Palmer gold field, base line and primary triangles, 1885

Palmer, QLD
Australia
16° 2' 35.0592" S, 144° 17' 49.5528" E
1 January 1885
17 June 2011
17 June 2011

Location

Palmer, QLD
Australia
16° 2' 35.0592" S, 144° 17' 49.5528" E
Brisbane

Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Queensland

2 miles to an inch

Palmer gold field, base line and primary triangles, 1885. This map shows the Palmer River goldfield extending from gold diggings west into pastoral stations. Made up of 30 panels, the map folds down to neatly fit in the pocket. This map was part of the series drawn of the Palmer River by surveyors W.T. White and J.T. Embly in 1885, their accompanying map of Maytown and environs showed the presence of the Chinese in the goldfield. The table in the bottom of the map gives details of the distance and bearing of points along the river. The black ink annotations were added by W. Davies on 15 August 1888, and contibuted geological details such as limestone outcrops and huts and creeks. Collection of the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation Library, Queensland

Palmer gold field, Maytown and environs, 1885

Palmer, QLD
Australia
16° 2' 35.0592" S, 144° 17' 49.5528" E
1 January 1885
17 June 2011
17 June 2011

Location

Palmer, QLD
Australia
16° 2' 35.0592" S, 144° 17' 49.5528" E
Brisbane

Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Queensland

20 chains to an inch

Palmer gold field, Maytown and environs, 1885. Drawn by the surveyor W.T. White, this map unfolds from pocket size to a large map made up of 48 sections. The table shows the distances and bearings of roads and rivers across the goldfields. The Palmer River snakes its way across the bottom of the map, with Maytown assuming a large river frontage and the various gold diggings spreading out from the river. The map shows the presence of the Chinese. Chinese gardens are marked at numerous spots including the large Chinese gardens on Dog Leg Creek. Outside the Ida Township there is another Chinese garden on Butchers Creek. In the centre of the map between Maytown and German Bar, the Chinese camp is marked in Thompson’s Gully. Collection of the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation Library, Queensland

Location plan, Mt Etna Fertilisers, 1924

The Caves, QLD
Australia
23° 10' 37.974" S, 150° 27' 31.7844" E
1 March 1924
17 June 2011
17 June 2011

Location

The Caves, QLD
Australia
23° 10' 37.974" S, 150° 27' 31.7844" E
Brisbane
Mt Etna Fertilisers

State Library of Queensland

Location plan, Mt Etna Fertilisers, 1924. This map displays the extent of mining leases taken over the Caves area as early as 1924 and shows Mount Etna in the centre of the map on mining lease R444. The map appeared in the Prospectus of the Mt Etna Fertiliser company when they issued a call for investment. The company noted that, ‘From the small beginning the business has greatly increased, other leases being obtained from the Crown, particularly Mt. Etna proper, with very large caves and with enormous quantities of Guano and Limestone'. These enormous quantities of limestone would continue to be sought after when other mining companies came to Mount Etna. And it was between cavers and miners that conflict would arise at Mount Etna. From Prospectus: Mt Etna fertilisers Ltd, Brisbane, 1924, Collection of the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

United States Army map of Brisbane, c1941

Brisbane
Australia
27° 28' 15.3588" S, 153° 1' 24.6072" E
1 January 1941
17 June 2011
17 June 2011

Location

Brisbane
Australia
27° 28' 15.3588" S, 153° 1' 24.6072" E
Brisbane

State Library of Queensland

United States Army map of Brisbane, c1941. The simple eight chain series maps, originally made at the turn of the century by Queensland surveyors, were modified by the United States Army when they were situated in Brisbane between 1941 and 1945. The Army adapted these maps by overlaying topographical lines. In this way, the US Army imposed their own cartographic order. This map is sheet 14 of 55, and shows Brisbane city. The corner of Adelaide and Creek Streets, the site of the ‘Battle of Brisbane’, is shown in the centre of the map at a low point of 30 feet elevation. Collection of the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland 

Union camp, Barcaldine, 1891

Barcaldine, QLD
Australia
23° 33' 8.8812" S, 145° 17' 18.6756" E
1 January 1893
1 June 2011
1 June 2011

Location

Barcaldine, QLD
Australia
23° 33' 8.8812" S, 145° 17' 18.6756" E

John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

Union camp, Barcaldine, 1891. Located at the head point of the central railway, western Queensland, Barcaldine became a focal point of conflict during the shearers’ strike of 1891. Up to 1000 unionists camped outside the town at Lagoon Creek. On the lookout for ‘trouble makers’, armed troopers camped in the town and guarded the rail head. This painting was discovered in the office of the Australian Workers Union and depicts life at the Lagoon camp. Tents line the banks of the creek while men are standing around fires conversing or simply enjoying a relaxing pipe. In the bottom left corner a library tent is shown with a sign out the front. In the distance the town and an artesian drilling derrick are visible. Little is known about the artist, ‘Chapman’, and whether the painting is an accurate depiction of the camp or based on second hand accounts, but it remains one of the few artistic representations of the places created out of the shearers’ strike. Collection of the John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

