Transformation

Dehorning rams on Biddenham Station, Charleville, 1915. From Queensland sheep and wool industry, 1918. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Shorn sheep at Jondaryan Woolshed, Darling Downs, 1915. From Queensland sheep and wool industry, 1918. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Sheep on Oondooroo Station, near Winton, 1915. From Queensland sheep and wool industry, 1918. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Queensland sheep and wool industry, 1918. Compiled and issues by the Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau, Queensland.

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Pastoralism 1860s-1915

After two decades of land seizure and frontier bloodshed, by 1859 the pastoral grazing of sheep and cattle had completely transformed at least a quarter of the land use in Queensland and had become

Stock routes and head stations, Queensland, 1892

Australia

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1 January 1892

2 November 2010

Location

Australia

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2 November 2010

Brisbane

Surveyor General's Office

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Stock routes and head stations, Queensland, 1892. Map shows stock routes and main roads, railway lines, railway stations, stock trucking yards, artesian bores and tanks. Head stations throughout Queensland are indicated by a small black square. The inset map shows railway lines. Surveyor General's Department, Brisbane. Collection of the Queensland State Archives