Post Office Square, Brisbane
Post Office Square is a public square in Brisbane, Australia. It is located between Queen Street and Adelaide Street in the Brisbane CBD, and has an area of 3,300m².[1]
| Post Office Square | |
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 Post Office Square, looking towards the General Post Office (2020) | |
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| Location | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Area | 3,300m²[1] |
| Created | 1984[2] |
| Operated by | Brisbane City Council[3] |
Under the square is a shopping arcade and six-level car park.[4] The square is opposite the General Post Office building on the Queen Street side, and ANZAC Square on the Adelaide Street side.
History
Sir William Glasgow Memorial in Post Office Square, 2009
Post Office Square was opened in 1984.[2] In 2008 the Sir William Glasgow Memorial was moved to the square, facing ANZAC Square.[5]
Protesters camped in Post Office Square from 15 October 2011 as part of Occupy Brisbane, before being evicted on 1 November.[6]
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gollark: IIRC there are loads of off-the-shelf text generation "AI" things around now.
gollark: Would that be such a bad thing?
gollark: Presumably you could have a similar system be trained on messages as they're sent.
gollark: WHY
References
- "Post Office Square". RikWare Pty Ltd. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- "Brisbane Central". Centre for the Government of Queensland. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- "Brisbane City parks". Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- "Pot Office Square" (PDF). CFS Retail Property Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- Edgar, Peter (2011). Sir William Glasgow : soldier, senator and diplomat. Newport, New South Wales, Australia: Big Sky Publishing. ISBN 9780987057495.
- Vonow, Brittany; Jabour, Bridie (2 November 2011). "Occupy protesters vow to stay put". Fairfax Media. Brisbane Times. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
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