The Brisbane City Sketchers went to the Parkland today to sketch. It is the middle of winter here, and it was 26 deg C a little above average, and it was gorgeous.
Roma Street parkland has quite a History;
The area has a long and varied
history; from a meeting place for local Aboriginal people prior to
European settlement, a gazetted park in the 1870s to a railway goods
yard. The area that is now called Roma Street Parkland has been a focal
point for the people and commerce of Brisbane.
The Turrbal people used the area around Roma Street Parkland for a
variety of purposes prior to the arrival of the first Europeans, uses
which included recreation, hunting and camping. On at least occasion in
the 1840s it is recorded that the Roma Street area was used for a major
gathering of Aboriginal groups from south-east Queensland and was
probably the last of such gatherings in the Brisbane area.
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