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Queensland in flood, 1974

Collection of The University of Queensland Library

Airdmillan, Kalamia and Seaforth sugar plantations, c1888

James Cook University Archives, Townsville

Timber souvenir

Percy Isles to Whitsunday Island, 1803-1951

Collection of the National Library of Australia

Blair Athol coalfield, 1936

Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Library

Section		Theme	Scope
		Distinctiveness	How Queensland is a distinctive landscape and culture
		Perceptions	How people understand the landscape
		Queenslanders	People in the landscape
		Movement	How people move through the landscape
		Pathways	How things move through the landscape and where they are made
		Separation	Divisions in the landscape
		Conflict	How people contest the landscape
		Imagination	How people have imagined Queensland
		Memory	How people remember the landscape
		Curiosity	Knowledge through the landscape
		Exploitation	Taking and using things from the landscape
		Transformation	How the landscape has changed and been modified
		Survival	How the landscape impacts on people
		Pleasure	How people enjoy the landscape

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Flooding in Mary Street, Brisbane, 1974

Alice Street, Brisbane, during 1974 flood

Submerged home at Yeronga, 1974

Rainforests of North Queensland

Environmental perceptions are seldom straightforward.

Perceptions, Quintessential Queensland

Chinese traders in the nineteenth century

Trade and commerce were key components of the nineteenth century Chinese community of Queensland, and there was a range of business types. At the apex were the large general stores.

Pathways, Distance

Stone walls do a prison make: law on the landscape

The imposition of a new and dominant system of law was an important part of the European settlement of Queensland.

Separation, Division

Queensland’s own sea monster: a curious tale of loss and regret

Visiting the Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology is a startling experience for many Queenslanders: pride of place in this American institution goes to an enormous (12.8 metre) skeleton

Curiosity, Dreaming

Trees

Trees are found in most Queensland landscapes.

Development, Exploitation

Queensland State election, 2012

Grain sorghum growing in central Queensland, Walkabout, June 1951

The Queensland Centenary pocket songbook, 1959

Principal roads in Queensland, 1979

Sydney Cafe, Ipswich, menu

Electoral District of Rockhampton

Tinnenburra resumptions, 1906-14

Stock routes and head stations, Queensland, 1892

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The tank c1950

Fig tree roots, c1954

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Miner's safety lamp

Queensland Museum

Nineteenth century walrus tusk pastry fork

Queensland Museum

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