St Therese’s School Tram, 1970. Tram No.407 was donated to the Catholic Parish in Edmonton in 1969. The parish constructed 600ft of track and used it as a feature of the museum.

Collection of the Brisbane City Archives

Environmental perceptions are seldom straightforward.

Aerial survey map west of Tully, 1936

Kennedy, QLD
Australia
18° 12' 17.8812" S, 145° 57' 21.8772" E
1 January 1936
12 April 2011
12 April 2011

Location

Kennedy, QLD
Australia
18° 12' 17.8812" S, 145° 57' 21.8772" E
Department of Lands

Aerial survey map west of Tully, 1936. In the 1930s, the rugged jungle country west of Tully presented numerous challenges for ground survey and remained ‘practically terra incognita’ as far as the Survey Office was concerned. Developments in aerial survey provided opportunities to examine large tracts of land and determine their value for exploitation. In 1936, Adastra Airways Ltd was contracted for the aerial survey of about 650 square miles. The company established its headquarters in Cairns and despite bad weather, succeeded in surveying approximately 560 square miles. Examination of the feature maps prepared from the photography revealed extensive scrub in the Tully and Jarra Creek valleys which had the potential for settlement. In this aerial mosaic, topographic features were highlighted including the Kennedy-Kirrama road under construction which would provide access to the valuable timbers in the Kirrama State Forest. This road was partially financed through unemployment relief funds made available during the Depression. Queensland parliamentary papers, Vol 2, 1936-37

J.D.Lang, Map of the proposed seven united provinces of eastern Australia, 1857

Australia
1 January 1857
12 November 2010
12 November 2010

Location

Australia

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

J.D.Lang, Map of the proposed seven united provinces of eastern Australia, 1857. Here Lang proposes three divisions for Queensland – Flinders Land in the north, Leicharts (sic) Land in the centre and Cooks Land in the south. From John Dunmore Lang, Freedom and independence for the golden lands of Australia: the right of the colonies, and the interest of Britain and of the world, (second edition) Sydney, Cunninghame, 1857. Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Queensland is governed from a state capital located a great distance from the majority of its land area.

Group of sugar growers and families, Innisfail, North Queensland. Sure proof of a white race living and thriving in the Queensland tropics.

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Raphael Cilento’s image of the evolving north Queensland type. In the adjacent text, Cilento explained that: ‘There is, indeed, beginning to be a very definite type of North Queenslander, or tropical-born Australian.... The race is in a transition stage, and it is very apparent that there is being evolved precisely what one would hope for, namely, a distinctive tropical type, adapted to life in the tropical environment in which it is set’.

Clear into Sunshine, 1936

Graphic design ‘Clear into Sunshine’ by unknown artist, back cover of The Sunshine Route through Queensland to Cairns, Brisbane, Queensland Railways Commissioner, 1936. The rail line from Brisbane to Cairns was completed in 1924, the journey took over 53 hours. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

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