Prickly pear treatment, Chinchilla, 1928-29

Before and after treatment of prickly pear in the Chinchilla area, by cactoblastis moth, May 1928 - October 1929. Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland images API-101-01-001, API-101-01-002

Prickly pear infestation, Chinchilla, 1920s

This photo taken near Chinchilla about 1920 illustrates how much of a hindrance prickly pear was to settlers and why properties were often abandoned.

Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland image 152651

Carting prickly pear near Kingsthorpe, 1920s

Carting prickly pear during the 1920s drought near Kingsthorpe, for use as cattle fodder. Collection of the State Library of Queensland

Collection of the State Library of Queensland image APE-056-0001-0002

Types of prickly pear, 1925

Common pest pear (Opuntia stricta var. stricta), Spiny pest pear (Opuntia stricta var.

Prickly pear, 1925

1 January 1925
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Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board
Prickly pear

Map showing main prickly pear areas of Queensland and New South Wales, 1925. Australia Prickly Pear Board, The prickly pears acclimatised in Australia, Sydney, Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board, 1925

Prickly pear

The introduction and spread of exotic plant and animal species in Australia has impacted on the environment, native biodiversity and local communities, transforming the landscape.

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Garden layouts, 1960

Garden layouts from H. Oakman, Gardening in Queensland, Brisbane, Jacaranda Press, 1960.

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Gardening in warm climates, 1952

Cover of D.A. Herbert, Gardening in warm climates, Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1952

Collection of Jeannie Sim

Cultivation

The interest in potentially economically valuable plants (for food, timber, dyes, fabric, and drugs) was part of the concerted effort given by colonial governments towards providing botanic gardens

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Brigalow land sale, 1973

1 January 1973
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Collection Queensland State Archives

The Brigalow

Free plan for Brigalow land sale, west of Rockhampton in 1973. The plans were drawn by Survey Office and published by the Department of Lands, Brisbane. Good quality plans could be purchased from the Survey Office, this plan on thin tracing paper was for free distribution. Collection of Queensland State Archives

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