Survival

Channel widening and river training scheme, 1896

1 January 1896

15 April 2015

Water Supply Department

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Channel widening and river training scheme, 1896. Under the direction J.B Henderson, this channel widening and river training scheme was proposed by the Water Supply Department in 1896. To prevent a repeat of the disastrous 1893 floods, areas shaded orange would be removed to widen the channel. A series of flood walls would also be built to protect the inner city and South Brisbane. Where the walls would abut existing permanent structures, watertight joints would be formed keeping flood waters in the channel. These walls would have gates at key locations only closed in the event of a flood higher than in 1890. In the city, flood gates were proposed on the corner of Creek and Charlotte streets and on the corner of Alice and Edward Streets. In South Brisbane, flood gates were proposed at the end of Russell, Glenelg, Ernest and Tribune streets. This map includes the 1893 flood line and shows only part of the Victoria Bridge which was destroyed during the flood. Queensland votes and proceedings, vol.4, 1896

Brisbane flood, right bank, 1893

1 January 1893

15 April 2015

Survey Office

Collection of the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying

10 chains to an inch

Brisbane flood, right bank, 1893. Produced by the Survey Office, this map shows the extent of the 1893 flood on the right bank of the river through West End and South Brisbane. Drawn on existing sheet maps, only one side of the river is shown. Field staff had responsibility for surveying different parts of the city from which a single map could be compiled. This map was stamped by the Survey General’s Office 3 May 1893.

Brisbane flood, left bank, 1893

1 January 1893

15 April 2015

Survey Office

Collection of the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying

10 chains to an inch

Brisbane flood, left bank, 1893. Produced by the Survey Office, this map shows the extent of the ‘Great Flood’ of February 1893 on the left bank of the Brisbane River through St Lucia, Toowong, Taringa and Auchenflower. Drawn over an existing sheet map of Brisbane, only one side of the river is shown. Field staff surveyed the city one section at a time from which a single map could be compiled. This map is signed by the staff surveyor ‘Mr Bedford’ and dated 25 March 1893. Collection of the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying

Brisbane floods: 1893 to the summer of sorrow

Built around a tidal river, some 20 km from Moreton Bay, Brisbane often floods, usually in conjunction with La Niña events bringing heavy wet conditions and cyclonic activity across the state.

Cape Grenville to Booby Island, 1945

Albany Island, QLD

Australia

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1 January 1945

30 June 2011

Location

Albany Island, QLD

Australia

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30 June 2011

Sydney

Queensland Maritime Museum

Cape Grenville to Booby Island, 1945. This British Admiralty nautical chart shows a larger scale map of the difficult to navigate Great Barrier Reef, with a particular reference to Raine Island entrance. With shoals, reefs, small islands and ‘numerous sunken patches’, this map of the North Queensland coast shows the precarious waterways that had to be navigated to maintain survival. In the lower part of the map, near the dial showing the magnetic north, it states, ‘unexamined but considered dangerous navigation’. North of Albany Island Quetta Rock and the location of the wreck are marked. Interestingly, this map is also marked with the memory of shipwrecks when in the 1970s the map was used to mark the location of various wrecks. These included: the Quetta wreck , the wreck of HMS Pandora and a canon found on the Great Detached Reef. Collection of the Queensland Maritime Museum

Adolphus Channel with Albany Pass, 1937

Albany Island, QLD

Australia

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1 January 1937

30 June 2011

Location

Albany Island, QLD

Australia

See map: Google Maps

30 June 2011

London

British Admiralty

Queensland Maritime Museum

Adolphus Channel with Albany Pass, 1937. This British Admiralty nautical chart of the north Queensland coast was completed by Captain W.J.L. Wharton on the surveying ship ‘Paluma’ in 1890. North of Albany Island this map marks both Quetta Rocks and the site of the Quetta wreck. Additions were made to the original 1890 map up until this published version in 1937. Following the wreck of the Quetta, one of these additions to the original chart was to mark a safe passage through the precarious Adolphus Channel. Between Albany Island and the Brother Islands, a line following 123 degrees can be observed that passes from the North Brother island with a high point of 40ft through the channel past Quetta Rocks. With these lines for navigation and additions such as the inset side view on the chart showing the entrance to Albany Island, navigational charts helped mariners survive difficult sea voyages. Collection of the Queensland Maritime Museum

Kirrama Range Road, Lumholtz, 1937. During the Depression, the Queensland Department of Forestry built three major access roads: the Kirrama Range Road, Kuranda-McKenzie’s Pocket-Black Mountain Road and Robson’s Creek Road at Dunbulla. The Unemployment Relief Fund covered three fifths of the total cost, which was carried out by the full-time employed at award rates and conditions. These images show works conducted on the Kirrama Range Road which would provide access to approximately 100 million feet of timber. Works such as this were a vital source of employment during the Depression. They also resulted in the modification of vast tracts of land. Queensland parliamentary papers, vol 2, 1937

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Assistance to cotton growers, Upper Burnett and Callide Valley, 1937. Under the Cotton Production Relief Scheme, advances were made to ‘necessitous' cotton growers in the Upper Burnett and Callide Valleys. In 1937, a total of £20,000 was made available from the Unemployment Relief Scheme of which just over £14,317 was spent. These images show the clearing and burning of native vegetation to make way for increased cotton production. Queensland parliamentary papers, vol 2, 1937

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Land reclamation for seaside allotments and recreation, Sandgate, 1937. These images appeared in the 1936-37 annual report of the Land Administration Board and show the progress of swamp-filling and land reclamation at Sandgate. The top image shows mangrove and ti-tree swamp cleared prior to filling. Soil was excavated and brought by tractor on light tracks before being dumped into the swamp. A little over half of the costs came from the Unemployment Relief Scheme. Each week, an average of 50 gained employment. Queensland parliamentary papers, vol 2, 1937

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Sandgate land reclamation, 1937. These images appeared in the seventh annual report of the 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, approval was granted for the reclamation of ti-tree and mangrove swamps at Sandgate. The total cost to June 1937 was just over £4000 and over half came from the Unemployment Relief Fund. Work was carried out under the supervision of the Public Estate Improvement Branch ‘as a full-time job on award rates and conditions’. These images show the progress of the land reclamation scheme. The report stated that ‘besides proving a great benefit to the Greater Brisbane Area by the removal of an unhealthy swamp, the land, when reclaimed would be highly suitable for utilisation as building sites, esplanade, and parking areas'. Each week, an average of 50 gained employment. Queensland parliamentary papers, vol 2, 1937

Collection of the University of Queensland Library