tourism

Rainforests of North Queensland

Environmental perceptions are seldom straightforward.

Railway excursion tickets, 1953. Excursions from as early as 1913 provided an enjoyable trip to the countryside, paired with a dining experience in Railway Refreshment Rooms.

Views of Mount Spec Road, near Paluma, 1937. These images appeared in the seventh annual report of the Queensland Department of Labour and Industry on the ‘operations and proceedings’ under the Income (Unemployment Relief) Tax Acts, 1930 to 1935. To provide work for the unemployed during the Depression, the Main Roads Commission authorised various relief schemes throughout Queensland. In 1937, the Commission was allocated just under £15,000 in relief funds, a major reduction from the previous year. Some of these funds went towards building new tourist roads in scenic areas such as Mount Nebo and Mount Spec. These images show works completed on the Mount Spec Road, north of Townsville. Queensland parliamentary papers, vol 2, 1937

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Proposed site for whaling station, Tangalooma, 1952

Tangalooma, QLD

Australia

27° 10' 39.9792" S, 153° 22' 29.5752" E

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24 January 1952

20 May 2011

Location

Tangalooma, QLD

Australia

27° 10' 39.9792" S, 153° 22' 29.5752" E

See map: Google Maps

20 May 2011

Department of Harbours and Marine

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

500 feet to one inch

Proposed site for whaling station, Tangalooma, 1952. This map shows the location of the proposed Tangalooma whaling station to be built on Moreton Island. At a closer scale of 50 feet to one inch, the inset in the top right corner shows the proposed jetty. Surveyed by A.H. Krummel, it shows the water depths which extend out into Moreton Bay. These were measured in feet taken at low water datum. Chosen by the Australian Company Whale Products Pty Ltd, Tangalooma became the site of the largest whaling station in the southern hemisphere. It was selected for four main reasons: the site was sheltered from the ocean, it had a large supply of fresh water, it was on the migratory path of the Humpback whale and it was close to Brisbane. The first two humpback whales were killed in June 1952, but within ten years the whale population had been severely depleted and the station closed. In June 1963, the station was bought by property developers and turned into a resort where tourists now leave from the jetty on whale watching tours. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Snorkellers explore corals at Tween Island, 1983. Collection of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Tourists diving from a pontoon on the Outer Barrier Reef, 1991. Collection of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

A snorkeller views the shallow corals at Heron Island, 1997. Collection of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Tourists snorkelling off Low Isles, 1996. Collection of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

A group of tourists turtle riding at Heron Island, 1938. Collection of the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Collection John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland image 65648

A group of visitors prepare for turtle riding at Mon Repos, c1930. Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland image API-100-0001-0022