Conflict

Stop Skyrail in National Park, 1994. Photo by Rosita Henry

Chapman was the developer of the Skyrail project. Photo by Rosita Henry, 1994

The local media ran a strong anti-protest campaign during the Skyrail debate. Michael Sourial. 'Protesters, credible or farcical?', Cairns Post, 5 August 1994. Collection of Rosita Henry

Collection of Rosita Henry

Skyrail Cairns (Research notes)

During 1993 and 1994 the Cairns to Kuranda Skyrail became a hot political issue in North Queensland.

University of Queensland Student Commemoration Day, 1962. The House of St Jean parade, George Street, Brisbane. Slide by Patrick Conaghan. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

University of Queensland Student Commemoration Day, 1962. Castro parade, George Street, Brisbane. Slide by Patrick Conaghan. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

University of Queensland Student Commemoration Day, 1962. Castro parade float. Slide by Patrick Conaghan. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

People, by Eanruig Raibert, 1969

One time he came among us,

We the expresso folk,

Clad in his shroud of culture,

Pride, dignity his yoke.

He moved just like a self styled king,

Amongst his self style serfs,

Sounding his oxford Cambridge vowels,

And speaking toff nosed F’s.

His hairless face, stiff upper lip,

To us it seemed to say,

“How jolly good of me to come,

Thou I haven’t come to stay”.

A socialist is what I am,

I’ll have you all to know,

Just let me do my workers act,

19 February 1969

30 September 2010

Folk by John Manifold, 1969

They’ve opened a folk expresso bar,

And once for a sort of a joke,

I went to drink Folk expresso there,

And watch the expresso Folk.

The coffee was just the same old stuff,

As you get in the posh caffays,

But something about the customers,

Recalled by grandpa’s days.

They had flowing beards, and flowing manes,

Tho they looked a bit down at heels

And they sang in moody and sankey tunes,

Of their wonderfully high ideals.

The girls had hair like grandma wore,

Location

Brisbane, QLD

Australia

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19 February 1969

30 September 2010

Brisbane, QLD

Australia

See map: Google Maps

Conflict

Stop Skyrail in National Park, 1994

Anti-Skyrail protest, 1994

Protesters, credible or farcical, 1994

Skyrail Cairns (Research notes)

University of Queensland Student Commemoration Day, 1962

University of Queensland Student Commemoration Day, 1962

University of Queensland Student Commemoration Day, 1962

University of Queensland Student Commemoration Day, 1962

People, by Eanruig Raibert, 1969

Folk by John Manifold, 1969

Location