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Joan Ricketts, Queensland Club and Bellevue Hotel c1969, Pencil, ink and watercolour on paper. Photo: Christopher Hagen. Gift of Susan Hendley-Jensen in memory of Mrs Joy Jensen 2021, Museum of Brisbane Collection. Courtesy the artist.
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Bellevue Hotel took its name from a school that previously stood on the same site. It opened in 1886 on the corner of George and Alice Streets and featured striking wrap-around verandas, captured by Joan Ricketts in her watercolour Queensland Club and Bellevue Hotel (c1969).

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