1/40Horse-drawn trams at the intersection of Queen and Eagle streets about 1900
The Mall at 40: Queen St through the ages
Brisbane’s iconic Queen Street Mall is celebrating its 40th anniversary, and we’ve gone back 120 years to trace the history of the city’s main street.
2/40Trams on Queen St in the early days
3/40View of trams looking south down Queen St from Creek St in the 1930s
4/40View of the GPO and trams on Queen St looking west
5/40Trams on Queen St in the 1940s
6/40Trams bank up on Queen St after a woman was struck in May 1953
7/40Queen St in pre-mall days
8/40Trams on Queen St in the 1960s. Picture: National Archives of Australia
9/40Trams on Queen St in pre-mall days
10/40Queen St in pre-mall days
11/40The corner of Queen and Albert streets before the mall
12/40Businesses in Queen St before the mall
13/40Businesses in Queen St before the mall
14/40Jo-Jo’s on Queen St in pre-mall days
15/40The Queen Street Mall is officially opened in 1982.
16/40The Queen Street Mall is officially opened in 1982.
17/40Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to Brisbane for the Commonwealth Games coincided with the opening of the Queen Street Mall in 1982.
18/40Queen Street Mall in the early days
19/40Queen Street Mall in the early days
20/40Friday night in the Queen Street Mall in the 1990s
21/40The dragon rollercoaster that once sat atop the Myer Centre in Queen Street Mall
22/40A wedding in the Queen Street Mall in 1992
23/40The Queen Street Mall in 1992
24/40Jimmy's on the Mall in 1993
25/40The Queen Street Mall in 1995
26/40Queen Street Mall in the early days
27/40Queen Street Mall in the early days
28/40Greater Union cinemas in the early days of the Queen Street Mall
29/40The modern-day Queen Street Mall
30/40The modern-day Queen Street Mall
31/40The modern-day Queen Street Mall
32/40QueensPlaza at the bottom of the modern-day Queen Street Mall
33/40Hungry Jack’s has been at the centre of the Queen Street Mall for decades.
34/40The modern-day Queen Street Mall
35/40The southern hemisphere’s biggest McDonald’s now occupies the former site of Jo-Jo’s in the Queen Street Mall.
36/40The modern-day Queen Street Mall
37/40The northern end of the modern Queen Street Mall where it meets Edward St
38/40The modern-day Queen Street Mall
39/40Looking south along the Queen Street Mall from the Edward St intersection, the night before the mall’s 40th anniversary. Picture: Steve Pohlner
40/40Looking south along the Queen Street Mall from the Albert St intersection, the night before the mall’s 40th anniversary. Picture: Steve Pohlner
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