Quintessential Queensland

Cooper Creek, Channel Country, 1978. Dubbed Burke & Wills Country. Postcard by Murray Views, Murray Views Collection

Channel Country billabong, 1980. Postcard by Murray View, Murray Views Collection

Channel Country, Birdsville, 1980. Postcard by Murray Views, Murray Views Collection

The Big Pineapple Nambour tea-towel

The Big Pineapple, Nambour, tea-towel. Collection of Glenn Cooke

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Collection of Glenn Cooke

Progress of dairying, 1908. From Land seekers guide to Queensland, Brisbane, Pulsfields, 1908

Education in Queensland, 1908. School facilities better than in some southern States. From Land seekers guide to Queensland, Brisbane, Pulsfields, 1908

Properties for sale, 1908

1 January 1908

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The Land seekers guide to Queensland and catalogue of properties for sale and crown land selection, from Land seekers guide to Queensland, Brisbane, Pulsfields, 1908

Queensland compared with other States, 1908

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1 January 1908

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Queensland compared with other States, 1908. From Land seekers guide to Queensland, Brisbane, Pulsfields, 1908

Queensland for ‘the best kind of population, primary producers’

As the second State in Australia, Queensland, while smaller than Western Australia, could still fit, within its borders, the entire land mass of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, with New Zealan

Pineapple invitation, 1920. Inside pages of an invitation to a banquet held by the Government of Queensland for the visit of HRH Prince of Wales, 1920 at Finney’s Café, Brisbane.

Collection of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland