Exploitation

Irrigation and water supply projects, 1963

1 January 1963

3 December 2010

Queensland Irrigation and Water Supply Commission

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Irrigation and water supply projects, 1963. Investigation and construction program of the Queensland Irrigation and Water Supply Commission. Maps shows work in progress, commenced, rainfall and limits of the Artesian Basin. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Consolidated Rutile Limited, Annual report, 1980. Collection of the National Library of Australia

Minjerriba

Minjerriba was a giant in the sun

His green back coated with cyprus and gum,

Belly bloated with rich grains of sand,

Eyes brimming with waters so cool,

25 November 2010

Sandmining

Mineral sandmining has reshaped many of Queensland’s beaches and sand islands. From beach front to high dunes, sandmining has been undertaken along hundreds of kilometres of coastline.

Miner's safety lamp

Miners used safety lamps such as this from the nineteenth century to light underground mines. In coal mines they shielded the naked flame from potentially explosive mixtures of methane and oxygen.