Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 10 : Record of press coverage, March 1982 - May 1984

e the river which the explorer had always re– garded as better for a permanent settle– ment. The painting, by John Allcot In 1926, shows how the artist Imagined the camp was like three weeks after work began on what was to become the ci ty of Brisbane. It would seem that the two officers anu the gentleman In the top hat in the foreground are planning riew work . Today, whore this tiny outpost stood , Queen Street runs to join with William Street and the Victoria Bridge. Just up- stream , on the south bank, the tall bush has disappeared and the Queensland Cultural Centre sits white In the sun . The tree-..:ov– ered point jutting towards an equal densely vegetated boomerang-shaped bend In the river, today bears the southern buttresses of the busy William Jolly Bridge. Not far past that point , the Merlvale Bridge arches. How most of It has changed! But the line of the mountains In the background Is the same as now, just as the hills in front of them are, except for the buildings. And , at the highest point of a hill, above where the William Jolly Bridge spans, Is what looks to be a cil1mp of trees almost Identical to one the artist Imagined to be there In 1824. Or Is It simply whet the artist sew when he picked up his brush In 1926? In any case, only 35 years after Britain hoisted Its flag on the northern bank of that river, the State of Queensland was created . Today, Queensland Day, we commemorate that. • The story of our State: Page 2.