Song of the Artesian Water, 1896

Now the stock have started dying, for the Lord has sent a drought,
But we're sick of prayers and Providence - we're going to do without,
With the derricks up above us and the solid earth belo

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Australia
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1 January 1896
25 February 2011
25 February 2011
25 February 2011
The bulletin
Great Artesian Basin: water from deeper down
Australia
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Rail survey plan depicting creek running with artesian water, 1895

Australia
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1 January 1895
25 February 2011
25 February 2011

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Australia
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25 February 2011

Collection of The Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich

Great Artesian Basin: water from deeper down

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

Great Artesian Basin: water from deeper down

The Great Artesian Basin (GAB) is a geological curiosity.

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Map of Australia showing Artesian Basins, Walkabout, July 1945

Australia
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1 July 1945
23 February 2011
23 February 2011

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Australia
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23 February 2011
Melbourne
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Copyright © Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Great Artesian Basin: water from deeper down
Walkabout

Map of Australia showing Artesian Basins, Walkabout, July 1945. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

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

Walkabout cover, June 1955

Cattle come to water at troughs fed by a large ring tank at Malvern Downs, Queensland, cover image Walkabout June 1955. Copyright Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland
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