During 1993 and 1994 the Cairns to Kuranda Skyrail became a hot political issue in North Queensland.

University of Queensland Student Commemoration Day, 1962.  The House of St Jean parade, George Street, Brisbane.  Slide by Patrick Conaghan. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Patrick Conaghan and the Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010

University of Queensland Student Commemoration Day, 1962.  The House of St Jean parade, George Street, Brisbane.  Slide by Patrick Conaghan. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Patrick Conaghan and the Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010

University of Queensland Student Commemoration Day, 1962. Castro parade, George Street, Brisbane. Slide by Patrick Conaghan. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Patrick Conaghan and the Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010

University of Queensland Student Commemoration Day, 1962.  Castro parade float. Slide by Patrick Conaghan. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Patrick Conaghan and the Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010

People, by Eanruig Raibert, 1969

One time he came among us,

We the expresso folk,

Clad in his shroud of culture,

Pride, dignity his yoke.

 

He moved just like a self styled king,

Amongst his self style serfs,

Sounding his oxford Cambridge vowels,

And speaking toff nosed F’s.

 

His hairless face, stiff upper lip,

To us it seemed to say,

“How jolly good of me to come,

Thou I haven’t come to stay”.

 

A socialist is what I am,

I’ll have you all to know,

Just let me do my workers act,

19 February 1969
30 September 2010
30 September 2010

Folk by John Manifold, 1969

They’ve opened a folk expresso bar,

And once for a sort of a joke,

I went to drink Folk expresso there,

And watch the expresso Folk.

 

The coffee was just the same old stuff,

As you get in the posh caffays,

But something about the customers,

Recalled by grandpa’s days.

 

They had flowing beards, and flowing manes,

Tho they looked a bit down at heels

And they sang in moody and sankey tunes,

Of their wonderfully high ideals.

 

The girls had hair like grandma wore,

Location

Brisbane, QLD
Australia
19 February 1969
30 September 2010
30 September 2010
Brisbane, QLD
Australia

‘Youth’ has plagued Queensland, and in particular the State capital Brisbane, for at least a century.

Tommy Wills and the Aboriginal cricket team, 1867.  Wills (middle, back) coached and captained the team in Victoria before it toured England in 1868. Collection of the National Library of Australia

Collection of the National Library of Australia

Cullin-la-ringo Station, c1875. Collection of Wills Family Records, image by Liz Huf

Collection of Wills Family Records, image by Liz Huf

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