tourism

Discover Queensland, c1959. A mix of Australiana, appropriated Aboriginal design and some specifically Queensland related images emerge.

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

The Sunshine route along the coast to Cairns, 1936. Sunshine and Queensland became synonymous when the railway to Cairns, called the North Coast Railway, opened in 1924.

Collection of the State Library of Queensland

The Pocket Queensland, compiled and issued by the Intelligence and Tourist Bureau, Queensland, 1912. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Queensland, tourism regions, c1990

Australia

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12 November 2010

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Australia

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12 November 2010

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

It wasn't until 1992 that the Queensland Tourist and Travel Corporation registered the brands Beautiful One Day, Perfect the Next, Sunlover Holidays and Live it Up! together with their own logo the Palm Tree feature, although they had all been in use for at least five years prior to 1992. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland