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Dry Dock, South Brisbane, c 1958
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The small motor ship Melva was built in Auckland, New Zealand in 1946. From 1948 she was chartered to salvage war material in the Pacific and later used for trading in the Cook Islands. In 1957 she was sold to Dartim Shipping for trade between Australia and Timor, being refitted in Brisbane in 1958 before entering that service. In 1961 she arrived in Townsville for repairs but was impounded due to debts owed by the owner. She was scuttled off Townsville on 2 September 1966.
Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 6307
Teacher's house, Murray Island, 20 July 1911
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Murray Island, also called Mer in the native Meriam language, is in the Torres Strait Islands archipelago.
Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 5854
Nickel mining at Greenvale, October 1986
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Greenvale Nickel Mine, 220km north west of Townsville, opened in 1973 and closed in 1993.
Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 5685
Swimmers receiving medals at the XII Commonwealth Games, Brisbane, October 1982
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Possibly the medal ceremony for the men’s 200 m freestyle. Gold to Andrew Astbury (ENG), silver to Peter Szmidt (CAN) and bronze to Ron McKeon (AUS).
Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 5702
Aerial View of Wacol Prison, Wacol, 11 October 1988
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Brisbane Correctional Centre, formerly Sir David Longland Correctional Centre, was opened in 1988.
Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 5721
Aerial view of Sports Centre for the XII Commonwealth Games, Brisbane, c 1981
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Sports Centre (QEII Stadium) was opened in 1975 and the “temporary” seating around the main track was intended to be removed after the 1982 Commonwealth Games. It was later renamed ANZ Stadium. It is currently called the Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre.
Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 5695
Natureland Zoo, Binya Street, Coolangatta, 28 August 1963
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The Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Zoological Gardens opened in 1954 and was renamed Natureland Zoo in 1957. It closed in 1986.
Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 697
Queensland Patriotic Day at the Exhibition Grounds, Brisbane, 28 August 1915
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The Telegraph
26 August 1915
COLLECTIONS ON SATURDAY. Queensland’s Patriotic Day.
Collectors for Patriotic Day are notified that the collection boxes will be available for distribution from the committee’s room in the Town Hall to-morrow, Friday, from 2 p.m., unless other arrangements have already been made. Each of the boxes bears the official stamp of tho Queensland patriotic fund, or Red Cross Society, and the number of the box, and is sealed.
Collectors will also be supplied with an official badge, and a card ol authority to collect , on behalf of the Queensland patriotic fund; this must .be handed back with the. box before the close of Saturday.
Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 26074
Flood map of Brisbane and suburbs, delineating the extent of the January 1974 Brisbane River flood, February 1974
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The digital image for this map was cut into two parts due to the size of the original map. They have been reassembled for ease of viewing online.
Part 1: Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 6315
Part 2: Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 6316