Town of Brisbane

The Town of Brisbane was a local government area for Brisbane in Queensland, Australia from 1859 to 1903.

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Treasury Building, Brisbane

The Treasury Building, also previously known as the New Public Offices, is an heritage-listed former government public administration building located at 21 Queen Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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Treasury Casino

The Treasury Casino, also known as The Treasury is a casino in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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William Street, Brisbane

William Street is a small, relatively quiet road in the uptown part of the Brisbane central business district.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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Queen's Park, Brisbane, Queens Gardens, Brisbane, Queensland, Queens Park, Brisbane, Queensland, Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, Brisbane.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens_Gardens,_Brisbane

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