Chinese milkman, Cooktown, 1886

Chinese milkman on horseback in Cooktown. Illustration by Frank Mahoney from Andrew Garran (ed), The Picturesque atlas of Australasia, Sydney, Picturesque Atlas Publishing, 1886. Collection of the National Gallery of Australia

Chinese marching to the Palmer River goldfield, 1877

Chinese marching to the Palmer River goldfield. Such images have become imbedded in Queensland folklore, but do not represent the totality of Chinese movement in the nineteenth century. Originally captioned ‘The Chinese invasion, North Queensland’, in the Illustrated Australians News, 2 July 1877. Collection of the National Library of Australia.

Collection of the National Library of Australia.

Transient Chinese in colonial Queensland

Images of Chinese gangs traipsing doggedly through the wilderness, or of the itinerant Chinese pedlar or vegetable seller, have become embedded in the folklore of Queensland.

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Women cycling through the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 1896

Women cycling through the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, 1896. Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland image 7871-0001-0023

Cyclists’ Road Map of Brisbane and Surrounding Districts, 1896, Sheet 1 and 2

Brisbane, QLD
Australia
See map: Google Maps
1 January 1896
5 August 2010
5 August 2010

Location

Brisbane, QLD
Australia
See map: Google Maps
5 August 2010
Brisbane
Surveyor General’s Department

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

1 mile to an inch
Bicycling through Brisbane, 1896

The Cyclists' Road Map of Brisbane and Surrounding Districts, 1896, sheets 1 and 2. Significantly the map does not cover the whole state, but rather is limited by the capital and surrounds – north to Deception Bay, south to Beenleigh and west to Gold Creek and the Bremer River. The furthest distance measured is to Scarborough, 29¼ miles. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Cyclists' Road Map, Brisbane and Surrounding Districts, 1896

Brisbane, QLD
Australia
See map: Google Maps
1 January 1896
5 August 2010

Location

Brisbane, QLD
Australia
See map: Google Maps
Brisbane
Surveyor General's Department

Collection of the National Library of Australia

1 mile to an inch
Bicycling through Brisbane, 1896
The sporting landscape

The Cyclists’ Road Map of Brisbane and Surrounding Districts, 1896 was produced by the Surveyor General’s Department in two sheets and priced at one shilling per sheet. It stated, ‘All roads shown on this map have been ridden over by Officers of the Survey Department’. The map key indicates ‘Roads, Railways, Telegraph Stations, Omnibus Stands and Finger Posts’.  It contains comments, speculation and personal observations relating to the state of the roads, amenities and features of the landscape. This is sheet one of two. Collection of the National Library of Australia.

Bicycling through Brisbane, 1896

The bicycle revolutionised movement through the landscape for hundreds of avant-garde Queenslanders during the closing years of the nineteenth century.

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Law and story-strings

Protocol dictates that I must ‘place’ myself properly so other Aboriginal people can identify me and my knowledge base.

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Decorations for the Queen's visit, Treasury Building, Brisbane, 1954

Decorations for Queen Elizabeth's first Brisbane visit, Treasury Building, Brisbane, 1954. Slide by Allan Webb, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Copyright © Allan Webb and Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

The Queen in Queensland, Pix 27 March 1954

The Queen in Queensland was the feature subject in Pix magazine on 27 March 1954. The cover showed the Queen arriving at the State Recepiton at Parliament House, Brisbane, greeted by the State Premier Vince Gair. Other pages featured photographs of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in Brisbane, Toowoomba, Townsville, and Cairns. Much was made of the weather and the mix of formality and informality surrounding the tour. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

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