annual report 2007 where City meets Country - the RNA
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It’s one of Brisbane’s most historic and culturally significantsites, spanning 22 hectares just outside <strong>the</strong> CBD of Brisbane.Main pavilion(corner ofBowen BridgeRoad andGregoryTerrace)destroyed byfireFirst motorcar paradeincorporatedinto showJohnMacDonaldstand builtAmericanaviator ArthurBurr Stoneuses <strong>the</strong> mainoval to takeoff and land aMetz BleriotMonoplanefor <strong>the</strong> firstflight over <strong>the</strong>Brisbane <strong>City</strong>Main pavilionSix acres ofreplaced withland is boughtnew brickoff Mrs Pettybuilding on <strong>the</strong>(land borderedcorner of Bowenby GregoryBridge RoadTerrace,and GregoryAlexandriaTerrace (OldStreet, ScienceQueenslandStreet andMuseum).Water Street)It contains1,300,000 bricksand is completedin 23 weeks.300 men areconstantly atwork during itsconstruction. Atits completionin 1892, Thebuilding isequipped witha massive pipeorgan by Wallisand Co ofLondon.<strong>RNA</strong> Annual Report <strong>2007</strong> 55
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