The Suffrage Memorial art work at the Upper Albert Street Plaza

Underpinning the works is the curatorial theme of 'sustainability' which forms a conceptual link between three major artworks.

The Suffrage Memorial artwork by Cida De Aragon, Resilience 2007, on the Upper Albert Street Plaza, commemorates the first vote by women in Queensland in the 1907 election, and marks the 2005 centenary of suffrage in Queensland.

Zoom, Zap and Blat 2007, by James and Eleanor Avery in the King George Square Cycle Centre, addresses the importance of sustainable environments and the flow of energies and dynamism from activity in the transitional space.

The Butterfly Effect 2007, by Neil Degney, draws upon its Roma Street Busway site's history of food markets; its original grasslands and the Roma Street Forum. The artwork creates a 'living legacy' through historical representations of the site that complement the recent planting of native flora in the Roma Street Parklands.

During excavations at the King George Square site, the remains of a wheat culvert and a World War II command centre were discovered, presenting two more opportunities for historical and archaeological art displays at public busway spaces.

The wheat culvert project at the Roma Street Busway station is a reconstructed section of the original culvert built in the 1860's, representative of the early civil works of Brisbane.

The World War II command centre was in the basement of the Roma Street Police Station and Barracks, intended for use as a control centre in the event of air raids on Brisbane. The salvaged material is the only remaining relic of the building and is now in the Queensland Museum.

The Inner Northern Busway project's artworks and historical displays encompass both contemporary and traditional models for public art.

The development was commissioned through the State Government's Art Built-in policy.

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