Hold it - and dam the risk, The Telegraph, 29 January 1974

Hold it – and dam the risk, The Telegraph, 29 January 1974

Risk decision is all mine: Clem, The Telegraph, 29 January 1974

Risk decision is all mine: Clem, The Telegraph, 29 January 1974

Mayor's order on dam puts tiny town in peril, The Australian, 30 January 1974

Mayor's order on dam puts tiny town in peril, The Australian, 30 January 1974

Did Clem Jones save Brisbane from flood?

At the height of the 1974 floods the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Alderman Clem Jones, ordered the gates of Somerset Dam be shut to prevent the release of floodwaters defying the recommendations of the

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Bradfield's inland irrigation scheme, Walkabout, January 1947

1 January 1947
24 February 2011
24 February 2011
24 February 2011
Melbourne
Walkabout

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Walkabout

Dr J.J.C. Bradfield's inland irrigation scheme. Map drawn for Rydge's by R. Emerson Curtis, Walkabout, January 1947. This map shows the proposed area that was deemed suitable for the raising of rice, cotton, flax, jute, maize, wheat, tropical fruits, tea, coffee, sheep and cattle using a series of dams from Tully through to Coopers Creek. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Save the Mary River campaign

Merchandise to support the Save the Mary River campaign.

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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