Thomas Welsby, former president of the Queensland Historical Society, described his impression of the explorer William Landsborough in 1935,

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Wards Gladstone Cordial Works glass bottle

Location

Australia
H20666
Queensland Museum
28 October 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
170mm
74mm
74mm

Glass bottle, Helidon Spa

Location

Australia
H40809
Queensland Museum
Helidon
28 October 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
170mm
75mm
75mm

Barrier Reef milk urn

Steel cans of this design were in widespread use in Australia for transportation of milk and cream from the late nineteenth century.

Location

Australia
H47703
Queensland Museum
28 October 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
590mm
295mm
295mm

On the voyage of the Endeavour in 1770 the term ‘Labyrinth’ was used to describe the innumerable coral cays, reefs and shoals that challenged the navigational skills of Captain James Cook

Aboriginal paintings, Carnarvon National Park, 1965. Slides by Richard Hopkins, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Richard Hopkins and the Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Aboriginal art, Carnarvon Gorge, 1979. Slides by John Boult, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © John Boult and the Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Aboriginal art, Carnarvon Gorge National Park, 1971. Slide by Allan Webb, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Allan Webb and the Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

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