Saving Our Photographic History
The Mowbraytown Church structure is located at Mowbray Terrace, East Brisbane. It was built in 1885 at a cost of 600 pounds. The surrounding precinct was also then commonly referred to as Mowbraytown.
After its closure as a Church in 1997 the building was reopened to the community as The Mowbraytown Photographic Gallery. The gallery displayed historic photographic images illustrating many aspects of Australia’s history post 1860's.
A new initiative by the gallery to document important historical images was launched. Known as “The Great Aussie Print Hunt ” a number of campaigns have been initiated to locate and archive important historical photographs held by the community at large. With the assistance of Press, Radio and Television each Print Hunt has been successful in securing and sharing important images of Australia’s past.
Although the Church building is no longer open to the public, this site shows images of the gallery photographed in 1998.
This site also provides links to a number of images that are indicative of the collection that has been located and archived during ongoing Print Hunt campaigns.
After its closure as a Church in 1997 the building was reopened to the community as The Mowbraytown Photographic Gallery. The gallery displayed historic photographic images illustrating many aspects of Australia’s history post 1860's.
A new initiative by the gallery to document important historical images was launched. Known as “The Great Aussie Print Hunt ” a number of campaigns have been initiated to locate and archive important historical photographs held by the community at large. With the assistance of Press, Radio and Television each Print Hunt has been successful in securing and sharing important images of Australia’s past.
Although the Church building is no longer open to the public, this site shows images of the gallery photographed in 1998.
This site also provides links to a number of images that are indicative of the collection that has been located and archived during ongoing Print Hunt campaigns.
