Flood scene Rockhampton, 1918

Flood scene at corner of East and Williams Streets, Rockhampton, 1918. Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library

Central Queensland Collection, Central Queensland University Library

Rockhampton’s great flood of 1918

In the days before roads and railway to Brisbane, the Fitzroy River provided all transport and communications for much of Central Queensland through the port of Rockhampton.

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Stock routes and head stations, Queensland, 1892

Australia
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1 January 1892
2 November 2010
2 November 2010

Location

Australia
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2 November 2010
Brisbane
Surveyor General's Office

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Pastoralism 1860s-1915
Station homesteads

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

Nindooinbah Homestead garden, Beaudesert, 1935

Nindooinbah Homestead garden, Beaudesert, 1935. Captioned incorrectly as Nindoornbah in original. From Official Souvenir Beaudesert and National Park Lamington Plateau, Brisbane, 1935, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Ewes and lambs, Glengallan Homestead, Warwick, 1937

Ewes and lambs, Glengallan Homestead, Warwick, 1937. From Queensland agricultural journal, Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Pise construction, Woodridge, 1937

An example of Pise construction, a farm homestead designed and built by Mr Stewart Galletly, Woodridge, 1937. From Queensland agricultural journal, 1937, Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Shearing sheep at Jimbour Homestead, 1912

Shearing sheep at Jimbour Homestead, 1912. From Glimpses of Sunny Queensland (2nd edition), Brisbane, Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau, 1912, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Sheep yarded for shearing, Isis Downs, 1938

Sheep yarded for shearing, Isis Downs, 1938. From C.B. Christensen, Queensland journey, Brisbane, Queensland Government Tourist Bureau, 1938, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Woolshed at Isis Downs, 1933

Woolshed at Isis Downs, 1933. From D.C. Tilghman, The Queen State, Brisbane, John Mills, 1933, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Jimbour House, 1958

Jimbour House on hill and tractor engine as part of heritage display, Dalby, 1958. Slides by John Thun, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © John Thun and the Centre for the Government of Queensland

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