[2] In 1897, the North Brisbane Council held an election on whether a loan should be raised so the streets could be woodblocked.

[2] The first private residence in Brisbane, a weatherboard, low-ceilinged cottage, was built on George Street.

[3] The building remained intact into the 1880s but like similar early houses in the central business district they have been demolished and the land redeveloped.

Without any prior public announcement, the Queensland Government demolished the building overnight on 20 April 1979.

[7] By the late 1930s, the university outgrew this site, moving its main campus to St Lucia after World War II.