Perceptions

New state above the twentieth parallel, 1953. 'It is ninety years since Sir George Bowen suggested that the north of Australia (above the twentieth parallel) should be a seventh colony and sixty-four years later support came from a Queensland Premier, the late E.G. Theodore.'  Walkabout, January 1953, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Grain sorghum growing in central Queensland, Walkabout, June 1951. The properties of the Queensland British Food Corporation are shaded and include Wolfgang, Retro, Peak Downs, Cullin-la-Ringo, Marmadilla, Orion Downs and Inderi together with the railway network. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

The Oak Park Picnic Races, Walkabout, June 1947. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Dr J.J.C. Bradfield's inland irrigation scheme. Map drawn for Rydge's by R. Emerson Curtis, Walkabout, January 1947. This map shows the proposed area that was deemed suitable for the raising of rice, cotton, flax, jute, maize, wheat, tropical fruits, tea, coffee, sheep and cattle using a series of dams from Tully through to Coopers Creek. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland