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Brighton Terrace
Brighton Terrace is a heritage-listed duplex (building), duplex at 30 Sussex Street, West End, Queensland, West End, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John Beauchamp Nicholson and built from 1887 to 1890. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History Brighton Terrace, which consists of two sets of identical pairs of semi-detached houses, was apparently built for investment purposes for Emile Adrian Gaujard in 1889–90. Tenders for the construction of the four houses were called on 6 August 1887 by John B. Nicholson, a successful Brisbane architect who prospered in the boom conditions of the late 1880s. Gaujard was a wholesale and retail tobacconist and importer of Gaujard and Elson, which was located in Queen Street, Brisbane. The first two houses were completed in 1889 and were immediately let to A. Mirls, a commercial traveller and WH Robertson, a bank manager. Despite completion in 1890, the second pair of houses were not occupied unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West End, Queensland
West End is an inner southern Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , West End had a population of 9,474 people. The Australian Aborigine, Aboriginal name for the area is ''Kurilpa'', which means ''place of the water rat''. Geography Geographically, West End is bounded by the median of the Brisbane River to the west and the south. Hill End is a neighbourhood () within West End in the south-west of the suburb near the Brisbane River. West End is adjacent to the suburbs of South Brisbane, Queensland, South Brisbane and Highgate Hill, Queensland, Highgate Hill. These three suburbs make up a peninsula of the Brisbane River. History Before the arrival of Europeans in West End, there was an important habitual Aboriginal camp in the area around the upper part of Musgrave Park where Brisbane State High School now stands. Boundary Street in West End and in Spring Hill, Queensland, Spring Hill were named as along with Vulture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
