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George Street is a major street located in the Brisbane CBD in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.




Geography


George Street extends from the Queensland University of Technology's Garden Point campus and City Botanic Gardens at its south-east end (27.4756°S 153.0281°E / -27.4756; 153.0281 (George Street (south-east end))), through the commercial centre of Brisbane (Queen Street and Queen Street Mall), through to Roma Street railway station at its north-west end (27.4667°S 153.0196°E / -27.4667; 153.0196 (George Street (north-west end))).
The State Parliament House building for the state of Queensland and Brisbane Square, as well as the Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law and the State Law Building are found on the street. 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.




History


George Street as well as Queen Street, Wickham Street and the area known as Petrie Bight were unsealed and often dusty before 1899. 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 close decision by only a third of registered voters, however the results were limited as the surface was very slippery during the rain and buckled during heavy rains.
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 1867, the Menzies Private Hotel was established at 28 George Street (corner of Margaret Street and adjacent to the Queensland Club). It was refurbished and re-opened as the Kingsley Private Hotel in July 1922. It has since been demolished.
The Bellevue Hotel opened on the western corner of George and Alice Streets c. 1885. It served for many years as Brisbane's premier hotel. Without any prior public announcement, the Queensland Government demolished the building overnight on 20 April 1979.
In 1911, Queensland belatedly established its first university, the University of Queensland, 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 after World War II.

On Friday 17 July 1970, a faulty fuse in a traffic light created a spark that ignited a leaking gas pipe running through the basements of several George Street buildings (between Queen Street and Adelaide Street) which caused a series of explosions, killing one woman and injuring 38 other people. The damage to buildings in George Street and neighbouring streets as well as roads and other infrastructure was estimated at $500,000.




Heritage sites


George Street has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

2 George Street: the former Brisbane Central Technical College
2 George Street: Old Government House
19 George Street: Queensland Club
40 George Street: The Mansions
68 George Street: Harris Terrace
110 George Street and 84 William Street: the former Queensland Government Printing Office
142 George Street: Lands Administration Building and its First World War Honour Board
144 George Street: Queens Gardens
171 George Street: Family Services Building
175 George Street: Treasury Hotel
179–191 George Street (with frontages to Elizabeth Street): Hunters Buildings: Treasury Chambers, St Francis House, & Symons Building
331 & 333 George Street: BAFS Building
414 George Street: McDonnell & East Ltd Building
468–482 George Street: Transcontinental Hotel
Sections of Albert St, George St, William St, North Quay, Queen's Wharf Rd: Early Streets of Brisbane
69 Alice Street: Parliament House (also faces onto George Street)




Queen's Wharf development



The Queen's Wharf development of an entertainment precinct will be bounded by Queen Street, George Street, Alice Street and the Brisbane River (including all of William Street). All of the non-heritage buildings on the site will be demolished.




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Major intersections



Alice Street
Margaret Street
Mary Street
Charlotte Street
Elizabeth Street
Queen Street
Adelaide Street
Ann Street
Turbot Street
Tank Street
Herschel Street
Roma Street




See also



Daniel Marquis, who operated a photographic studio at 82 George St.
Brisbane Quarter, mixed use development at 300 George Street.




References






External links


Media related to George Street, Brisbane at Wikimedia Commons

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