kangaroopoint

The Pineapple Rovers football club was formed around 1914, playing at Raymond Park, Kangaroo Point They were one of the top teams during the 1920s, but struggled in the mid-1930s - they merged with other clubs to form Easts United in 1938

I believe this is a bend of the Brisbane River at Kangaroo Point. The Customs House would be a little further along to the right of the tall building in this view.

Anni [http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Hi all, the captioning on this image is incorrect thank you for alerting us to it. It definitely does not depict the 1893 floods and our records say the photograph was taken between 1890 and the 1930s. Thanks for your compliments quasymody, we really are blushing. :P Thank you again for all your fantastic research and thanks also to Artist-with-camera.

On the 22nd of November, 1844, the Colonial Secretary’s Office in Sydney announced in the Government Gazette that a ferry had been established between Kangaroo Point and North Brisbane. Tenders will be called to hire the service for one or more years from the 1st of January, 1845. The first recorded ferry service to Kangaroo Point was a row boat from Edward Street to what must have been Thornton Street in 1860 and in 1866, a punt operated between Customs House and, no doubt, Holman Street. The first steam powered passenger ferry was launched on the 22nd of September 1883 and in 1884, the cable operated steam punt Transit was introduced between Charlotte Street, City and Bright Street, which was then called Ferry Road. In 1887, the 50 passenger steam ferries Emu and Kangaroo replaced the rowing boats on the Edward Street to Thornton Street run and from the 1st of November to the 4th of November 1888, 20,037 (???) passengers were carried on the three Kangaroo Point ferries. The waiting shed leading to the Holman Street ferry terminal is located on the bank of the Brisbane River at the end of Holman Street and adjacent to Captain Burke Park. The now one-hundred-year-old shed was built ca. 1919 (probably mid-1918) and is therefore a significant remaining example of a purpose-built ferry terminal of a style no longer built today. While there have been many changes and upgrades to the ferry terminal and pontoon over the years, the waiting shed has remained basically the same. A major improvement was the installation of electric lights in 1919 after electricity had replaced gas for street lighting in Kangaroo Point in 1918. In July 1925 control of all ferries passed over to the newly-formed Greater Brisbane City Council (now BCC). Source: kangaroopointhistory.com.au/the-river/ferries/