History of soccer in Brisbane, Queensland
The earliest known records of regular soccer games in Brisbane date from the early 1880s, when a group comprising mostly Scottish immigrants commenced playing at Queen's Park, adjacent to Alice and Edward Streets in the city and vacant land in Melbourne Street South Brisbane, between Grey and Stanley Streets. This group of players subsequently formed the Anglo-Queensland Football Association in early 1884, and commenced playing fixtures at the sports field behind the Pineapple Hotel, in Main Street Kangaroo Point, and at Queen's Park, in June 1884.
Brisbane soccer team ca 1870
Brisbane Football Club ca 1879 (playing Victorian rules and rugby rules)
Goodna (formerly 'Woogaroo') Asylum ca 1919, showing football field in the foreground
Queen's Park in the 1880s - playing field at the far end of the park (photographed from the Queensland Parliament House building)
The City Botanic Gardens is a heritage-listed botanic garden on Alice Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was also known as Queen's Park. It is located on Gardens Point in the Brisbane CBD and is bordered by the Brisbane River, Alice Street, George Street, Parliament House and Queensland University of Technology's Gardens Point campus. It was established in 1825 as a farm for the Moreton Bay penal settlement.
City Botanic Gardens with buildings in the CBD visible in the background
Entrance gates, Albert Street, 2016
Walter Hill Fountain, 2020
Queen's Park in the 1880s