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Flinders Street, Townsville, c 1953

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From the Queensland Heritage Register.

The Post Office was constructed in 1886 at a cost of £17,235. Dennis Kellcher submitted a tender and carried out extensions in 1888, while a clock tower was built by Henry L Davis & Co. Chimes were imported from England in 1889 and installed by 1891. As a result of severe bomb damage done to buildings in Darwin, the clocktower was dismantled in 1942 and the mechanism was stored away. A greatly modified tower was built in 1963-64 by JE Allen & Co. of Townsville at a cost of £42,135. The interior was also modernisation at this time. Because of its prominent location, the Post Office often became the scene of political rallies around a speaker on a soap box.

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Burke Street, Julia Creek, c 1953

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The Australian Estates & Mortgage Co Ltd was founded in 1894 as wool and produce selling brokers, stock and station agents, pastoralists, raw sugar millers and cane growers. It renamed The Australian Estates Company Limited in 1936 and was taken over by CSR Limited in 1975.

As of August 2017, both these building still exist.

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Governor of Queensland Lieutenant General Sir John Lavarack opening the 33th Parliament, Brisbane, 5 August 1953

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After serving in both world warrs, Lieutenant General Sir John Lavarack became Governor of Queensland in 1946. He was the first Australian-born governor of Queensland and the second Australian-born person to hold a governorship in Australia.

The 33rd Parliament was opened on 5 August 1953 following the election on 7 March..

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SS Bilkurra, Brisbane, 1949

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SS Bilkurra was a 3,952 t cargo ship built by Evans Deakin & Co Ltd, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane in 1949 for the Australian Shipping Board. She was transferred to the Australian National Line in 1959 and sold to Malaysian International Shipping Corp as Malaysia Maju. She was sold again in 1971 to Pac Trade Navigation Co., Panama and renamed Santa Carina, being retired and broken up in 1974.

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