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The Queensland Occupational Safety Convention was held at Festival Hall, Brisbane on 8-9 April 1965.
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George Street, Brisbane, 1965
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The Bank of New South Wales Building was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
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Story Bridge, Brisbane, 1965
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Looking from the north end towards Kangaroo Point.
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Coral Lounge, South Molle Island, 1965
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The tourist resort on South Molle Island was established in 1937. The large jetty was built in 1961, replacing a small jetty that could only be used at high tide.
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Pavilion and bathers, Redcliffe, December 1937
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Redcliffe holds the distinction of being the first European settlement in Queensland, first visited by Matthew Flinders on 17 July 1799. He penned the name Red Cliffe Point after the red coloured cliffs visible from the bay now called Woody Point. Explorer John Oxley recommended “Red Cliff Point” to the Governor Thomas Brisbane for the new colony, reporting that ships could land at any tide and easily get close to the shore.The party settled in Redcliffe on 13 September 1824, under the command of Lieutenant Henry Miller with 14 soldiers, some with wives and children, and 29 convicts. However, this settlement was abandoned after one year and the colony was moved south to a site on the Brisbane River at North Quay, 28 km (17 mi) south, that offered a more reliable water supply. Before European arrival the indigenous Ningy Ningy people lived in this
Play Shed at State School, Goondiwindi, 17 July 1909
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Play Shed at State School, Goondiwindi, Elevation, Section and Plans, 17 July 1909.
Goondiwindi East Provisional School officially opened on 4 July 1898 with admissions starting on the next day. It became a State School in 1909 and closed in 1947.
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Locomotives under construction at English Electric, Rocklea, 1966
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Two of five locomotives for the New Zealand Railways built by the English Electric Company of Australia Pty Ltd in the Brisbane suburb of Rocklea.
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Bulimba B Power Station, April 1965
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Bulimba A power station, also known as Gibson Island, opened in 1926. Bulimba B opened in 1954. With the opening of Tarong and Wivenhoe power stations, Bulimba closed in 1986.
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Brisbane Street, Ipswich, April 1965
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The two prominent buildings are the Ipswich Post Office (built 1900) and Old Town Hall (built 1861). The Town Hall had its clock installed in 1879. From 1901 until 1912, Ipswich had two clocks side by side in these two buildings, although they were generally showing different times! The Post Office clock was illuminated in 1912 and the Town Hall clock was sold to Sandgate Town Council and was installed in Sandgate Town Hall in 1923.
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Tennyson Power Station, April 1965
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The land for Tennyson Power Station was acquired in 1947 and construction began in 1949. It opened in 1953 and closed in 1986, partly due to asbestos in the buildings. It is now the site of the Queensland Tennis Centre and Tennyson Reach apartment complex.
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