railways

Rail survey plan depicting creek running with artesian water, 1895. Prior to construction, the Charleville to Cunnamulla railway was surveyed in 1895. Recorded landscape features were measured in distance from Charleville in miles, chains and links. There are 80 chains to a mile and 100 links to a chain. The Kudnapper Creek nearly 99 miles from Charleville, is shown to be running with artesian water from a local bore. Charleville and Cunnamulla Railway Permanent Survey, 0-121M. Collection of The Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich

Cattle of the great grasslands, Walkabout, June 1951, showing the proximity of cattle to the main railway network. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland