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Brisbane River
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The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the Governor of New South Wales, the penal colony of Moreton Bay later adopted the same name, eventually becoming the present city of Brisbane. Early travellers along the waterway admired the beauty, abundant fish. From 1862 the Brisbane River has been dredged for navigation purposes, the river served as an important carriageway between Brisbane and Ipswich before a railway linking the towns was built in 1875. By the late 1920s, water quality in the river had significantly deteriorated, the river travels 344 km from Mount Stanley. The river is dammed by the Wivenhoe Dam, forming Lake Wivenhoe, the waterway is a habitat for the rare Queensland lungfish, Brisbane River cod and bull sharks. The largest ship built on the river was the Robert Miller, the 66,000 tonne vessel became un-moored in the 1974 Brisbane flood. While not the highest experienced along the river since European settlement, major floods also occurred in January 2011 and multiple times during 1893. Extensive port facilities have been constructed on the Fisherman Islands, now known as the Port of Brisbane, there are 16 major bridges that cross the river. The Clem Jones Tunnel, opened in 2010, is the rivers first underground crossing for road transport, the CityCat ferry service collects and delivers passengers along the inner-city reaches of the river. Brisbane Rivers source is located in the Great Dividing Range, east of Kingaroy and it then makes its way south, past Mount Stanley, and townships including Moore and Toogoolawah before being joined by the Stanley River, just south of Somerset Dam. The river runs from there into Lake Wivenhoe, created by the Wivenhoe Dam, beyond the dam, the river meanders eastward, meeting the Bremer River near Ipswich, then making its way through Brisbanes western suburbs, including Jindalee, Indooroopilly and Toowong. The river is traversed by CityCats and other ferries in Brisbane, Water from the highest point in the catchment has fallen from Mount Langley in the Conondale Range,868 m above sea level. On the southern side of the river, opposite Gardens Point, are the Kangaroo Point Cliffs and this was in the vicinity of Edward Street ferry terminal. The volcanic rock Ignimbrite which formed the cliffs was deposited in the Triassic period about 220 million years ago and they currently form the banks of the Brisbane River. On the southside Bulimba Creek, Norman Creek, Oxley Creek, the language group common to most of the area was the Yugarabul language group. Four European navigators, namely Captain Cook, Matthew Flinders, John Bingle and William Edwardson, all visited Moreton Bay, the exploration by Flinders took place during his expedition from Port Jackson north to Hervey Bay in 1799. He spent a total of 15 days in the area, touching down at Woody Point and several other spots and this is consistent with accounts of many other rivers along the east coast of Australia, which could not be found by seaward exploration but were discovered by inland travellers
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Brisbane
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Brisbane is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbanes metropolitan area has a population of 2.35 million, the Brisbane central business district stands on the original European settlement and is situated inside a bend of the Brisbane River, about 15 kilometres from its mouth at Moreton Bay. The demonym of Brisbane is Brisbanite, one of the oldest cities in Australia, Brisbane was founded upon the ancient homelands of the indigenous Turrbal and Jagera peoples. A penal settlement was founded in 1824 at Redcliffe,28 kilometres north of the business district. The city was marred by the Australian frontier wars between 1843 and 1855, and development was set back by the Great Fire of Brisbane. Brisbane was chosen as the capital when Queensland was proclaimed a colony from New South Wales in 1859. During World War II, Brisbane played a role in the Allied campaign. Today, Brisbane is well known for its distinct Queenslander architecture which forms much of the built heritage. It also receives attention for its damaging flood events, most notably in 1974 and 2011. Several large cultural, international and sporting events have held at Brisbane, including the 1982 Commonwealth Games, World Expo 88, the final Goodwill Games in 2001. Prior to white settlement, the Brisbane area was inhabited by the Turrbal and they knew the area that is now the central business district as Mian-jin, meaning place shaped as a spike. The Moreton Bay area was explored by Matthew Flinders. On 17 July 1799, Flinders landed at what is now known as Woody Point, in 1823 Governor of New South Wales Sir Thomas Brisbane instructed that a new northern penal settlement be developed, and an exploration party led by John Oxley further explored Moreton Bay. Oxley discovered, named, and explored the Brisbane River as far as Goodna,20 kilometres upstream from the Brisbane central business district, Oxley recommended Red Cliff Point for the new colony, reporting that ships could land at any tide and easily get close to the shore. The party settled in Redcliffe on 13 September 1824, under the