MacArthur Central Building in Brisbane

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MacArthur Central, also known as MacArthur Central Shopping Centre, is a modern four level shopping centre that incorporates an English Renaissance styled heritage-listed building known as MacArthur Chambers.MacArthur Central is located at 229-259 Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, that is, on the north-east corners of Queen Street, Edward Street and Elizabeth Street. The MacArthur Chambers building is notable for its wartime association with General Douglas MacArthur, who used the building as the Allied forces' South West Pacific Area Headquarters from July 1942 to November 1944.FeaturesA feature of the MacArthur Chambers building is a three figure statue above the portico entrance of the Queen Street façade of the building, sculptured in Sicilian marble by Fred Gowan, representing: "Strength, Plenty, Production and Growth".Below the statue is the Latin motto of the AMP Society - "AMICUS CERTUS IN RE INCERTA" -- or in English: "A SURE FRIEND IN UNCERTAIN TIMES"

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