Status Exploration Program, Dawson River, 1991

14 January 2013
14 January 2013

Queensland Department of Mines and Resources, Queensland Digital Exploration Reports Online

Status Exploration Program, Dawson River, 1991. This map shows the Dawson River and Hillview wells located directly in the vicinity of the 1976 wells (Moura, Kinma and Carra located in centre map). Dawson River would be the site of the first production of coal seam gas from a vertical well in Australia. From MIM Holdings Limited, ‘Well Completion Report: MIH Dawson River A1,’ 1991, company report 25317_1,Queensland Department of Mines and Resources, Queensland Digital Exploration Reports Online.

Palmer gold field, base line and primary triangles, 1885

Palmer, QLD
Australia
16° 2' 35.0592" S, 144° 17' 49.5528" E
1 January 1885
17 June 2011
17 June 2011

Location

Palmer, QLD
Australia
16° 2' 35.0592" S, 144° 17' 49.5528" E
Brisbane

Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Queensland

2 miles to an inch

Palmer gold field, base line and primary triangles, 1885. This map shows the Palmer River goldfield extending from gold diggings west into pastoral stations. Made up of 30 panels, the map folds down to neatly fit in the pocket. This map was part of the series drawn of the Palmer River by surveyors W.T. White and J.T. Embly in 1885, their accompanying map of Maytown and environs showed the presence of the Chinese in the goldfield. The table in the bottom of the map gives details of the distance and bearing of points along the river. The black ink annotations were added by W. Davies on 15 August 1888, and contibuted geological details such as limestone outcrops and huts and creeks. Collection of the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation Library, Queensland

Location plan, Mt Etna Fertilisers, 1924

The Caves, QLD
Australia
23° 10' 37.974" S, 150° 27' 31.7844" E
1 March 1924
17 June 2011
17 June 2011

Location

The Caves, QLD
Australia
23° 10' 37.974" S, 150° 27' 31.7844" E
Brisbane
Mt Etna Fertilisers

State Library of Queensland

Location plan, Mt Etna Fertilisers, 1924. This map displays the extent of mining leases taken over the Caves area as early as 1924 and shows Mount Etna in the centre of the map on mining lease R444. The map appeared in the Prospectus of the Mt Etna Fertiliser company when they issued a call for investment. The company noted that, ‘From the small beginning the business has greatly increased, other leases being obtained from the Crown, particularly Mt. Etna proper, with very large caves and with enormous quantities of Guano and Limestone'. These enormous quantities of limestone would continue to be sought after when other mining companies came to Mount Etna. And it was between cavers and miners that conflict would arise at Mount Etna. From Prospectus: Mt Etna fertilisers Ltd, Brisbane, 1924, Collection of the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Blair Athol reunion, the last function, 1981. Clermont Museum

Clermont Museum

Blair Athol coalfield, 1936

Blair Athol, QLD
Australia
22° 40' 16.8852" S, 147° 31' 36.0696" E
1 January 1936
22 December 2010
22 December 2010

Location

Blair Athol, QLD
Australia
22° 40' 16.8852" S, 147° 31' 36.0696" E

Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Library

Blair Athol coalfield, geological plan by J.H. Reid, District geologist, Rockhampton, 1936. Map shows the ‘big seam’ in red with the school and town right on top of where the coal is. On the left is a cross section of the coal seam at Blair Athol, and in the far left the cemetery. Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Library

Mineral sandmining has reshaped many of  Queensland’s beaches and sand islands. From beach front to high dunes, sandmining has been undertaken along hundreds of kilometres of coastline.

Miner's safety lamp

Miners used safety lamps such as this from the nineteenth century to light underground mines. In coal mines they shielded the naked flame from potentially explosive mixtures of methane and oxygen.

Location

Australia
Queensland Museum
Salford, Manchester, England
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
250mm
80mm
80mm

Gold scales

In early Queensland goldfields the measurement of gold was an important undertaking not only because of the role of gold as a form of currency but also in gauging the success or otherwise of a

Location

Australia
H28735
Queensland Museum
23 November 2010
 Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010 
Australia
Dimensions
635mm
455mm
280mm

Recently discovered goldfields, 1874

1 January 1874
22 November 2010
22 November 2010

Collection of the National Library of Australia

Map of Queensland, Recently discovered goldfields, 1874. Compiled from the latest official government surveys. Gibbs, Shallard and Co Printers, Sydney. Collection of the National Library of Australia

Mineral localities, 1905

1 January 1905
19 November 2010
19 November 2010
Brisbane
Geological Survey Office

Collection of the National Library of Australia

Geological sketch map of Queensland showing mineral localities, 1905. Prepared under the supervision of B. Dunstan acting government geologist and compiled by H.W. Fox, at the Geological Survey Office Brisbane 1905. Box includes material on gold fields with dates of proclamations and mineral fields with dates of proclamations. Collection of the National Library of Australia

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