Bunya Mountains National Park, 1964

Bunya Mountains, QLD
Australia
26° 52' 2.5608" S, 151° 29' 34.0188" E
1 September 1964
2 March 2011
2 March 2011

Location

Bunya Mountains, QLD
Australia
26° 52' 2.5608" S, 151° 29' 34.0188" E
Melbourne
Walkabout

Copyright © Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Bunya Mountains National Park, Walkabout, September 1964. Map by M.V. Lorman, Mapping Systems, Brisbane. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Cover, Lamington National Park, Souvenir Book, Brisbane, Queensland Forest Service, 1938. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Sketch map, Lamington National Park, c1940s

Lamington National Park
QLD
Australia
28° 11' 48.948" S, 153° 11' 13.1496" E
22 December 2010
22 December 2010

Location

Lamington National Park
QLD
Australia
28° 11' 48.948" S, 153° 11' 13.1496" E

Collection of the National Library of Australia

Sketch map, Lamington National Park, c1940s. The map indicates graded pathways, rough tracks, trackless routes, waterfalls and measures all distances from Binna Burra. It includes annotations such as 'wonderful view', 'bell bird colony', and 'lovely forests mixed with palms and gum trees'. Collection of the National Library of Australia

National parks are an important part of the national estate.

Bushwalking Club, University of Queensland, 1958-59. Slides by Patrick Conaghan. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, The University of Queensland

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

Lamington National Park, 1947

Lamington National Park
QLD
Australia
28° 11' 48.948" S, 153° 11' 13.1496" E
1 January 1947
21 December 2010
21 December 2010

Location

Lamington National Park
QLD
Australia
28° 11' 48.948" S, 153° 11' 13.1496" E
Brisbane
Government Printing Office

Collection of the National Library of Australia

Lamington National Park, Queensland, 1947. Walking tracks are indicated by the broken red line, and the boundary of the national park is in green. Drawn and published at the Survey Office, Department of Public Lands, Brisbane, February 1947. Price 1 shilling. Collection of the National Library of Australia

From the earliest days of settlement Europeans could be found strolling, rambling, tramping and trekking in the Australian bush for pleasure.

Mineral sandmining has reshaped many of  Queensland’s beaches and sand islands. From beach front to high dunes, sandmining has been undertaken along hundreds of kilometres of coastline.

Noosa Contour Map, 1966

Noosa, QLD
Australia
1 January 1966
26 October 2010
26 October 2010

Location

Noosa, QLD
Australia

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Noosa Contour Map, 1966. Drawn by J. Gurney. Contour map shows sealed and dirt roads, watercourses, national park boundary, low water and swamp beach. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Rally against Skyrail, 1994. Flyer produced by a group formed to protest against the Skyrail,  People Against Kuranda Skyrail, (PAKS). Collection of Rosita Henry

Collection of Rosita Henry

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