command of Lieutenant Henry Miller with 14 soldiers and 29 convicts. However, this settlement was abandoned after a year and the colony was moved to a site on the Brisbane River now known as North Quay,28 km south, chief Justice Forbes gave the new settlement the name of Edenglassie before it was named Brisbane. Non-convict European settlement of the Brisbane region commenced in 1838, German missionaries settled at Zions Hill, Nundah as early as 1837, five years before Brisbane was officially declared a free settlement. The band consisted of ministers Christopher Eipper and Carl Wilhelm Schmidt and lay missionaries Haussmann, Johann Gottried Wagner, Niquet, Hartenstein, Zillman, Franz, Rode, Doege and they were allocated 260 hectares and set about establishing the mission, which became known as the German Station
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Queensland
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Queensland is the second-largest and third-most-populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west, to the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. Queensland has a population of 4,750,500, concentrated along the coast, the state is the worlds sixth largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 km2. The capital and largest city in the state is Brisbane, Australias third largest city, often referred to as the Sunshine State, Queensland is home to 10 of Australias 30 largest cities and is the nations third largest economy. Tourism in the state, fuelled largely by its tropical climate, is a major industry. Queensland was first inhabited by Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, the first European to land in Queensland was Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606, who explored the west coast of the Cape York Peninsula near present-day Weipa. In 1770, Lieutenant James Cook claimed the east coast of Australia for the Kingdom of Great Britain. The colony of New South Wales was founded in 1788 by Governor Arthur Phillip at Sydney, New South Wales at that time included all of what is now Queensland, Queensland was explored in subsequent decades until the establishment of a penal colony at Brisbane in 1824 by John Oxley. Penal transportation ceased in 1839 and free settlement was allowed from 1842, the state was named in honour of Queen Victoria, who on 6 June 1859 signed Letters Patent separating the colony from New South Wales. The 6th of June is now celebrated statewide as Queensland Day. Queensland achieved statehood with the Federation of Australia on 1 January 1901, the history of Queensland spans thousands of years, encompassing both a lengthy indigenous presence, as well as the eventful times of post-European settlement. The north-eastern Australian region was explored by Dutch, Spanish and French navigators before being encountered by Lieutenant James Cook in 1770, the Australian Labor Party has its origin as a formal organisation in Queensland and the town of Barcaldine is the symbolic birthplace of the party. June 2009 marked the 150th anniversary of its creation as a colony from New South Wales. The Aboriginal occupation of Queensland is thought to predate 50,000 BC, likely via boat or land bridge across Torres Strait, during the last ice age Queenslands landscape became more arid and largely desolate, making food and other supplies scarce. This led to the worlds first seed-grinding technology, warming again made the land hospitable, which brought high rainfall along the eastern coast, stimulating the growth of the states tropical rainforests. In February 1606, Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon landed near the site of what is now Weipa and this was the first recorded landing of a European in Australia, and it also marked the first reported contact between European and Aboriginal Australian people. The region was explored by French and Spanish explorers prior to the arrival of Lieutenant James Cook in 1770. Cook claimed the east coast under instruction from King George III of the United Kingdom on 22 August 1770 at Possession Island, naming Eastern Australia, including Queensland, the Aboriginal population declined significantly after a smallpox epidemic during the late 18th century
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Cantilever bridge
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A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using cantilevers, structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end. Engineers in the nineteenth century understood that a bridge that was continuous across multiple supports would distribute the loads among them and this would result in lower stresses in the girder or truss and meant that longer spans could be built. Several nineteenth century engineers patented continuous bridges with hinge points mid-span, the use of a hinge in the multi-span system presented the advantages of a statically determinate system and of a bridge that could handle differential settlement of the foundations. Engineers could more easily calculate the forces and stresses with a hinge in the girder, heinrich Gerber was one of the engineers to obtain a patent for a hinged girder and is recognized as the first to build one. The Hassfurt Bridge over the Main river in Germany with a span of 124 feet was completed in 1867 and is recognized as the first