| Description |
329 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm |
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Paperback |
| Contents |
1. Captain Logan's Ghost - Queensland Cultural Centre -- 2. Female convict factory - General Post Office, Queen street -- 3. Convict floggings - Queen and Albert streets -- 4. Racial assaults, 1849 - Victoria Park, Herston -- 5. Bread or blood, 1865 - Victoria Bridge -- 6. Assassination attempt, 1868 - Conrad Treasury Hotel, William street -- 7. Indentured labour - 'Yungaba', Kangaroo Point -- 8. Maritime Hall - Eagle and Queen streets -- 9. Racecourse riot, 1887 - Eagle Farm -- 10. Anti-Chinese riot, 1888 - Lower Albert street -- 11. The Boomerang - Broadway Arcade, Adelaide street -- 12. Henry George's utopia - Wintergarden Centre, Queen Street Mall -- 13. First Trades Hall, 1891-1922 - Suncorp Metway Theatre, Turbot street -- 14. The Women's Union, 1890-1910 - Speaker's corner, King George Square -- 15. Union prisoners, 1891 - St Helena Island, Moreton Bay -- 16. Women's suffrage struggles - Grant Thornton House, 102 Adelaide St -- 17. Brisbane docks - Brisbane river, South Brisbane and City reaches -- 18. Sectarian disturbances, 1900 - Lower Ann street -- 19. Larrikin 'push', 1902 - Kangaroo Point -- 20. Brisbane Institute of Social Service - 381 Brunswick st, Fortitude Valley -- 21. Boggo Road Gaol - Annerley road, Dutton Park -- 22. Baton Friday, 1912 - Ann and Roma street -- 23. Free speech fight, 1913-14 - Queen Street Mall -- 24. Conscription riot - School of Arts, Ann street -- 25. Government Printing Office, 1917 - George street and Stephens lane -- 26. Red flag riots, 1919 - Merivale street, South Brisbane -- 27. Richard Ramo's temple of peace and Peter Jackson's memorial - Toowong cemetary -- 28. Unemployed camps - School of Dentistry, Turbot street -- 29. Radical theatre - inner city -- 30. Pineapple rebellion, 1939 - Parliament House -- 31. Radical bookshops - inner city -- 32. Battle of Brisbane, 1942 - corner of Adelaide and Creek streets -- 33. Young Communist League and the Radical Club - Brisbane domain and Old Governent House, QUT, Gardens Point -- 34. Lyceum Club - Post Office Square, Queen Street -- 35. Fred Paterson bashing, 1948 - Edward Street, between Ann and Turbot Streets -- 36. Labour day - exhibition grounds, Bowen Hills -- 37. Wharfie's club - Macrossan and Adelaide streets -- 38. Eureka Youth League - Clarence corner, South Brisbane -- 39. Rock 'n' roll riot, 1956 - Albert and Charlotte streets -- 40. Women's liberation, 1965 - Regatta Hotel, Coronation drive -- 41. Communist Party bombing, 1972 - 291 St Paul's Terrace -- 42. Student revolt, 1960s and 1970s - The University of Queensland, St Lucia -- 43. FOCO, Second trades hall - IBM Building, Turbot and Upper Edward streets -- 44. Springbok tour confrontation - Tower Mill/Wickham Park, Wickham Terrace -- 45. Women's House - 54 Browning street, West End -- 46. Right to march movement - King George Square -- 47. Punks and police - Baroona Hall, Caxton street, Paddington -- 48. Political detonations, 1975 - Executive building, George street -- 49. Always will be - Musgrave Park: Cordelia, Russell and Edmonstone streets |
| Summary |
Two experienced activists, academics and writers turn South East Queensland history on its head. Radical Brisbane is a monument to those who have struggled for political and social justice throughout the past 200 years. Features historical and contemporary photographs |
| Analysis |
Local history (Queensland) |
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Turrbal people |
| Notes |
Cover subtitle: An unruly history |
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"Brisbane Labour History Association; The University of Queensland, Australia; Queensland Government, Arts Queensland; State Library of Queensland; Brisbane City [Council]"--Back cover |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 325-329 |
| Audience |
Tertiary/Undergraduate, General |
| Subject |
Protest movements -- Australia -- Brisbane (Qld.) -- History.
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Socialism -- Australia -- Queensland -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Brisbane (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79115478 -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 -- 1824-1900
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Brisbane (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79115478 -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 -- 1824-1900
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Brisbane (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79115478 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
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Brisbane (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79115478 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Brisbane (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79115478 -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008859
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Brisbane (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79115478 -- History -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167
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Brisbane (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79115478 -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006165
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Brisbane (Qld.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79115478 -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008861
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| Author |
Evans, Raymond, 1944-
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Ferrier, Carole, 1946-
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Rickertt, Jeff.
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| ISBN |
0958079455 paperback |
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