Fun morning at the university of
Queensland at St Lucia. We holed up in Wordsmiths Cafe as it was some
hot after the horrendous thunderstorm at 4.30am.
The University of Queensland was the first university in the state and was officially founded on April 16, 1910
Teaching started in 1911 in Old Government House in George Street,
Brisbane. In the first year there were three faculties – Arts, Science
and Engineering – and 83 students (60 men and 23 women).
After World War I, the University expanded rapidly and soon outgrew
its inner-city location. In 1922, an additional site in Victoria Park
(now occupied by the Medical School) was secured. Four years later, Dr
James O’Neil Mayne and his sister Miss Mary Emelia Mayne provided funds
to buy the St Lucia site where the University’s main campus is now
located. Construction started on the St Lucia site in 1937 and the first
building, later named the Forgan Smith Building after the Premier of
the day, was completed in 1939. During World War II, it became the
advanced headquarters for the Allied Land Forces in the South West
Pacific.
First sketch of the day on toned pastel paper and charcoal.
BRISBANE CITY SKETCHERS at work
We had an audience.
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