The long road to Jappoon, 1978

Australia
12 April 1978
20 May 2011
20 May 2011

Location

Australia

Fryer Library

The long road to Jappoon, 1978. This map of Queensland, inset on the Japanese flag, appeared on the cover of the independent Brisbane newspaper the Semper in April 1978. This was just weeks before the Queensland Government was set to legislate allowing the twenty thousand acre multi-million dollar Iwasaki Project to go ahead. The article that appeared in the paper was highly critical of the dealings over the Iwasaki Project in Queensland. The paper reported, ‘Notwithstanding Iwasaki’s ploughing unauthorised roads through Crown Land in Yeppoon, Mr. Bjeke-Petersen in support of him says he is “one of the greatest conservationists in the world” and that he has “planted a million trees.”’  The article noted that the Yeppoon Resort was set to be used by wealthy Japanese holidaymakers and that ‘in Tokyo Yeppoon is known as Nippon Costa’. The Semper, 12 April 1978, Collection of the Fryer Library

Plan of Olsen's cave, 1903

The Caves, QLD
Australia
23° 10' 37.974" S, 150° 27' 31.7844" E
14 November 1903
4 May 2011
4 May 2011

Location

The Caves, QLD
Australia
23° 10' 37.974" S, 150° 27' 31.7844" E

Department of Mines

96 feet to an inch

Plan of Olsen’s Cave, 1903. J. Christensen leased the ‘cave property’ of 80 acres with the intention to excavate guano from the caves and sell it as a fertilizer because of its high phosphorous content. This plan was drawn by H. Buch from surveys he and Christensen made of the caves. Cathedral Cave, marked ‘F’ on the map, was a ‘beautiful cave’ that contained ‘the Font’ and ‘the Pulpit’ which were two large stalagmite formations. Christensen observed, ‘At first sight, the caves appear most irregular in their formation, but a glance at the accompanying map shows them generally to run in parallel direction from north-west to south-east.’ He was also aware of the significance of the limestone in the caves, the commodity over which the major confrontation would occur, writing, ‘The limestone, which presents a grey, weathered surface, shows in the fracture a light grey colour, interspersed with pink and reddish brown, of the nature of marble.’ J. Christensen, ‘Olsen’s caves, near Rockhampton,’ Queensland government mining journal, 14 November 1903

Farnborough (Iwasaki) resort, surge and flood levels, 1976, sheet 2

Yeppoon, QLD
Australia
23° 7' 40.3968" S, 150° 44' 43.3176" E
23 March 1976
3 May 2011
3 May 2011

Location

Yeppoon, QLD
Australia
23° 7' 40.3968" S, 150° 44' 43.3176" E
Cameron, McNamara and Partners

Queensland State Archives

1:5000

Farnborough (Iwasaki) resort, surge and flood levels, 1976, sheet 2. This surge and flood level map was completed in March 1976 by engineers Cameron, McNamara & Partners so that design levels for storm tides could be considered by developers. Interestingly, the elongated contours on this map, which is further south down the beach, look vastly different showing the influence of wind in shaping the landscape as opposed to water further north. In the south the road way leads to Farnborough School only 600 m west, which connects to Hine Avenue leading to small dwellings positioned close to the coast. In the centre, the 5.7 m flood level from January 1974 is marked where ‘water remained for 2-3 months’. In the far north of the map, the 4.67 m limit of the wave caused by tropical cyclone David is marked. David crossed the Queensland coast just north of St Lawrence (south of Mackay) in early January 1976 and was intensifying as it hit the coast. In nearby Yeppoon, 30 buildings were unroofed and large seas and high tides caused major damage – the breakwater at Rosslyn Bay Harbour was destroyed along with marine craft. Recording the extent of the cyclone was important for designing plans at Farnborough resort. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Standard maternity ward plan, 1929

QLD
Australia
4 November 1929
3 May 2011
3 May 2011

Location

QLD
Australia
Department of Public Works

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Eight feet to an inch

Standard two bedroom maternity ward, 1929. Built throughout regional Queensland, these architectural plans show the standard design for two bedroom maternity wards. The mother’s rooms were 10 feet square and opened out onto a wide veranda. The labour and sterilizing rooms were down a short hallway. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Farnborough (Iwasaki) resort, surge and flood levels, 1976, sheet 1

Yeppoon, QLD
Australia
23° 7' 40.3968" S, 150° 44' 43.3176" E
23 March 1976
3 May 2011
3 May 2011

Location

Yeppoon, QLD
Australia
23° 7' 40.3968" S, 150° 44' 43.3176" E
Cameron, McNamara and Partners

Queensland State Archives

1:5000

Farnborough (Iwasaki) resort, surge and flood levels, 1976, sheet 1. This surge and flood level map was completed in March 1976 by engineers Cameron, McNamara & Partners for the design and development of the Iwasaki resort. The map marks the significant places that were already at Farnborough: the ‘hut’ in the southeast corner, the ‘Boys Plains’ and the levee. Abutting the Coral Sea, the map marks the significant water data that were needed for positioning the resort, from south to north: freshwater flood level that reached 2.68 m in 1956, storm tide that hit over two metres in two locations in January 1976, the flood that reached 3.6 m in January 1974, and the sites further north that were affected by the 1976 storm tide. The 1976 water-activity was caused by ‘Cyclone David’ which crossed the Queensland coast south of Mackay in early January 1976 and caused damage to many houses in Yeppoon. As can be seen, in some of the blank spaces of this map contours were not possible to record because the ‘dense vegetation’ was impenetrable for the engineers. Collection of the Queensland State Archives 

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