Post Office Square, Brisbane

Post Office Square — Queen Street level – looking towards General Post Office, Brisbane. Photo was taken during 2005

Post Office Square is a public square which is built over a collection of shops. The square is situated between Queen Street and Adelaide Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Post Office Square was opened on 5 April 1984.

The Post Office Square park area is on the Queen Street level, while the Post Office Square shops are on the Adelaide Street level.

There are stairwells leading from the park to the shopping centre from Post Office Square park area, including a stairwell from around the centrally-located round-shaped Post Office Square water feature.

Post Office Square is opposite the General Post Office building, on the Queen Street side, and ANZAC Square on the Adelaide Street side.

In 2008, a statue of Major-General Sir William Glasgow was erected at Post Office Square, with the statue of the Major-General facing ANZAC Square.

The Post Office Square parkland is a very popular picnic and lunch area for tourists and city workers who work in the area.

On the 15th October 2011 Occupy Brisbane commenced in post office square as part of the global 'Occupy' movement which started with Occupy Wall Street on the 17th of September 2011.

Gallery

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  Statue of Major-General Sir William Glasgow (the statue is facing ANZAC Square)

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  View from Brisbane General Post Office — showing Post Office Square and Central Station

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  Post Office Square — view from Queen Street — (photo taken outside the General Post Office) — looking towards ANZAC Square and Central Railway Station.

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  Post Office Square — view from Adelaide Street — showing the park area above on Queen Street level, and the shops and food court below on Adelaide level

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  Post Office Square — (photo taken from ANZAC Square) — showing the park area above and food court and shops below, and with General Post Office in the distance