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Ships, Brisbane River
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Overflow Of Ships
Indicative of the congestion of the Port of Brisbane, a freighter is standing at the Pile Light anchorage waiting for a vacant berth.
The ship is the Meliskerk from Townsville with 400 tons of general cargo to be unloaded in Brisbane, and due to load wool and general cargo for Italy and Continental ports.
Besides other problems of filling loading and discharging schedules, the “parking problem” in the Brisbane River is causing shipping men some concern.
Today 20 ships were listed for labour. Normally 12 or 14 ships are the capacity of the port.
Today’s rain, which cancelled all working on ships, will cause further delay.
The problems of berthage and cargo commitments, according to shipping men, will continue for at least a week.
Description source:
Brisbane Telegraph, 15 March 1950
View the original image at the Queensland State Archives:
Digital Image ID 4740
Dredges, Brisbane River
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
River Mud Beating Dredges
Mud and silt is accumulating in the Brisbane River faster than dredges remove it.
Sixty-six 10,000-ton freighters would be needed to carry the quantity now dredged from the Brisbane River each year.
But although 1,750,000 tons of mud and silt are dredged annually the river’s navigable depth is still only 24 feet – four less than it was in 1939.
Inadequate depth forced the freighter Rhexenor to load wool at the Pile Light at the weekend.
Main causes of the increased siltage are:-
1. Increased agricultural development in the upper reaches of the river and its tributaries, causing erosion.
2. The Somerset Dam holding back big floods which have hitherto scoured the river.
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The Courier-Mail, 23 February 1949
View the original image at the Queensland State Archives:
Digital Image ID 4076
Dredges, Brisbane River
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Want River Mouth Swamps Reclaimed
The adoption of a mosquito prevention scheme by the reclamation of large areas of swampy land between the mouth of the Brisbane River and Sandgate was urged today by a deputation from the Cribb Island ALP, which saw the Minister for Health (Mr Foley).
It was suggested that if the areas were filled with material dredged from the creeks they would not only be effectively eliminated as mosquito breeding grounds, but made suitable as building sites, thus creating a big asset.
The Minister said it was a matter for the Co-ordinator-General of Works, to whom a report of the representations would be sent for consideration.
Description source:
The Telegraph, 26 July 1946
View the original image at the Queensland State Archives:
Digital Image ID 4097