Maryborough from the air, 1967

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

Maryborough was founded in 1847, was proclaimed a municipality in 1861, and became a city in 1905. Its name was derived from the Mary River, which was named in 1847 after Lady Mary Lennox, the wife of the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Charles Fitzroy.

In the background can be see the Walkers Limited factory and shipyard.

Queensland State Archives Item ID436319, Photographic material

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Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital, Herston, 1967

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

The Brisbane Hospital was built at Herston in 1867. The new Women’s Hospital opened on adjacent land in 1938. Queen Elizabeth II gave permission to use the prefix “Royal” to the Brisbane Hospital in 1966 and to the Brisbane Women’s Hospital in 1967.

The 1938 Royal Women’s Hospital building was demolished in 2002. Royal Brisbane Hospital and the Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital were merged into the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in 2003.

Queensland State Archives Item ID436319, Photographic material

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