Development

Gympie goldfields, 1909

Gympie, QLD

Australia

See map: Google Maps

1 January 1909

21 October 2010

Location

Gympie, QLD

Australia

See map: Google Maps

21 October 2010

Queensland Geological Survey

Collection of the State Library of New South Wales

Topographical map of Gympie and environs, Queensland Geological Survey, 1909. Illustrating report on Gympie Goldfield by B Dunstan, Government Geologist, sheets 9 and 10. Collection of the State Library of New South Wales

The Geological Survey of Queensland commenced in 1868 at the suggestion of Richard Daintree. Daintree, a geologist and photographer from Huntingdonshire in England, had arrived in Queensland in 1864, having spent time on the gold fields of Victoria. Daintree travelled through the north of the state finding several indications of gold, copper and coal and his prospecting work in North Queensland is recognised as a catalyst in the early development of gold in that area.

Gold

Gold symbolises wealth. It transformed Queensland’s history and landscape.

Timber jewellery box

Naive art timber jewellery box in the shape of Queensland with kangaroo insert. Towns named are Gold Coast, Brisbane, Rockhampton, Mount Isa, Cairns and Weipa, c1950. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Centre for the Government of Queensland

20 October 2010

Timber souvenir bookcase, 1958

'Timber souvenir from the jungle rain forests of North Queensland', 1958. Good Wood Goods (GudWudGuds), Cairns. 'Included in this souvenir are Top and underside - Nth Qld Silky Oak, Left map - Rich Stum figured Nth Qld Maple, Right map - NQ Walnut'. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Centre for the Government of Queensland

Cairns

1 January 1958

20 October 2010

Dimensions

127mm

292mm

141mm

Cathedral Fig Tree, Boar Pocket Road, Lake Barrine. Postcard Murray Views Collection c1970-2000. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Hauling timber, Queensland, c1910. Postcard Valentine & Sons, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010

Cedar log at the 1897 exhibition, Bowen Park. Product of the North Queensland Timber Co. Queensland agricultural journal, 1897. Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Collection of the University of Queensland Library

Bullock team hauling timber at Lowood, c1890s. Photograph (Mobsby Collection) Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Clearing scrub, Babinda, c1925. From Queensland illustrated 70 exquisite views, c1925. Collection of John Young

Collection of John Young

Scrub clearing by burning, Malanda, 1918. From Tablelands of North Queensland, Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau, 1918. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland