towns

Gympie goldfields, 1909

Gympie, QLD

Australia

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1 January 1909

21 October 2010

Location

Gympie, QLD

Australia

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21 October 2010

Queensland Geological Survey

Collection of the State Library of New South Wales

Topographical map of Gympie and environs, Queensland Geological Survey, 1909. Illustrating report on Gympie Goldfield by B Dunstan, Government Geologist, sheets 9 and 10. Collection of the State Library of New South Wales

The Geological Survey of Queensland commenced in 1868 at the suggestion of Richard Daintree. Daintree, a geologist and photographer from Huntingdonshire in England, had arrived in Queensland in 1864, having spent time on the gold fields of Victoria. Daintree travelled through the north of the state finding several indications of gold, copper and coal and his prospecting work in North Queensland is recognised as a catalyst in the early development of gold in that area.

Out where the dead towns lie

Scattered across the tropical north of Queensland are hundreds of dead towns. Called into being by mining, they were abandoned when the minerals ran out or proved to be unprofitable.

Electoral Districts of East & West Moreton, Northern, Western & Eastern Downs, Queensland

QLD

Australia

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1 January 1865

Location

QLD

Australia

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Brisbane

Office of the Surveyor General, Queensland

16 miles to 1 inch

Electoral Districts of East & West Moreton, Northern, Western & Eastern Downs, Queensland from Office of the Surveyor General, Queensland, 'Atlas of the Colony of Queensland, Australia', Brisbane, Government Printing Office, 1865. Described in the Government Notice of 1 February 1866: 'EAST and WEST MORETON, and the EASTERN, WESTERN, and NORTHERN DOWNS, with portion of the LEICHHARDT and WIDE BAY DISTRICTS. Showing Towns, Railways, Electric Telegraph Lines, Principal Bush Roads and Tracks, Rivers, Creeks, Ranges, Agricultural and Village Reserves, Boundaries of Surveyed Areas, Principal Squatting Stations, &c., &c, with more than 200 miles of Coast ; also Bays, Ports, Islands, &c., according to the most recent Surveys. Scale, 16 miles to 1 inch ; size, 27 inches by 20 inches. Printed on fine paper, and colored. Price, 2s. per copy.'

General Map of Queensland, showing Districts proclaimed as Electorates, &c.

QLD

Australia

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1 January 1866

Location

QLD

Australia

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Brisbane

Government Printing Office

85 miles to 1 inch

General Map of Queensland, showing Districts proclaimed as Electorates, &c. from Office of the Surveyor General, Queensland, 'Atlas of the Colony of Queensland, Australia', Brisbane, Government Printing Office, 1865. Described in the Government Notice of 1 February 1866: 'SKETCH MAP OF THE COLONY OF QUEENSLAND. Showing Electoral and Pastoral Districts, Telegraph Lines, Postal Routes, &c, &c., &c. ; colored. Price, 2s.'