modern cantilever bridge. The High Bridge of Kentucky by C, the Kentucky River Bridge spanned a gorge that was 275 feet deep and took full advantage of the fact that falsework, or temporary support, is not needed for the main span of a cantilever bridge. The most famous early cantilever bridge is the Forth Bridge and this bridge held the record for longest span in the world for seventeen years, until it was surpassed by the Quebec Bridge. Benjamin Baker illustrated the principles of the suspended span cantilever in the photo on the left. The suspended span, where Kaichi Watanabe sits, is seen in the center, the need to resist compression of the lower chord is seen in the use of wooden poles while the tension of the upper chord is shown by the outstretched arms. The action of the foundations as anchors for the cantilever is visible in the placement of the counterweights. A simple cantilever span is formed by two arms extending from opposite sides of an obstacle to be crossed, meeting at the center. In a common variant, the span, the cantilever arms do not meet in the center, instead. The suspended span may be built off-site and lifted into place, thus, in a bridge built on two foundation piers, there are four cantilever arms, two which span the obstacle, and two anchor arms which extend away from the obstacle. Because of the need for strength at the balanced cantilevers supports. The Commodore Barry Bridge is an example of type of cantilever bridge. Steel truss cantilevers support loads by tension of the upper members, commonly, the structure distributes the tension via the anchor arms to the outermost supports, while the compression is carried to the foundations beneath the central towers. Many truss cantilever bridges use pinned joints and are statically determinate with no members carrying mixed loads. Prestressed concrete balanced cantilever bridges are built using segmental construction
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Fortitude Valley, Queensland
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Fortitude Valley is a suburb of central Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. The suburb lies immediately northeast of the Brisbane central business district, at the 2011 Australian Census Fortitude Valley recorded a population of 5,615. In the 1950s, the suburb was the largest shopping precinct outside of a business district in Australia. Scottish immigrants from the ship SS Fortitude arrived in Brisbane in 1849, denied land, the immigrants set up camp in Yorks Hollow waterholes in the vicinity of todays Victoria Park, Herston, Queensland. A number of the immigrants moved on and settled the suburb, a post office was established in 1887. 1891 saw the line extended from the Brisbane central business district into Fortitude Valley. His business thrived and, after extension, he travelled to England in 1896, soon after his return, McWhirter established a competing drapery business opposite Beirnes in 1898. Beirne and McWhirter became keen rivals and are credited with establishing the Valley as a hub of commerce from the late 1890s. However, in the 1893 Brisbane flood, major floods wiped out many shops in South Brisbane, the area they chose was Fortitude Valley. By that time Brisbanes horse-drawn tram system already centered on Fortitude Valley, Fortitude Valley was also strongly advocated as the location of a new town hall in what became known as the battle of the sites. However, a petition was raised in support of the Adelaide Street site and with the support of Charles Moffatt Jenkinson, Jenkinson committed the council to that decision by selling the site in Fortitude Valley to the Catholic Church for the construction of the Holy Name Cathedral. From the early 1900s through to the 1960s, the shopping precinct was dominated by McWhirters, Beirnes and, later. The Overells Building was completed in 1907 and they were ultimately bought out by the Myer, David Jones and Waltons chains respectively with Overells being bought by Walton in 1956. Woolworths and Coles supermarkets and a host of shops also flourished in the precinct during this period. The rise of shopping centres and the closure of the tram network in 1969 sounded the death knell for Fortitude Valley. David Jones closed its Valley store in the 1970s and Myer closed its doors in the early 1990s, in the 1970s and 1980s, the area fell into disrepute and, with the tacit support of police and government, illegal gambling houses and brothels set up shop. As the first step to its revitalisation, the Chinatown Mall opened in 1987, the 1990s saw the development of Fortitude Valley into a thriving live music scene and nightclub district. In 1991, the Brunswick Street pedestrian shopping mall was established, thereafter, the Brisbane City Council led a concerted urban renewal campaign, encouraging high density residential development around the suburb
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Kangaroo Point, Queensland
