Dagworth bore, 1896

QLD
Australia
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1 January 1896
13 April 2011
13 April 2011

Location

QLD
Australia
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13 April 2011
Water Supply Department

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Great Artesian Basin: water from deeper down

Dagworth bore, 1896. This profile of Dagworth bore recorded the geological layers beneath the surface. The bore was drilled to a depth of 3335 feet and the water came out at 196° fahrenheit. The source of this water was a thick layer of sandstone wedged between two layers of shale. When Banjo Paterson composed ‘Song of the Artesian Water’ in 1896, the bore produced 775,000 gallons per day. This was a substantial reduction from the previous year when Paterson was holidaying at Dagworth station. Queensland votes and proceedings, Vol 4, 1896

Well profiles Mitchell to Dulbydilla, 1886

Mitchell, QLD
Australia
26° 29' 9.0348" S, 147° 58' 45.444" E
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1 January 1886
25 February 2011
25 February 2011

Location

Mitchell, QLD
Australia
26° 29' 9.0348" S, 147° 58' 45.444" E
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25 February 2011
Great Artesian Basin: water from deeper down

Section of railway line from Mitchell to Dulbydilla showing water bearing stratum and shale beds with the wells put down in the neighbourhood. From J. Falconer, Water supply: springs and their origin: artesian wells and water supply: Queensland gold deposits, Brisbane, Warwick and Sapsford, 1886

Map of the artesian basin depicting southern outlet, 1920

Australia
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1 January 1920
25 February 2011
25 February 2011

Location

Australia
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25 February 2011
Queensland geographical journal
Great Artesian Basin: water from deeper down

Map appeared in J. Richert’s 1920 article ‘The flowing wells of western Queensland’ published in the Queensland geographical journal. The map depicts a geological fracture where artesian water ‘leaks’ into the Great Australian Bight. According to Richert, the origins of artesian water were both plutonic and meteoric. J. Richert, ‘The flowing wells of western queensland,’ Queensland geographical journal, 34, 1920

Irrigation and water supply projects, 1963

1 January 1963
3 December 2010
3 December 2010
3 December 2010
Queensland Irrigation and Water Supply Commission

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Exploitation
Exploitation: taking and using things from the landscape

Irrigation and water supply projects, 1963. Investigation and construction program of the Queensland Irrigation and Water Supply Commission. Maps shows work in progress, commenced, rainfall and limits of the Artesian Basin. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

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