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Rocklea Industrial Area, December 1957

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The Courier-Mail
8 April 1954

INDUSTRIAL SITES DEMAND. Southern firms set up offices and factories

A BIG demand for industrial sites in and around Brisbane has been made in recent weeks by large southern industries and manufacturing firms.

Sydney and Melbourne firms which formerly had only a representative in Brisbane are now setting up branch offices, storage rooms, and, in some cases, factories. Real estate agents reported yesterday that already several sales of
small sites had been made, while other firms had placed orders for suitable sites.

Mr. Alan White, of Ray White Pty Ltd, said yesterday: ‘This is one of the most; remarkable trends in real estate we have seen in Brisbane in recent years.’ Other agents said the demand was mostly for 24 perch or 32-perch sites in the city for branch offices and despatch and show rooms, and for larger blocks of land or buildings in the outer

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Brisbane city from the air, December 1957

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The Courier-Mail
17 September 1954

Brisbane town plan report

A “very lengthy report” had been received on the Brisbane City town plan, the Treasurer (Mr. Walsh) told Mr. Kerr (Lib, Sherwood) in Parliament yesterday.

It would be examined in due course and, after study of the submissions, recommendations would be submitted to the Governor-in-Council. It was not customary to table such report in Parliament.

Mr. Kerr had asked whether the report would be made available to members.

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South Brisbane Hospital, December 1957

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Queensland Times
10 June 1952

£2M. Hospital For South Brisbane

The new 720-bed South Brisbane auxiliary hospital will be the
most modern of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. the Health Minister (Mr. W. Moore) said .tonight. He said that top building priority had been given the new hospital, which should be completed in about 20 months at a cost of nearly £2,000,000.

Queensland State Archives Item ID436402, Photographic material

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