Land reclamation for seaside allotments and recreation, Sandgate, 1937

Land reclamation for seaside allotments and recreation, Sandgate, 1937. These images appeared in the 1936-37 annual report of the Land Administration Board and show the progress of swamp-filling and land reclamation at Sandgate. The top image shows mangrove and ti-tree swamp cleared prior to filling. Soil was excavated and brought by tractor on light tracks before being dumped into the swamp. A little over half of the costs came from the Unemployment Relief Scheme. Each week, an average of 50 gained employment. Queensland parliamentary papers, vol 2, 1937   

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Queensland public estate improvements, 1937

QLD
Australia
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11 October 1937
25 May 2011
25 May 2011

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QLD
Australia
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25 May 2011
Department of Public Lands

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

150 miles to an inch
Depression era

Queensland public estate improvements, 1937. This map appeared in the annual report of the Land Administration Board and shows ‘improvements’ to the Queensland public estate made in 1937. Many of the ‘works in progress’ were facilitated by unemployment relief funds made available under the Income (Unemployment Relief) Tax Acts, 1930 to 1935. Works included building a road between Amity Point and Point Lookout on Stradbroke Island as well as new forestry access roads in northern Queensland: the Kirrama Range Road, Kuranda-McKenzie’s Pocket-Black Mountain Road and Robson’s Creek Road at Danbulla. Relief Funds were also used to fill in ‘unsightly’ swamps around coastal cities and towns. Land reclamation schemes were conducted around Cairns, Sandgate and Coolangatta. Major works such as these demonstrate how the Depression was a time of both survival and profound alteration to Queensland’s cultural landscape. Queensland parliamentary papers, vol 2, 1937

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