Whale boat plan, 1950

QLD
Australia
3 February 1950
20 May 2011
20 May 2011

Location

QLD
Australia
Department of Harbours and Marine

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

three quarters of an inch to a foot

Whale boat plan, 1950. These building plans show the dimensions of a bondwood whale boat used in the 1950s. According to the plans, the boat was just over 22 feet long. Measured in centum weight (cws), it would weigh less if made from bolly-gum. The longitudinal section in the top left corner shows two air tanks at the front and back of the boat. These tanks would have been used to fill whale carcasses with compressed air after the kill. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Londys cafe, Toowoomba, 1962

Ruthven St
Toowoomba, QLD 4350
Australia
27° 34' 26.6088" S, 151° 57' 3.7944" E
15 March 1962
20 May 2011
20 May 2011

Location

Ruthven St
Toowoomba, QLD 4350
Australia
27° 34' 26.6088" S, 151° 57' 3.7944" E
Toowoomba

Queensland State Archives

Londys cafe, Toowoomba, 1962. This architectural map of Londys Greek café appeared in the application for a restaurant liquor license by the Levonis Brothers who intended to expand operations for their Toowoomba cafe. After lodging the application, notice was posted in the Toowoomba Chronicle on 12 February 1962 asking for public comment. The liquor license file offers interesting insights into the operation of the café, and how some Queenslanders worked. Londys employed one cook, three assistant cooks, six waitresses, one pastry cook, one pastry cook’s apprentice, one bake-house assistant, two snack bar attendants and one milk bar attendant. When the nominee on the license, George Levonis, was asked what experience he had in cafes, he responded: ‘7 years in present establishment as managing partner/ 9 years association with parents’ café business in Maryborough.’ Despite the application being withdrawn on 15 March 1962, Londys café continued to operate. The ‘existing layout’ on the far left of the architectural plan gives an insight into the space inside a Greek café, showing the milk bar and espresso bar as patrons enter and opening into a number of booths. Above the perspective drawing, Londys café is marked in red on Ruthven Street in Toowoomba. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Standard maternity ward plan, 1929

QLD
Australia
4 November 1929
3 May 2011
3 May 2011

Location

QLD
Australia
Department of Public Works

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Eight feet to an inch

Standard two bedroom maternity ward, 1929. Built throughout regional Queensland, these architectural plans show the standard design for two bedroom maternity wards. The mother’s rooms were 10 feet square and opened out onto a wide veranda. The labour and sterilizing rooms were down a short hallway. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

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