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from Your Time Magazine Brisbane - Jan 2022

WELLBEING

THE Christmas Tree has gone for another year, but here’s what to look out for next time you are hurrying through King George Square.

Brisbane City Hall was the tallest and most impressive building in the state when it was completed in 1930, and its 92m clocktower remained the city’s highest for more than three decades.

Look up to see an adaption of the style used on of ancient Greek temples. The carved sandstone tympanum (triangular decorative area) above the main entrance was carved by Daphne Mayo.

The central figure in the classical design is robed to represent the state who sends her explorers, industrialists and artists throughout the land. The displaced Aboriginal people are depicted as fleeing.

The King George V bronze equestrian statue with its two bronze lions, was the result of an Australia-wide competition in 1938. Originally the king stood on a central pillar, flanked by the lions which faced to the side while he faced City Hall.

In the early 1970s, the statue was turned around to lead his subjects to battle, after Queen Elizabeth II asked during a visit to Brisbane, “Why is Grandpapa retreating?” The lions are similar to those at the base of Nelson’s column in London’s Trafalgar Square.

The Petrie Tableau near Ann St was created in bronze in1988 to acknowledge the pioneer families of Brisbane as a Brisbane City bicentennial project. The Petrie family, selected by public submission, were the first free settlers in the Moreton Bay Penal Colony.

Andrew Petrie was appointed clerk of works in 1837 and played a big part in the design and construction of many of Brisbane’s earliest buildings. His son John was elected Brisbane’s first mayor in 1859. Both were intrepid explorers.

Near Adelaide St is Speaker’s Corner, (pictured) with three important figures from Queensland history in bronze.

Emma Miller, 1839-1917, fought for women’s rights and the rights of workers.

Sir Charles Lilley, 1830-1897, was the premier responsible for establishing free education and Steele Rudd, 1868-1935, born Arthur Hoey Davis, created the Dad and Dave characters and was one of Australia’s best known bush storytellers.

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