Tourist attraction
The Mansions 1889
Red-brick Victorian terrace row with ornate parapets, once home to Queensland's first female doctor.
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About this audio guide
This guide to The Mansions in Brisbane centers on Lilian Cooper, who in the early eighteen nineties became Queensland's first registered woman doctor and opened her practice inside this George Street terrace row. It follows the skepticism she faced from the city's own medical establishment, her long partnership with Mary Bedford, and the string of vehicles she rode on her rounds. Listen for how the terrace itself, built for three colonial politicians, ended up housing a career nobody expected.
This audio guide was created using AI.