Sujet

Crossing the first permanent Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, c1874. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Crossing the first permanent Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, c1874. Possibly just after the bridge opened in June 1874. A horse and cart is crossing the bridge. Several gentlemen are posing on fence posts in the foreground. The tollhouse is on the right. The view is looking towards South Brisbane.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A52_206

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

43,8Mo (2,1Mo) / 42,0cm x 26,2cm / 4960 x 3089 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation exterior outdoors river scenic road people male library group man men historical landscape new Australia Australian engineering country crossing guy bridge bridges view British Queensland geography structure distance photography perspective scenery location infrastructure century horse drawn Colonial distant empire vista Britain Brisbane photograph toll concept photo B&W road bridge horse-drawn road Transport Thoroughfare Day 19th century black & white black and white background people B W british colony 1870s Brisbane River nineteenth century history historic British Empire colonialism geographical feature horse and cart horse-drawn vehicle TGN toll house Victoria Bridge outside photograph landscape 1874 horsedrawn Unknown Heritage Art 19th-century Crown colony National Library of Australia