View of Gateway Bridge during opening, 11 January 1986

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The Gateway Bridge was opened to the public on 11 January 1986 when around 200,000 people walked over it. The bridge was open to cars the following day.

It was officially opened by the Duke of Edinburgh on 14 May 1986, and since it had been carrying cars for four months he declared it “more open than usual”.

Queensland State Archives Item ID436053, Photographic material

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Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 1897

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

The Telegraph
8 December 1897

Orchids in the Botanic Gardens

There are at present on view in the small showhouse, off the large bushhouse, in the Gardens, a few beautiful orchids, though the specimens, being young, are individually small. They comprise Dendrobium formosum, white with orange throat; Dendrobium suavisaimum, rich yellow, very fragrant; Vanda tricolor, two varieties, light yellow spotted with red, very fragrant; Cattleya Harrisoniae, rose colour, Phalaenopsis grandiflora.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 25456

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