This print is atypical of Kenneth Jack’s practice, being distinct from the series of graphic linocuts of historic buildings in Melbourne and Brisbane that he began making in the early 1960s. Instead, the artwork shows the influence of the contemporary Japanese tradition of Shin-hanga ('New prints'), a movement that emerged in the 1920s in response to increasing artistic exchange with Europe and the United States. Jack has borrowed from the form to capture a corner of the Brisbane River that looks across to Kurilpa Point (now the site of the Gallery of Modern Art) and the Grey Street Bridge (renamed the William Jolly Bridge in 1955).  

Jack’s linocut captures a slice of Brisbane history and features the O'Connor Boathouse, which appears on the riverbank in the mid-ground of the print, announced by the sign 'BOATS & CAN[OES] FOR HIRE'. The building traded as a boathouse at river level and a dance hall on the second floor, which became a hub for Brisbane’s lively dance-band scene in the 1950s and 60s.