OH how things change - or don’t, in some instances!

To celebrate The Courier-Mail’s 170th anniversary, we’ve collated a series of images showcasing the changing face of Brisbane.

Drag your cursor over the images to view just how much the landscape has changed.

TOOWONG: Jephson St and Sherwood Rd. The 1942 picture shows a truck driving through the intersection.

STRATHPINE: The rail crossing on Gympie Rd. The 1949 pictures shows Walter Scott leading his bullock team. The animals are pulling a rail tanker loaded with molasses bound for the nearby Normanby Rum Distillery. The distillery closed in 1968. The Strathpine shopping centre is now located on the site.

BOWEN HILLS: The outlook from The Courier-Mail building on Campbell St, towards The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. The 1984 picture details the rail crossing. Now the road gives access to the Clem7 tunnel.

HOLLAND PARK: Logan Rd, looking towards Mt Gravatt. In the 1950 picture a police officer on a motorbike can be seen watching traffic.

MILTON: Milton Rd, looking towards the Castlemaine Perkins brewery. The photograph was taken during the 1948 railway workers strike. The police are patrolling for striking workers.

KENMORE: Moggill Rd, looking towards the the Moggill Rd/Brookfield Rd round-about and Kenmore Village. In 1966, parking around the shopping hub along Moggill Rd was every man for himself.

KANGAROO POINT: The view across the Brisbane River towards Dockside. In 1949 the Evans Deakin ship building yard was located at Kangaroo Point. The company built 81 ships between 1940 and its closure in 1971, including military and merchant craft.

MT GRAVATT: Creek Rd. The 1950 photograph shows works being undertaken as part of the Chester Housing Estate expansion. Four housing estates were established in the area between 1948 and 1953.

BRISBANE CBD: A view of the Brisbane CBD overlooking the river. The photos showcase the changing landscape between then and now.

BRISBANE CBD: The view down Queen St, looking towards Customs House. Little has changed to the facade of the building, which was constructed in 1889, between 1949 when the then photo was taken and now.

BRISBANE CBD: The corner of Adelaide and Edward streets. Horse and carts can be seen travelling along the dusty streets of the Brisbane CBD in the original photo, circa 1900.

FORTITUDE VALLEY: Brunswick St. The 1949 picture shows the tram tracks running through the Valley shopping hub. The McWhirters building can be seen in the background.

ALBION: These fantastic photographs really highlight just how much the city skyline - looking from Albion - has changed over time.