Dog and koala, c 1958

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The Brisbane Courier
9 February 1929

Koala in City Street.

Far from allowing the koala, or native bear, to be slaughtered for his fur, the Victorian Government protects him, and other native fauna, under its Game Laws. These are rigidly enforced, with the result that “teddy” and his brothers and sisters are still numerous in the Victorian bush. Several bears have made their appearance in Melbourne suburbs recently, and on Tuesday morning a fine fellow was found wandering in a Brighton street. A resident, knowing the danger the little visitor ran of being captured by small boys, or set upon by vicious dogs, placed him in the sanctuary of a gum tree growing in the street. If the bears, which were released by the Brisbane City Council at Mt. Coot-tha propagate, and the Government decides never again to allow an open season for killers, the same experience may

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Celebrating 100 years of sugar in Mackay, 1964

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Thomas Fitzgerald was appointed government surveyor in Rockhampton in 1862. While surveying the site of Mackay, he was impressed with the potential for growing sugar. He resigned and with John Davidson started sugar plantations. The first cane was planted in 1864 and the Alexandra Mill opened in 1868, producing 230 tons of sugar that year. By 1879 the Mackay district was producing 10,000 tons of sugar per year.

Queensland State Archives Item ID436318, Photographic material

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