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New Farm park, Brisbane, October 1972

Cynthia O'Gorman1972

QUT Digital Collections

QUT Digital Collections
Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Australia

Prior to European settlement, the New Farm area was covered with bush and dotted with shallow lagoons, supporting a variety of wildlife and being a bountiful resource to local Indigenous People. The area was called ‘Binkin-ba’ meaning place of the land tortoise. The changing land use in and around New Farm Park from Aboriginal resource, to convict farm, from tenant farming to racecourse, from elite residences to suburban subdivision, and finally to parkland, demonstrates the evolution of Queensland’s history, and the process of the creation of open spaces as an area's population grew. New Farm Park, which is on the land of the Turrbal people currently covers 15.0076 hectares of land, and is bounded by Brunswick Street and Sydney Street, New Farm. It adjoins the Brisbane Powerhouse arts precinct and the Brisbane River. (Text: Qld State Archives)

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  • Title: New Farm park, Brisbane, October 1972
  • Creator: Cynthia O'Gorman
  • Date Created: 1972
  • Location: New Farm Park, Brisbane, Queensland, AU
  • Subject Keywords: Roses; Playground; New Farm Park, Jacaranda trees
  • Rights: QUT
  • External Link: QUT Digital Collection
  • QUT Collection: Bain/O'Gorman
QUT Digital Collections

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