Timber souvenir

4 March 2015
4 March 2015

'A timber souvenir from the jungle rainforest of north Queensland'. Gudwudguds. Included in this souvenir are: Top and underside – Nth Qld Silky Oak; Left map – Rich stum figured Nth Qld Maple; Right map – NQ Walnut. Private Collection

Coloured coral collection. Colour is one of the great pleasures of the underwater world. This collection of corals and shells was painted to represent the colours of the living reef.

Copyright © National Archives of Australia

Tourists gathering shells and corals at Lodestone Reef near Townsville, c1920. Collection of the National Museum of Australia

Copyright © National Museum of Australia

Magnetic Island

Magnetic Island. Ceramic produced by the pottery company Studio Anna, founded by Karel Jungvirt and Toni Coles.

Location

Magnetic Island, QLD
Australia
19° 10' 42.3156" S, 146° 50' 16.8864" E
Centre for the Government of Queensland
23 November 2010

Copyright © Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Magnetic Island, QLD
Australia
19° 10' 42.3156" S, 146° 50' 16.8864" E

The cosmic scale, verdant islands, blue lagoons and brilliantly coloured underwater life of the Great Barrier Reef have attracted and intrigued visitors from the very earliest European navigators t

Timber jewellery box

Naive art timber jewellery box in the shape of Queensland with kangaroo insert. Towns named are Gold Coast, Brisbane, Rockhampton, Mount Isa, Cairns and Weipa, c1950. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Centre for the Government of Queensland
20 October 2010

Copyright © Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Timber souvenir bookcase, 1958

'Timber souvenir from the jungle rain forests of North Queensland', 1958. Good Wood Goods (GudWudGuds), Cairns. 'Included in this souvenir are Top and underside - Nth Qld Silky Oak, Left map - Rich Stum figured Nth Qld Maple, Right map - NQ Walnut'. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Centre for the Government of Queensland
Cairns
1 January 1958
20 October 2010

Copyright © Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Dimensions
127mm
292mm
141mm
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