Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Set For Record Australia Day
Brisbane’s Australia Day procession tomorrow will be more than a mile in length and promises to be one of the most colourful ever.
The procession has been divided into 11 groups, each led by a band. one feature will be the first appearance in Queensland of the 2/14 Queensland Mounted Infantry Band.
The procession will proceed via George-street, into Queen, Wickham, Brunswick-street, down Gregory-terrace and past the Exhibition grounds.
A sports carnival at the Exhibition grounds will commence at 11 a.m. and continue to 6 p.m.
A 2 p.m. the Attorney-General, Mr. W. Power, will perform the official ceremony of unfurling the Australian flag.
Events include trotting, cycling, dancing, hunts and other horse events, novelties, massed dancing displays, army displays, a baseball carnival and massed band parades.
Description source:
Truth, 25 January 1953
View the original image at Queensland State Archives:
Digital Image ID 4702