Take a step back in time and look in on Brisbane streets as they were 100 years ago.

In these unique digital montages, Brisbane people of 1914 mingle with their 21st century counterparts on streets that retain an uncanny resemblance to the way they were.

Queenslanders, seemingly oblivious to the impending war, stand on street corners chatting, their lives merged with their modern counterparts who scurry about their business.

The original photographs were taken around 1914 on glass plate negatives.

The photographers used large format field cameras, propped on the back of trucks, or standing precariously on shop awnings – unrestricted by modern OHS laws.

To match the perspective and view of the old cameras, the modern scenes were created from a mash-up of three to five photographs taken on a digital camera.

Each image has been hand-blended from the old and new to create individual digital montages bringing together the lives of Brisbane people going about their daily routines despite the separation of a century of history.

The experience of "being Australian" had not yet been defined on the battlefields of Gallipoli and the Western Front; Australia was about to change in unimaginable ways when these photographs were taken, but in some ways, as the montages suggest, perhaps Brisbane has not changed that much.

At the intersection of Eagle and Queen Streets, Brisbane, the only things that remain are the memorial and the tree in the centre of the picture. ( 1914 - State Library of Queensland: Unknown photographer. 2014 - 612 ABC Brisbane: John Donegan )

Fountain in the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane. ( 1914 - State Library of Queensland: A.A. White. 2014 - 612 ABC Brisbane: John Donegan )

The Mansions is a set of six three-storied terrace houses created by G.H.M Addison on the corner of George Street and Margaret Street, Brisbane. ( 1914 - State Library of Queensland: Unknown photographer. 2014 - 612 ABC Brisbane: John Donegan )

Ships lying at anchor in South Brisbane Reach, looking from North Brisbane. ( 1914 - State Library of Queensland: Unknown photographer. 2014 - 612 ABC Brisbane: John Donegan )

The People's Palace - a temperance hotel - was built on the corner of Ann and Edward Streets near the Central Railway Station in Brisbane by the Salvation Army. ( 1914 - State Library of Queensland: Unknown photographer. 2014 - 612 ABC Brisbane: John Donegan )

Editorial note: An image from the corner of George Street and Turbot Street was incorrectly merged with an image from the corner of Queen Street and George Street. The montage has been removed from the story.