Portrait of Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Mr Clem Jones

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

Clem Jones (16 January 1918 – 15 December 2007), a surveyor by profession, was the longest serving Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Queensland, representing the Australian Labor Party from 1961 to 1975. He was Chair of the Darwin Reconstruction Commission from 1975 to 1978. He was a successful businessman and philanthropist.

During Jones’ 15 years in office as the head of the Brisbane City Council, Brisbane underwent considerable change. Through the 1960s Jones successfully led the council to develop a town plan, seal roads, improve drainage and connect sewers to most of the city. The city council, under his stewardship, purchased city properties to build underground car parks, which were then topped with public parks and gardens.

In the suburbs, land was acquired for open space and parklands. Work started on the development of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha. Controversially, Jones announced in 1968 the conversion of

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