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Kangaroo Point is a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located directly east across the Brisbane River from the Brisbane central business district. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 7,000, the suburb features two prominent attractions, the Story Bridge and Kangaroo Point Cliffs. Kangaroo Point is located on a peninsula formed of rhyolite rock which the Brisbane River flows around. On the northern tip of the peninsula the Story Bridge connects it to the business district. The suburb of Woolloongabba is located to the south, the six-lane Main Street runs from Story Bridge to Woolloongabba. Kangaroo Point is a recreation spot, conveniently close to the city. The Look-out at Kangaroo Point is also included as one of the stops of Brisbane Transports City Sights bus service, Kangaroo Point is also home to one of less than 200 Mormon temples in the world. Kangaroo Point is also home to Ellis Street, one of the 20 steepest hills in Brisbane according to Brisbane City Council, Kangaroo Point is also home to the more-than-160-year-old St Marys Anglican Church. The cliffs are a picnic, rock climbing and abseiling site. The steepness of the cliffs was increased by quarrying operations which mined the volcanic rock or rhyolite lava flows form the cliffs. The lava was deposited in the Triassic Period about 230 million years ago and they currently form the banks of the Brisbane River. The Story Bridge is a prominent landmark and it is able to be climbed with authorised tourist groups and provides the main means of access to the north of Brisbane. Directly under the bridge is the Story Bridge Hotel, and Yungaba, one of Brisbanes most unusual, the Kangaroo Point Natural History Project was implemented by the council in 2013 to recognise the contribution by some of Queenslands pioneering scientists and researchers from the area. By bus the suburb is serviced by the South East Busway transit line and buses along Main Street, by road Kangaroo Point residents rely on the Story Bridge and Captain Cook Bridge for access to the north, and the Southeast Freeway for access to the south. Main Street connects the Story Bridge through the suburb to the South East Freeway, bicycle paths run along the Brisbane River from South Bank to and over the Story Bridge. The bicycle paths are used by cyclists, roller skaters. CityCat services do not directly service Kangaroo Point, the M7 Clem Jones Tunnel, a toll tunnel, which opened in March 2010, has a connection on Shafston Avenue. It diverts some traffic travelling through the suburb while providing a transport route for residents
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Victoria Bridge, Brisbane
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The Victoria Bridge is a vehicular and pedestrian bridge over the Brisbane River. The current bridge, opened in 1969, is the third permanent crossing erected at this location and it is shared by vehicular traffic, pedestrians and cyclists. Victoria Bridge connects South Brisbane near the South Bank Parklands and Queensland Cultural Centre to the Brisbane central business district at North Quay, half of the road space on the bridge is now given over to the South-East Busway. In the 2006 Brisbane City Centre Draft Masterplan, a new crossing immediately adjacent to the Victoria Bridge, construction of a bridge across the Brisbane River was first agreed to in 1861. The newly formed Legislative Assembly of Queensland forced the council to pay for the costs, £70,000 worth of borrowings was acquired from the Bank of Queensland. Work first began on the foundations for the first bridge across the Brisbane River on 22 August 1864, the bridge, known as the Brisbane Bridge, was a tolled, timber structure which opened in June 1865. It was a structure which was to be replaced by a more elaborately designed. The Bank of Queensland failed in July 1866, bringing about a halt to funding for the project, the state government was reluctant to take on responsibility for the bridges construction because it didnt want to incur debt. The timber bridge quickly succumbed to marine wood worm and began to progressively collapse, the council wasnt able to fully repair the structure and its remnants took two years to fall away into the river. In 1871, an English company, Peto, Brassey and Co, a new crossing, opened on 15 June 1874 by the Governor of Queensland, the George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby, was an iron structure and a toll bridge. The bridge was paid for by significant council borrowings that were to be recouped by tolls, however a lack of revenue forced its transfer to the Colonial Government. The tolls were abolished at this time and it included a turning span to allow tall masted river traffic to pass upstream. The position of the span was fixed when the tram-lines were laid along the bridge. It carried a 6 in and a 9 in diameter pipe which supplied water to South Brisbane. This bridge was washed away in the 1893 Brisbane flood. Another replacement bridge was built and entered service in 1897, lasting until 1969, in the meantime, ferries were used to transport people and goods. This second bridge was designed by Alfred Barton Brady and it was constructed of steel and had two carriage ways and two footpaths. As early as 1943 evidence of the bridge buckling from the weight of increased traffic was noticed, tram numbers on the bridge had to be restricted and the footpath removed as a result
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South Brisbane, Queensland
