Brisbane and Suburbs showing Mount Coot-tha Park, 1905

Mount Coot-tha, QLD
Australia
27° 29' 6.5832" S, 152° 57' 33.0876" E
1 January 1905
4 May 2011
4 May 2011

Location

Mount Coot-tha, QLD
Australia
27° 29' 6.5832" S, 152° 57' 33.0876" E
Brisbane
Department of Lands

Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland 2011

Eight chains to an inch

Brisbane and Suburbs showing Mount Coot-tha Park, 1905. This map, sheet seven, formed part of a series of Brisbane sheet maps originally drawn by government lithographer A.R. McKellar and published by the Surveyor-General’s Office, Brisbane 1895. Comprised of 13 sheets, the 1895 edition was printed with the scale of six chains to an inch and contained minimal topographic information on Mount Coot-tha Park. Despite the larger scale of eight chains to an inch, the 1905 edition of McKellar’s maps provided significant detail. The topographic relief in this map gathers towards Mount Coot-tha (in the bottom left) and Taylors Range. One Tree Hill, that has the trigonometric station and the lookout-pavilion, are measured at 746 feet. On the base of the mountain a walking track and mine shaft are marked. Mount Constitution has a measured elevation of 844 feet. A track leads to the summit after crossing below ‘Ithaca Falls’. In 1905, the price of this map was six shillings and two pence. The entire set comprised 12 sheets and cost 25 shillings. The Collection of the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying, DERM, Brisbane

Brisbane and Suburbs showing Mount Coot-tha Park, 1895

Mount Coot-tha, QLD
Australia
27° 29' 6.5832" S, 152° 57' 33.0876" E
1 January 1895
4 May 2011
4 May 2011

Location

Mount Coot-tha, QLD
Australia
27° 29' 6.5832" S, 152° 57' 33.0876" E
Brisbane
Department of Lands

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Six chains to an inch

Brisbane and Suburbs showing Mount Coot-tha Park, 1895. This map, sheet seven, formed part of a series of Brisbane sheet maps drawn by government lithographer A.R. McKellar and published by the Surveyor-General’s Office, Brisbane 1895.  Comprised of 13 sheets, ‘McKellar’s Official Map of Brisbane and Suburbs’ was printed at the scale of six chains to an inch and contained minimal topographic information on Mount Coot-tha Park. Shown mainly as blank space, Mount Coot-tha Park and Toowong Cemetery contrast with the intricate detail on roads, suburbs and train lines. The outline of East Ithaca Creek and a track leading up it from the Ben Nevis estate provide the only indication of undulating relief. This dearth of topographic information was rectified in a later edition of McKellar’s maps. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Mount Coot-tha dial, 1901

Mount Coot-tha, QLD
Australia
27° 29' 6.5832" S, 152° 57' 33.0876" E
1 January 1901
4 May 2011
4 May 2011

Location

Mount Coot-tha, QLD
Australia
27° 29' 6.5832" S, 152° 57' 33.0876" E
Queensland geographical journal

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Mount Coot-tha dial, 1901. This copy of an engraved dial on the top of Mount Coot-tha appeared in the 1901-02 edition of the Queensland geographical journal. Prepared by W.H. Traill for the trustees of the of the Mount Coot-tha reserve, the paper was read before a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Queensland, by the president Sir Hugh M. Nelson on 30 October 1901. The article states: ‘The lines radiating from the centre to the circumference of this plate, direct the eye straight toward the distant objects named on it. Little more than half of a circle is indicated on the dial. The hills, of which Mt Coot-tha is the projecting end of one spur, cut off the view of the other directions.’ Imagining oneself in the position of the dial, the author noted that on a clear day Sandgate and the ‘glimmering waters of Moreton Bay’ were visible. W.H. Trail, ‘Mount Coot-tha reserve,’ Queensland geographical journal, 17, 1901-02

One Tree Hill, Mt Coot-tha, Brisbane , c1910. Postcard by Unknown Publisher. Collection of John Young

Copyright © Collection of John Young

Mt Coot-tha, full colour panorama & selected glimpses, Brisbane, c1956. Postcard folder by Murray Views Pty Ltd, Collection of Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Mt Coot-tha Brisbane's beautiful scenic lookout, c1958. Postcard folder by Nucolorvue, Collection of Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

The kiosk at Mt Coot-tha, Brisbane c1950. Postcard by Sidues Series, Collection of Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

One Tree Hill, Mt Coot-tha, Brisbane, c1938. Postcard by Franklin Series, Collection of Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

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