Name: North Brisbane School of Arts
Time: 1849 - 1878
Epoch: Early 19th Century
Category: School of Arts
Institution Category: Informing
Institution Group: Public Community Education
Coordinates: -27.4670283333333, 153.028583333333
Street Address: North Brisbane School of Arts, on the corner Queen and Creek Streets, Brisbane City
Suburb: Brisbane City (CBD)
Sector: Independent \'Community\'
Local Study Area: Spring Hill-CBD-Fortitude Valley-New Farm (Inner City)
Study Stage: MBNH Stage 9 Local Study Areas
The North Brisbane School of Arts was established in 1849 and its first premises were located on the corner Queen and Creek Streets. The School of Arts provided a library for members, conducted public lectures, and organised classes in a wide variety of subjects. The lending library was a major activity of the School of Arts.
Geographic Description 1: Inside The Green Belt
Geographic Description 2: Brisbane River
Geographic Description 3: Flood Plains (Major); High River Banks (still floods); Ridgeline (Slopes off Wickham Tce)
Cleary, James T. The North Brisbane School of Arts, 1849-1899, The University of Queensland, Department of History, B.A. Hons. Thesis , 1967
Shaw, Barry; Metcalf, William James. (ed) Brisbane: Training, Teaching and Turmoil: Tertiary Education 1825-2018, Brisbane History Group, Salisbury, Qld, Boolarong Press, Moorooka, Qld, 2018.
The first North Brisbane School of Arts Building, ca. 1877. Photographer: Tissington, G. A. Archive: John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12662487]