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Its population was estimated to be 5,416 at the 2011 Australian Census. Modern public transport services include train stations at South Brisbane and South Bank and South East Busway stations at Cultural Centre, South Bank. CityCat ferry services link South Brisbane to other riverside suburbs, in the 2011 census the population of South Brisbane was 5,416,48. 8% female and 51. 2% male. The median age of the South Brisbane population was 30 years, one-third of the population were aged in their twenties, compared to 13. 8% nationally. 44. 2% of people living in South Brisbane were born in Australia, the other top responses for country of birth were England 3. 8%, New Zealand 3. 7%, China 3. 3%, Korea, Republic of 3%, India 2%. 57. 2% of people spoke only English at home, the next most popular languages were 5. 5% Mandarin,2. 8% Korean,2. 7% Cantonese,2. 1% Greek,1. 9% Arabic. The most common religious affiliation was No Religion, the next most common responses were Catholic, Anglican, Buddhism, known, along with West End and Highgate Hill as Kurilpa to the local indigenous people, the area remains important in indigenous life. Musgrave Park has been for years a place of congregation for the Murri peoples of south-east Queensland. It is the site of a ring that has been buried. European settlement commenced with the first land sales in 1843, followed by the development of wharves along the bank of the Brisbane River, commercials buildings and hotels developed around the Russell Street area. By the 1850s there were over 100 residences in the area, South Brisbane Recreation Reserve was created in 1856. In 1867, it was proposed to build a grammar school adjacent to the reserve. However it was not until 1925 that Brisbane State High School moved to the site In 1884, as a result, South Brisbane experienced a construction boom. In 1888, South Brisbane became an independent municipality, initially as the Borough of South Brisbane, in 1925 the City of South Brisbane was amalgamated into the City of Greater Brisbane. The first electric tramway in Brisbane ran along Stanley Street in South Brisbane on 16 June 1897, the South Brisbane Memorial Park commemorates those of South Brisbane who died in World War I. On 20 May 1921 the South Brisbane City Council set aside a triangular block bounded by Stanley Street, Vulture Street. On 6 August 1923 the park was dedicated Governor-General of Australia, the suburb was previously heavily industrialised. Its regeneration began when it was selected as the location of World Expo 88, following Expo 88, South Bank Parklands was built on the former Expo site
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Customs House, Brisbane
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Customs House is a heritage-listed customs house at 427 Queen Street, Brisbane CBD, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Charles H McLay and built from 1886 to 1889 at a cost of ₤38,346 by John Petrie & Son. It was originally used for the collection of duty and was opened in 1889. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 7 February 2005, the collection of custom duties on imported products was particularly important to Queensland where the manufacturing sector was slow to develop. Brisbane was declared a city in 1846. In 1908, seven years after federation, the building was acquired by the federal government, Customs House is within reach of the CityCat catamaran ferry service, as well as the Free Loop Bus. The 1880s building replaced an earlier and much smaller house on the site. The location had been chosen in 1849 following the declaration of Moreton Bay as a port of entry in 1846, a small building was erected for customs purposes in 1850 and in the following decades became increasingly inadequate as Brisbane emerged as the principal commercial centre and port of Queensland. In 1884 the Queensland Government decided to construct a new customs house, in March 1886 a design by Charles McLay was selected from many proposals in the Colonial Architects Office for a new Brisbane Customs House. McLay completed the specification in May 1886 and construction commenced in September that year, Charles McLay was the major designer under the colonial architect George Connolly and was appointed Chief Draftsman in 1889. The contract was let to one of Brisbanes oldest and most respected contractors, John Petrie & Son, retaining walls, fencing, a double staircase down to the river and nearby earth closets were also constructed. The completed building incorporated pedimented gables and a massive colonnade, heraldic scenes in the pediments were precursors to the official Queensland coat of arms, which was not granted until 1893. A curved iron balustrade to the balconies included the initials of the sovereign, Victoria Regina. Red cedar was used extensively for desks, counters, cabinets and tables as well as for a massive, public pride in the new customs house was considerable. In 1891 stables, additional retaining walls and fencing, and more earth closets were erected at a cost of £446, by the mid-1890s gardens and a driveway had been developed. The mature fig tree now at the site was planted about this time. Minor repairs were carried out throughout the 1890s, including work in 1895 after seven feet of water inundated the basement during the 1893 Brisbane River floods. As a consequence of the Federation of Australia, the Brisbane Customs House, in 1906 the inadequacies of the original flat roof were overcome by the installation of a new hipped roof
