timber

Timber souvenir

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

Reafforestation by relief work, Queensland, 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 new forest roads and the raising of Bunya Pine seedlings at the ‘Brooloo’ State Forest Reserve. Queensland parliamentary papers, vol 2, 1931

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Berajondo and Mill Point: remembering place and landscape

‘Places’ are central to the ways in which people construct their understandings of the world.

Inlaid timber table, c1930s

Inlaid timber table, c1930s

Location

Australia

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H42605

Queensland Museum

Southport, Queensland

23 November 2010

Australia

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Dimensions

982mm

1565mm

820mm

Commonwealth Games Baton, 1982

This is the relay baton that carried the message from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for the Opening Ceremony of the XII Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane from 30 September to 9 October 1982.

Location

Brisbane, QLD

Australia

27° 28' 15.3588" S, 153° 1' 24.6072" E

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H16191

Queensland Museum

Brisbane, Queensland

1 January 1982

28 October 2010

Brisbane, QLD

Australia

27° 28' 15.3588" S, 153° 1' 24.6072" E

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Dimensions

650mm

60mm

Kill, cure, or strangle: Atherton Tablelands

The Atherton Tablelands consists of three tablelands, Hann in the north, Atherton, and Evelyn in the south. It is situated in North Queensland in the Cairns hinterland.

Sunshine Coast

The Sunshine Coast is one of Australia’s most rapidly changing regions.

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

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

Dimensions

127mm

292mm

141mm

Hauling timber, Queensland, c1910. Postcard Valentine & Sons, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010