agriculture

Queensland for ‘the best kind of population, primary producers’

As the second State in Australia, Queensland, while smaller than Western Australia, could still fit, within its borders, the entire land mass of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, with New Zealan

Queensland, agricultural pastoral and mineral resources, 1959

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1 January 1959

12 November 2010

Location

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12 November 2010

Jacaranda Press

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Queensland, agricultural, pastoral and mineral resources, 1959. From Queensland: daughter of the sun, Brisbane, Jacaranda Press, 1959

Queensland British Food Corporation

Early in 1948 the Central Highlands of Queensland was abuzz with excitement. An organisation known as the Queensland British Food Corporation (QBFC) had formed to begin farming on a massive scale.

Sugar

Commercial production of sugar commenced in Queensland during the mid-1860s.

When Tinaroo Dam was completed, it was the only dam in Australia specifically constructed to service the needs of a single agricultural industry - tobacco - at that time. Slides by Beth Snewin, 1955-63, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Mareeba, the tobacco capital of Australia, c1961. Postcard folder GK Bolton, Collection of John Young

Collection of John Young

Kill, cure, or strangle: Atherton Tablelands

The Atherton Tablelands consists of three tablelands, Hann in the north, Atherton, and Evelyn in the south. It is situated in North Queensland in the Cairns hinterland.

Durundur Estate Map (Mount Kilcoy), 1902

Durundur , QLD

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1 January 1902

26 October 2010

Location

Durundur , QLD

Australia

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26 October 2010

Brisbane

Survey Office, Department of Public Lands

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

8 miles to an inch

Durundur Estate Map (Mount Kilcoy), 1902. This estate plan available free for distribution, advertisers the selection of 38 portions of land in Mount Kilcoy, to be open for selection at the Woodford Court House on and after Tuesday 21 October 1902 at 11 o’clock. It was printed and published at the Survey Office, Department of Public Lands, Brisbane in September 1902. C.H. Baird was the Licensed Surveyor. It features a scene of the Lagoon above Mount Kilcoy Head Station. Also included are the terms and conditions of selection, railway and road mileage information, and a detailed list of the schedule of lots available with purchase price and fees. The map itself provides a brief indication of the nature of the land including ‘well grassed open flat’, ‘low ironbark and bloodwood ridges’ and ‘good soil’. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Repurchasing estates: the transformation of Durundur

By the 1890s there was a demand for good agricultural land in parts of southeast Queensland. This shortage was mainly due to previous ambiguous land regulations.

Junior farmers of Mount Mee, 1947. They showed intelligent interest in both the lecture and the practical demonstration. Queensland agricultural journal, 1947. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland