Development

Brigalow land sale 1965 advertising four blocks south of Rolleston. These were part of a land development scheme for the Fitzroy Basin. The plans were drawn by the Survey Office and published by the Department of Lands. Good quality plans could be purchased from the Survey Office. This plan was for free distribution. Collection of the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying, DERM, Brisbane

Map of Atherton Tableland, August 1958 showing railways and main roads, Walkabout, August 1958. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Grain sorghum growing in central Queensland, Walkabout, June 1951. The properties of the Queensland British Food Corporation are shaded and include Wolfgang, Retro, Peak Downs, Cullin-la-Ringo, Marmadilla, Orion Downs and Inderi together with the railway network. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Blair Athol coalfield, geological plan by J.H. Reid, District geologist, Rockhampton, 1936. Map shows the ‘big seam’ in red with the school and town right on top of where the coal is. On the left is a cross section of the coal seam at Blair Athol, and in the far left the cemetery. Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water Library