Walkabout cover, April 1947

Drilling Mt Isa Mine, cover image Walkabout, April 1947. Copyright Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Walkabout cover, March 1947

The unusual stones featured on the cover of this issue were dug from the ground on the Darr River, a tributary of the Thomson River, near Longreach, Central Queensland, cover image Walkabout, March 1947. Copyright Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Walkabout cover, June 1945

Cattle Drafting at a Stockmen’s Carnival, Queensland, cover image Walkabout, June 1945. Copyright Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Walkabout cover, December 1934

Marine Wonders, Great Barrier Reef, photograph Australian Museum, cover image Walkabout, December 1934. Copyright Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Walkabout

The popular national travel magazine Walkabout (current 1934-74, 1978), produced by the Australian National Travel Association in Melbourne, contained many stories on Queensland.

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Map showing position of Queensland to the Australian Colonies, India, China &c

Australian region
Australia
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1 January 1866

Location

Australian region
Australia
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Brisbane
Government of Queensland
Passages to India: military linkages with Queensland

Map showing the position of Queensland to the Australian Colonies, India, China &c, 1866. Engraved for the Queensland Government by Thomas Ham & Co, Brisbane. One of 14 plates contained in the Atlas of the Colony of Queensland, Australia.

This map shows the relative geographical position of India and Australia, both subordinate elements of Empire.

Perceptions

How people understand the landscape.
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