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George Street, Brisbane
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George Street is a main street located in the Brisbane CBD in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The State Parliament House building for the state of Queensland and Brisbane Square, as well as the Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law, queens Gardens, Treasury Building, Lands Administration Building and The Mansions are all located on George Street. Other office towers built on George Street include 111 George Street,275 George Street and 400 George Street, at the northern end is the Roma Street railway station. George Street as well as Queen Street, Wickham Street and the known as Petrie Bight were unsealed. In 1897, the North Brisbane Council held an election on whether a loan should be raised so the streets could be woodblocked. Agreement was given after a decision by only a third of registered voters, however the results were limited as the surface was very slippery during the rain. The first private residence in Brisbane, a weatherboard, low-ceilinged cottage, was built on George Street, the building remained intact into the 1880s but like similar early houses in the central business district they have been demolished and the land redeveloped. In 1911, Queensland belatedly established its first university in the Old Government House at the end of George Street, by the late 1930s the university outgrew this site, moving its main campus to St Lucia. 1885, it served for years as Brisbanes premier hotel. Without any prior announcement, the Queensland Government demolished the building overnight on 20 April 1979. Media related to George Street, Brisbane at Wikimedia Commons
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Albert Street, Brisbane
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Albert Street is a road in Brisbane, Australia. It was named after Prince Albert, the Prince Consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, the section between Adelaide Street and Ann Street has now been included in King George Square. At 102 Albert Street, the site of the now demolished Brisbane Festival Hall, is Festival Towers,123 Albert Street is an office building that was completed in 2011. It has achieved 6 stars on the Green Star environmental rating
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Edward Street, Brisbane
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Edward Street is a busy thoroughfare in the Brisbane central business district, Queensland, Australia. It is a street located between Albert Street and Creek Street, and runs from Upper Edward Street to Alice Street. A number of prominent Brisbane landmarks are situated on Edward Street, the Central Station, the Queen Street Mall, the Metro Arts Theatre and the City Botanic Gardens can be accessed from Edward Street. A number of Brisbane CBD shopping centres have entrances from Edward Street and these include QueensPlaza, Wintergarden, MacArthur Central, ANZAC Square Arcade and Rowes Arcade. When the building was demolished in 2002 to make way for the QueensPlaza shopping mall, in 2013, the café was re-established using the original fittings within Brisbane City Hall. Edward Street is the avenue in Brisbanes upmarket shopping district. Many national and international fashion, jewellery and homewares stores have boutiques on Edward Street, Edward Street is home to Brisbanes luxury fashion and jewellery brands, with many shopping centres having high-end precincts that front onto Edward St, as well as stand-alone stores. QueensPlazas Edward Street frontage has the likes of Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Salvatore Ferragamo, MacArthur Central has Ralph Lauren, Oroton, Rhodes & Beckett and Tag Heuer. Other brands have boutiques located further down towards the Botanic Gardens, in April 2011, it was announced that the former Dymocks store in the heritage listed MacArthur Chambers would be redeveloped into an Apple Store. The proposal was approved by the Brisbane City Council in May 2011, danish homewares specialist Georg Jensen have a boutique in between Longchamp and Italian high-fashion brand Gucci. Also in this stretch are Australian businesswear specialist Rhodes & Beckett, Ralph Lauren and Australian luxury handbag maker Oroton, the corner of Edward Street and Elizabeth Street is particularly prestigious. Hermes operate a flagship on the corner of Edward St and Elizabeth St, diagonally opposite Hugo Boss. Tag Heuer also operate a store on that corner, while Cartier has announced plans to open its largest Australian store on the remaining corner spot, in late July 2012 Mont Blanc opened their new boutique next to Hermes, after closing their Queens Plaza store. In December 2012, Singapore-based luxury timepiece retailer The Hour Glass opened their fourth Australian store on Edward Street, in April 2013 Ermenegildo Zegna opened a two-storey boutique on the street, followed a few months later by Max Mara next door. Other stores in the vicinity include Italian menswear specialist Canali, Brisbane-based menswear department store Mitchell Ogilvie, israeli comfort footwear maker Beautifeel also operate a store on Edward Street
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