Quintessential Queensland

Ross' Run, Glenora Historical Complex. In the late 1970s Lionel De Landelles, a pioneer breeder of Brahman cattle, moved Glenora House to a site on his property outside Rockhampton. It became the focus of a group of other buildings which included a Methodist Church, Congregational Church and other dwellings. It is representative of the pseudo-village assemblages that have been established throughout Australia to preserve early timber buildings rescued from demolition. As a commercial venture it failed and De Landelles sold the property. Collection of Glenn Cooke

Tea-towel: Matilda Country, 1989. This tea-towel was designed in 1989 in response to requests from western tourism venues. It documents sites of interest in inland Queensland from Burketown on the Gulf of Carpentaria to Cunnamulla in the far south-west. Within this vast area and the numerous attractions this example was sourced from Normanton. Collection of Glenn Cooke

Tea-towel: Queensland Oil Field. This tea-towel is highly unusual as it promoted the development of an industrial resource in the Surat Basin Oil Field. It shows the industry including its extraction at Moonie on the Darling Downs, and the transportation of the crude oil through the 170 mile-long pipeline for final processing at Brisbane. Collection of Glenn Cooke

Tea-towel: Great Keppel Island. Great Keppel Island is the largest in the Keppel Group of fourteen islands which was named when Captain James Cook passed by in 1770. The land area of this national park covers some 1400 hectares and is surrounded by 17 white sand beaches. The first resort established in 1967, was taken over by Trans-Australian Airlines in 1975 and was closed in 2008 for redevelopment. Collection of Glenn Cooke