The building housing radio station 4QD, an ABC station servicing the Capricornia region, 1960s. Slide by Ken Self, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

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The Royal Flying Doctor used a portable high frequency radio to communicate. Powering a portable HF radio using an ambulance battery, Longreach airport, 1973. Slide by Dennis Costigan, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

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After her first visit in 1954, the Queen visited Queensland again in 1963, 1970 and 1977, this time venturing inland to places including Mount Isa and Longreach. Slides from Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

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Decorations for Queen Elizabeth's first Brisbane visit, Treasury Building, Brisbane, 1954. Slide by Allan Webb, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

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The Queen in Queensland was the feature subject in Pix magazine on 27 March 1954. The cover showed the Queen arriving at the State Recepiton at Parliament House, Brisbane, greeted by the State Premier Vince Gair. Other pages featured photographs of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in Brisbane, Toowoomba, Townsville, and Cairns. Much was made of the weather and the mix of formality and informality surrounding the tour. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Qantas Inland Services brochure, 1945

Brochure 'Qantas Inland Services' by graphic artist C.G. Bennett, Qantas Empire Airways, 1945. Qantas opended its first city office in Brisbane in 1931.  Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Qantas Empire Service, Brisbane - Western Queensland - Darwin services, 1945

1 January 1945
4 August 2010

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Passenger map of Qantas Inland Services from brochure Qantas Empire Airways, 1945. The brochure includes information on services to Charleville, Blackall, Longreach, Winton, Mount Isa, Cloncurry, Canobie, Wandoola, and Normanton as well as Darwin. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Sam's 'No flies on us' portable toilets at Birdsville airstrip, 1995. Slide by Ruth Read, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

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Passengers inside an Air Queensland DC3, flying from the Iron Range National Park to Cairns, 1982. Slide by Ruth Read, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

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Passengers flying to Cairns sitting in the only shade before their flight on an Air Queensland DC3, Lockhart River airport, 1982. Slide by Ruth Read, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

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