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In the background in the historic Albion Mill, demolished in 2013 after a fire. As of July 2017 the two shops on the right are still there.
Queensland State Archives Item ID435660, Photographic material
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Temporary railway station, Clayfield, c 1958
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The temporary railway station was used while the track was being lowered to eliminate the 1 in 50 gradient from Eagle Junction and the Sandgate Road level crossing.
Queensland State Archives Item ID435661, Photographic material
Townsville Port, c 1957
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The Central Queensland Herald
29 March 1956
“Freezer” Ships
Eleven “freezer” ships have been fixed to load meat, dairy produce and other cold store foodstuffs between now and June 30 at Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville, Bowen, Port Alma and Glasttone.
Three of the ships – the Tekoa, Port Townsville and Northumberland – are now loading in Queensland ports.
Queensland State Archives Item ID435659, Photographic material
Longreach Hospital, c 1957
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The new Longreach base hospital was approved in 1935 and expected to cost £12,500. Construction did not commence until 1939 and due to the outbreak of WW2 and the shortage of materials was not completed until February 1944. The eventual cost was £70,000.
Queensland State Archives Item ID435659, Photographic material
Locomotive 1255, English Electric factory, Rocklea, 4 September 1960
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The 1250 class locomotives were built by the English Electric Company of Australia at Rocklea, Brisbane for the Queensland Railways between 1959 and 1963.
Queensland State Archives Item ID436293, Photographic material
Case of rich gold specimens from Gympie, Queensland International Exhibition, Brisbane, 1897
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The Queensland International Exhibition, held from 22 March to 28 July 1897, showcased Queensland’s agricultural and mineral wealth to the public. This included a a cake of retorted gold from Gympie weighing 2,679 oz.
Some of the exhibits later went to the the Greater Britain Exhibition in London in 1899 and the Glasgow International Exhibition in 1901.
Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 23688
Extensions at Wynnum Central State School, c 1952
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Wynnum State School, later Wynnum Central State School, was established in 1896. Major extensions to the building were completed in 1919 and 1953.
Queensland State Archives Item ID435713, Photographic material
Survey Office, Lands Department, Brisbane, July 1953
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On the wall is a calendar from Simpson Halligan & Co, a Brisbane printing company which often did work for the Lands Department.
Queensland State Archives Item ID435714, Photographic material
Cartographic Branch, Survey Office, Lands Department, Lands Department, Brisbane, 1953
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The Survey Office was responsible for the surveying, mapping and management of Crown lands.
Queensland State Archives Item ID435714, Photographic material
Stirling Henry Ltd clothing factory, Whinstanes, 1953
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Stirling Henry Limited was originally a Sydney importing warehouse. It branched out into textile manufacturing in the 1920s. A new factory was opened in Whinstanes in 1948.
Queensland State Archives Item ID435714, Photographic material