Suburban portions of Noosa and Tewantin, 1944

Noosa, QLD
Australia
1 January 1944
26 October 2010
26 October 2010

Location

Noosa, QLD
Australia
Brisbane
Survey Office, Department of Public Lands

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Suburban portions of Noosa and Tewantin, 1944. Parish of Weyba, County of March, Gympie Land Agent’s District, Wide Bay. Drawn and published at the Survey Office, Department of Public Lands, Brisbane, January 1944. Printed at the Government Printing Office. Price 1 shilling. Map shows suburban portions of Noosa and Tewantin including the T.M. Burke Estate, the area around Noosa and the Noosa River, including public and recreation reserves, Lake Weyba, national park and areas reserved for timber. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

The Sunshine Coast is one of Australia’s most rapidly changing regions.

Durundur Estate Map (Mount Kilcoy), 1902

Durundur , QLD
Australia
1 January 1902
26 October 2010
26 October 2010

Location

Durundur , QLD
Australia
Brisbane
Survey Office, Department of Public Lands

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

8 miles to an inch

Durundur Estate Map (Mount Kilcoy), 1902. This estate plan available free for distribution, advertisers the selection of 38 portions of land in Mount Kilcoy, to be open for selection at the Woodford Court House on and after Tuesday 21 October 1902 at 11 o’clock. It was printed and published at the Survey Office, Department of Public Lands, Brisbane in September 1902. C.H. Baird was the Licensed Surveyor. It features a scene of the Lagoon above Mount Kilcoy Head Station. Also included are the terms and conditions of selection, railway and road mileage information, and a detailed list of the schedule of lots available with purchase price and fees. The map itself provides a brief indication of the nature of the land including ‘well grassed open flat’, ‘low ironbark and bloodwood ridges’ and ‘good soil’. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Durundur Estate Map (Durundur and Holmwood), 1902

Durundur, QLD
Australia
1 January 1902
26 October 2010
26 October 2010

Location

Durundur, QLD
Australia
Brisbane
Survey Office, Department of Public Lands

Collection of the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying, Brisbane

Durundur Estate Map (Durundur and Holmwood), 1902. This estate plan, available free for distribution, advertisers the selection of 74 portions of land in Durundur and Holmwood, to be open for selection at the Woodford Court House on and after Tuesday 21 October 1902 at 11 o’clock. It was printed and published at the Survey Office, Department of Public Lands, Brisbane in September 1902. J.T. Stiles and A. Lymburner, Licensed Surveyors. The map includes a depiction of a dairy farm with men and women at work tending dairy cattle, chickens and pigs. Also included are the terms and conditions of selection, already selected land tinted red, railway and road mileage information, and a detailed list of the schedule of lots available with purchase price and fees. The map itself provides a brief indication of the nature of the land including ‘dense vine scrub’, ‘open swampy flat’, ‘well grassed’. Collection of the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying, Brisbane

By the 1890s there was a demand for good agricultural land in parts of southeast Queensland. This shortage was mainly due to previous ambiguous land regulations.

Junior farmers of Mount Mee, 1947. They showed intelligent interest in both the lecture and the practical demonstration. Queensland agricultural journal, 1947. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Local farmers and others present at the McCormick-Deering Tractor School, held recently at Millmerran. Queensland agricultural journal, 1927. Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Junior farmers seminar at Condy Park, Pialba, c1960. Slide by John Thun, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © John Thun and Centre for the Government of Queensland

Junior farmer visit to Cherbourg, c1957. Slide by John Thun, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © John Thun and Centre for the Government of Queensland

Contour farming, Durong, 1958. Slide by John Thun, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © John Thun and Centre for the Government of Queensland

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