Brisbane, the Capital of Queensland Aust…

Scarce, c.19th hand coloured engraved panorama of Brisbane which was named after Sir Thomas Brisbane, Governor of New South Wales from 1821-1925.

The settlement grew from a penal colony and in 1859 was chosen as the capital. The panorama was made just two years after the 1864 Great Fire that burnt many of the CBD business premises and stock which were mainly made from wood. After the fire rebuidling was mainly in stone.

From the original edition of the Illustrated London News.

References:
De Vries, L. History as Hot News: World of the Early Victorians Through the Eyes of the “Illustrated London News”.. London
1996.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 8438724
State Library Victoria: RARELTEF 052 IL696I
State Library New South Wales: RECORD IDENTIFIER 74Vv5Oy4wEgl