roads

Development plan Brisbane roads, 1965

3 March 2015

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Development plan Brisbane roads, 1965. This ‘Recommended stage development plan’ for Brisbane appeared in the Wilbur Smith and Associates plan for Brisbane. The different colours denote pathways requiring development: red is stage 1 1965-70, blue is stage 2 for 1970-75, green is stage 3 for 1975-80, and brown is stage 4 for 1980-85. Major developments such as the riverside expressway are shown in this map. With its ‘Street and highway plan’ the transportation study recommended the removal of Brisbane’s trams. From Wilbur Smith and Associates, Brisbane transportation study, vol 1, Queensland Main Roads Department and Brisbane City Council, 1965, p.194. Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Aerial survey Cooktown to Daintree, Map 5, 1940

18 January 2013

Queensland Main Roads Commission

Collection of the Lands Museum, Queensland

Aerial survey Cooktown to Daintree, Map 5, 1940. This series of maps of areas in Far North Queensland was maintained by the Main Roads Commission as part of road construction projects. The Cooktown-Daintree maps, printed December 1940, were compiled from aerial photographs controlled by a triangulation survey made by the Commissioner's field staff. Collection of the Lands Museum, Queensland

Aerial survey Cooktown to Daintree, Map 4, 1940

18 January 2013

Queensland Main Roads Commission

Collection of the Lands Museum, Queensland

Aerial survey Cooktown to Daintree, Map 4, 1940. This series of maps of areas in Far North Queensland was maintained by the Main Roads Commission as part of road construction projects. The Cooktown-Daintree maps, printed December 1940, were compiled from aerial photographs controlled by a triangulation survey made by the Commissioner's field staff.Collection of the Lands Museum, Queensland

Aerial survey Cooktown to Daintree, Map 3, 1940

18 January 2013

Queensland Main Roads Commission

Collection of Lands Museum, Queensland

Aerial survey Cooktown to Daintree, Map 3, 1940. This series of maps of areas in Far North Queensland was maintained by the Main Roads Commission as part of road construction projects. The Cooktown-Daintree maps, printed December 1940, were compiled from aerial photographs controlled by a triangulation survey made by the Commissioner's field staff. Collection of Lands Museum, Queensland

Aerial survey Cooktown to Daintree, Map 2, 1940

18 January 2013

Queensland Main Roads Commission

Collection of Lands Museum, Queensland

Aerial survey Cooktown to Daintree, Map 2, 1940. This series of maps of areas in Far North Queensland was maintained by the Main Roads Commission as part of road construction projects. The Cooktown-Daintree maps, printed December 1940, were compiled from aerial photographs controlled by a triangulation survey made by the Commissioner's field staff. Collection of the Lands Museum, Queensland

Aerial survey Cooktown to Daintree, Map 1, 1940

Cooktown, QLD

Australia

15° 28' 5.3076" S, 145° 15' 1.8252" E

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17 January 2013

Location

Cooktown, QLD

Australia

15° 28' 5.3076" S, 145° 15' 1.8252" E

See map: Google Maps

17 January 2013

Lands Museum, Queensland

Aerial survey Cooktown to Daintree, Map 1, 1940. This series of maps of areas in Far North Queensland was maintained by the Main Roads Commission as part of road construction projects. The Cooktown-Daintree maps, printed December 1940, were compiled from aerial photographs controlled by a triangulation survey made by the Commissioner's field staff. Collection of Lands Museum, Queensland

Kirrama Range Road, Lumholtz, 1937. During the Depression, the Queensland Department of Forestry built three major access roads: the Kirrama Range Road, Kuranda-McKenzie’s Pocket-Black Mountain Road and Robson’s Creek Road at Dunbulla. The Unemployment Relief Fund covered three fifths of the total cost, which was carried out by the full-time employed at award rates and conditions. These images show works conducted on the Kirrama Range Road which would provide access to approximately 100 million feet of timber. Works such as this were a vital source of employment during the Depression. They also resulted in the modification of vast tracts of land. Queensland parliamentary papers, vol 2, 1937

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Brisbane City improvements, 1931. These images appeared in the first annual report of the Queensland Department of Labour and Industry on the ‘operations and proceedings’ under the Income (Unemployment Relief) Tax Acts 1930. During the Depression, the Brisbane City Council drew heavily on relief funds and authorised extensive public works throughout the city. These images show several works in progress: road improvements at Bulimba, installing pipe culverts at Cannon Hill, straightening and widening Witton Creek and road improvements at Norman Park. Queensland parliamentary papers, vol 2, 1931

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Mudgeeraba and Currumbin Creeks unemployment relief camps, 1931. These images appeared in the first annual report of the Queensland Department of Labour and Industry on the ‘operations and proceedings’ under the Income (Unemployment Relief) Tax Acts, 1930. They depict the progress of cutting new roads as well as relief camps at Mudgeeraba and Currumbin Creeks. Accommodation consisted of simple timber and corrugated iron huts. At Mudgeeraba, occupants provided a personal touch by attaching fences and gardens to their new homes. Queensland parliamentary papers, vol 2, 1931

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Key to Queensland public estate improvement works, 1937

QLD

Australia

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11 October 1937

25 May 2011

Location

QLD

Australia

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25 May 2011

Department of Public Lands

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Key to Queensland public estate improvement works, 1937. This key to public works, complete or in progress, accompanied a map which appeared in the annual report of the Land Administration Board in 1937. Many of the works listed here were facilitated by 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 at Danbulla, Kuranda and to the top of the Kirrama Range. Land reclamation schemes were conducted around Cairns, Sandgate and Coolangatta. Major works such as these were conducted to help the unemployed survive in the Depression era, but these changes also caused a profound alteration to Queensland’s cultural landscape. Queensland parliamentary papers, vol 2, 1937