I was out the university in April 2007 and took these photos. The dry grass in the central Grand Court is a result of the drought in the last ten years. Brisbane was on Level 5 water restrictions with no houses, commercial or institutional centers being watered. That has all changed now with immense amount of rain over South East Queensland at Christmas time.
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I was out visiting my son Anthony in July 2008. Anthony is studying at the University. I took some photos of the surroundings, gardens and lakes which are on the Campus now compared to the 1960's and 1970's.
The surroundings, gardens and lake can viewed here. There has been a lot of rain since the previous photos in April 2007!!
Some of the current buildings can be viewed here ....
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The Book: 'The Mayne Inheritance' by Rosamond Sieman
The Book: 'The Mayne Inheritance' by Rosamond Sieman
1977 Uni of Qld Press, Box 6042 St Lucia www.uqp.uq.edu.au
.... e-mail from Gay Grillmeier ....
.... It is about the Mayne family story, and the end result was that James Mayne donated a lot of money to Qld University so that they could buy the land at St Lucia. The Mayne Hall at the Uni is named after this family. The book contains a fascinating story ( I won't tell you why it is fascinating), a lot of the very early history of Brisbane. The big home this family lived in is now the Wesley Hospital.
It is a must read for all people who have ever attended the Qld Uni. May be some one could read the book and give a review of the book. I would be happy to do that but I don't have a copy of the book. I borrowed it.
.... e-mail from Gay Grillmeier ....
.... It is about the Mayne family story, and the end result was that James Mayne donated a lot of money to Qld University so that they could buy the land at St Lucia. The Mayne Hall at the Uni is named after this family. The book contains a fascinating story ( I won't tell you why it is fascinating), a lot of the very early history of Brisbane. The big home this family lived in is now the Wesley Hospital.
It is a must read for all people who have ever attended the Qld Uni. May be some one could read the book and give a review of the book. I would be happy to do that but I don't have a copy of the book. I borrowed it.
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