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In the early days of free European settlement in Brisbane, there was no public transport apart from river ferries. The population was very small and the built-up area very compact. Most people walked to their destination. Advertisements for properties for sale usually quoted the walking time, often underestimated, to the city. The first cabs appeared on Brisbane’s rough roads in the early 1860s and by 1864 there were five in operation when Brisbane’s population had grown to around 13,000. Occasionally coaches belonging to companies such as Cobb and Co. were used to convey members of the public to events such as the races on weekends, but this did not meet with universal favour. The first omnibus appeared on our streets in 1863, operating between the town center and Fortitude Valley and later Breakfast Creek. A newspaper columnist describes both the vehicle and the horses in very disparaging terms. He commented that many people preferred walking, even on warm days. Omnibus services south of the river began after the completion of the first permanent Victoria Bridge in 1874 (see my post The Fascinating Story of the First Victoria Bridge). By 1877 there were 5 in operation. In the West End direction, they only ran as far as the Boundary Hotel until William Winterbottom began his services from Hill End in 1878. Source: highgatehill-historical-vignettes.com/2020/09/05/brisbane...

Highgate Hill: 2km south, high-density suburb probably named because of its undulating hills. Highgate is also a London landmark. The Torbreck building on Dornoch Terrace is Queensland’s first residential high-rise apartment, built in 1960. Source: hicksrealestate.com.au/secret-history-brisbanes-suburbs-z/

The black Jersey with the silver fern emblem are of the All Blacks New Zealand rugby union team. The site saintsandheathens.wordpress.com/wallabies-rugby-jerseys/w... says that the Australian rugby union team (Wallabies) jersey for 1938 was 'gold with a green centre band' for a match against New Zealand. It does not list this jersey colours used for any other year. Matches between Australia and New Zealand were played in 1938 as follows 13 August 1938Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 6 August 1938Exhibition Ground, Brisbane 23 July 1938Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney This photo is likely to be of one of these matches. The Houses in the background look to be typical of Queensland architecture of the time - elevated timber buildings. I therefore suggest that this is a photo of Australia v New Zealand dated 6th August 1938 at the exhibition grounds Brisbane.

Fantastic detective work Peter McCombe ! Thanks for sharing this info. We would have to agree with you on all accounts. It's likely the game is in Brisbane as George Jackman was a photographer for the Brisbane newspapers The Courier Mail and The Daily Mail from 1920 -1945.

Just a few miles down the road from here. The land still looks much like this, but with more trees. It's odd to see such an old photo that (other than the horse and buggy) could've been taken yesterday on just about any rural road a few miles from here.

It's a shame there are JPG compression artifacts on these photos. And maybe some unsharp mask artifacts as well? Hey government worker, wake up.

Check the Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a33874 for the link to the original LOC page for this. From there you can get the 42MB TIFF if you really feel the quality of this isn't up to snuff.

Thank you so much for engaging the Library of Congress in the new age of photo sharing. It is much appreciated by this citizen and I'm sure by many others. The LOC is one of the few stops in Washington I have yet to visit, and this gives me a window into what I've been missing. I can't wait to see the real thing next time I'm in DC.

There is no sense of motion in the photo. The cart appears to be stopped. Perhaps for photographic reasons?