Still Opening Letters

Brisbane, 1901–1906

1 January 1901

The proclamation is read from the Treasury balcony on 1 January 1901.

A dense crowd fills Queen Street, Brisbane, facing the Treasury Building. People stand along the balcony and in the windows while the proclamation is read, 1 January 1901.
Queen Street, during the reading. The Treasury balcony is above the crowd.John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Out of copyright.