News and other stories about real people, places, and events in Fortitude Valley and nearby suburbs.
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The immigrant ship Montmorency departed Liverpool, England on 15th April 1863. Note that the colonial government repurposed another register to record the names.
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The BRisbane Courier
27 July 1927
NOT YET! FATE OF THE KOALA.
The fate of the harmless native bear, the gentle koala, nu open season of four weeks’ slaughter of which has been decreed by the Queensland Government, has not yet been finally decided.
The Acting Premier (Mr. W. Forgan Smith) in Sydney, and the Acting Deputy Premier (Mr. A. J. Jones) to the deputation of protest in Brisbane on Monday, promised that the Cabinet would review its decision, but at yesterday’s meeting the Ministers, did not settle the matter, though it was considered in much detail. They want more information.
Apparently the Cabinet wa6 divided into two sections-one strongly urging a reprieve; the other emphatically holding that the open season should stand.
Finally, the settlement, of the question was deferred until to-day.
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The Telegraph
10 July 1937
Dairy Science School Completes First Week Of Instruction
The School of Advanced Dairy Science which is being conducted at the Department of Agriculture and Stock, has now completed a week full of activities. It will be continued until the end of the month.
During the first week the students, under the direction of the Chief Research Officer of the Dairy Research Laboratory (Mr. O. Kent) and other officers of the department concentrated on dairying bacteriology and attended both lectures and practical demonstrations in the laboratory. The lectures on this subject were interspersed with lectures of general agricultural Interest which included one on pastoral pests which was given by Mr. Weddell (entomologist).
The programme for the school includes visits to industrial places of interest, to tho students, and so far they have visited the abattoir and Gill’s model dairy at Eagle Farm, On Monday the students
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Sheet no. 2. 1/16 inch to one foot. Department of Public Works.
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Survey of ground at Brisbane Town required for ordinance purposes and conveyed by Deed of Grant, dated 21 July 1843.
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Sheet no. 1. 1/16 inch to one foot. Department of Public Works.
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The Telegraph
8 December 1885
Townsville
The land office is finished, and the commissioner took formal possession last week.
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Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev co-chaired the Earth Dialogues conference held at Brisbane’s City Hall on 22-24 July 2006.
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Letter of appreciation from Nell Robertson in Townsville to Sister Kenny detailing her condition and the improvement brought about by Sister Kenny’s treatment for infantile paralysis, 24 July 1933.
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Official photograph by the Brisbane Exposition and South Bank Redevelopment Authority.
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