State Law Building, George Street
view from the Law Courts Complex

Map of Brisbane CBD.

George Street is a main street located in the Brisbane CBD in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. A major thoroughfare, George Street connects to the Queensland University of Technology as well as the state Botanical Gardens, to the commercial centre of Brisbane, Queen Street and Queen Street Mall.

The State Parliament House building for the state of Queensland and Brisbane Square, as well as the Law Courts Complex and the State Law Building are found on the street. Queens Gardens, Treasury Building, Lands Administration Building and The Mansions are all located on George Street. Other office towers built on George Street include 111 George Street, 275 George Street and 400 George Street. At the northern end is the Roma Street railway station.

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George Street as well as Queen Street, Wickham Street and the area known as Petrie Bight were unsealed and often dusty before 1899.^[1] In 1897, the North Brisbane Council held an election on whether a loan should be raised so the streets could be wood blocked. Agreement was given after a close decision by only a third of registered voters, however the results were limited as the surface was very slippery during the rain and buckled during heavy rains.^[1]

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

In 1920, Queensland belatedly established its first university in the Old Government House at the end of George Street. By the late 1930s the university outgrew this site, moving its main campus to St Lucia.^[3]

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State Law Building George Street façade	Brisbane Square	Parliament House and The Mansions George Street façade	The Mansions George Street façade
George Street entrance to the Queensland University of Technology Gardens Point campus. The Brisbane City Botanic Gardens are at the left, and Parliament House is at the right	Law Courts Complex, George Street, façade	George Street City Roos sculptures (opposite Brisbane Square)

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