Queen Street, 1954-59
Night scene of Queen Street, Brisbane, between 1954 and 1959.
Photo courtesy of Brisbane Royal Visits: John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
Memorabilia & Artefacts
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Historical photos, nightlife fragments, and artefacts from Brisbane's club scene, gathered into one growing archive.
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Brisbane After Dark
Warana Festival, 1966
Queen Street looking down from George Street at night during the 1966 Warana Festival.
Photo courtesy of Translink.
Queen Street at Edward Street, 1969
The night of 7 April 1969, with Brisbane City Council trams on Queen Street six days before the tram network closed.
Photo credit: John Ward, taken as a 35mm colour slide and subsequently scanned and digitised.
Queen Street at Night, 1970s
Looking along Queen Street, Brisbane City, at night in the 1970s.
Photo courtesy of Rogers Website Queensland History.
Albert Street towards Queen Street, 1977
An evening photo of Albert Street looking towards the corner of Queen Street in 1977.
Photo credit: John Herrick, copyright Golden Press.
Cloudland Ballroom, 1979
The Cloudland Ballroom Dance Hall in Bowen Hills in 1979.
Photo courtesy of Kyle Fysh, from Rogers Website.
Images Night Club, 1980s
The dance floor at Images Night Club, formerly Top of the State, on the top floor of the SGIO building in the 1980s.
Photo courtesy of the BCC Library.
The World by Night, CBD
A performer at The World by Night club in the Brisbane CBD.
Source: Courier-Mail feature on Brisbane nightlife history.
Rogues, Underwood
Archival image from Rogues in Underwood.
Source: Courier-Mail feature on Brisbane nightlife history.
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