Gallery

Paul Davies, Centenary Pool Brisbane Yellow/Grey 2008, acrylic on canvas. Photo: Christopher Hagen. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program 2021. Museum of Brisbane Collection

Franki Birrell. Painting (2019)

Homage to Centenary Pools

Stephen Stockwell

In 50s Brisbane Mayor Reg Groom
A spacey swimming pool decrees
To shake away country town gloom
And make the city bustle ‘n’ boom
For its centenary.

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C POOL 5 SUMMER. Christopher Battersby. Painting

C POOL 3. Christopher Battersby. Painting

Centenary Pool, 1973

Luke van Wyk

If we weren’t swimming in the creeks, we often headed into Centenary Pool on Gregory Terrace. This was probably around 1973, when I was 12, and then over the teenage years. You needed a bit of cash for it because there was an admission charge, the bus fare, and to buy something to eat.

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Centenary Pool (1960). Jack Bain. Colour Photograph

Centenary Pool. Colour photograph.

Centenary Pool Life (1), Meredith Howse. Painting.

Centenary Pool Life (2), Meredith Howse. Painting.

Christine Storry. Photograph

Centenary Pool Entrance (1959), David Knell. Black and white photograph.

View overlooking Centenary Pool (1959), Photograph.