Letter to the Under Secretary, Department of Public Works, from J L Stapleton, State Librarian, requesting a name plate for Queensland State Archives, 27 September 1960

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A bit of our own history! Queensland State Archives was established in 1959. Robert Sharman was appointed as the first Archivist within the State Library. The Archives originally occupied part of the space was initially allocated in the Commissariat Store in William Street, Brisbane. In 1968 it moved to a purpose-built facility in Dutton Park and to the current build in Runcorn in 1992.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 5055

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Townsville railway station, 1952

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From the Queensland Heritage Register.

The first railway station, built in 1880, was located in Flinders Street near the corner of Jones Street, about three blocks west of the present station building. The original plan during the construction of the Townsville Railway was to locate the station near Magazine Island at the mouth of Ross Creek. The idea was revived when plans were being drawn up for a new station in 1910. Commercial interests backed the Mayor who argued that Ross Creek would cut off the railway terminus from the city centre. The community successfully partitioned the government to have the building located in Flinders Street between the town centre along Flinders Street and the busy business district at West End.

Construction of the new terminus for the Great Northern Railway commenced in 1910 and the building opened on 24 December 1913. Vincent Price, an architectural draftsman

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Testing a surveyor's tape, Lands Administration Building, Brisbane, 1949

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Maryborough Chromicle
14 November 1949

Surveyor Shortage

The soldier settlement programme has been delayed by a shortage of surveyors, the Lands Minister, Mr Foley, said in a broadcast to-night. The Government was making strenuous efforts to secure experienced surveyors and to attract and train new men. Available surveyors would take years to catch up with arrears of work and current jobs. In addition to staff surveyors the Government was offering scholarships in surveying and cadet surveyors were being appointed under the Public Services Act thereby ensuring their employment after qualification.

Queensland State Archives Item ID435649, Photographic material

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