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The name Nambour comes from naamba, referring to the red-flowering bottle brush Callistemon viminalis.
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Currie Street, Nambour, 1962
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Currie Street, previously called Gympie Road, was named after Daniel Currie, the father of Maroochy Divisional Board member John Currie who with other board members were part of the official committee chosen to name Nambour streets.
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Ruthven Street, Toowoomba, 1962
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Ruthven Street is named after John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, as is Gowrie Street.
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Eagle Street and Queen Street, Brisbane, 1962
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On the corner is the Eagle Street Fountain, also known as the Mooney Memorial.
From the Queensland Heritage Register.
This fountain, erected between 1878 and 1880, was designed by the City Engineer, WH Chambers. It was built at a cost of £627 as part of measures to enhance the visual character of that part of the city. The fountain was funded by the Brisbane Municipal Council and public subscriptions. The fountain incorporated local porphyry (Brisbane tuff), Murphy’s Creek sandstone, and imported granite and marble. Inscribed on the fountain were the names of the Aldermen in the 1879 Council, the City Engineer, the Town Clerk, and William Webster, the sculptor.
The fountain popularly became known as the Mooney Memorial Fountain. This name arose through donations given at the time towards a memorial to James Mooney, a volunteer fireman who had lost his life while fighting a fire in Queen
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, 1961
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The hospital was built on the site of the 1883 Diamantina Orphanage. In 1901 it became the Diamantina Hospital for Chronic Diseases, then 1943 the South Brisbane Auxiliary Hospital, then South Brisbane Hospital in 1956 and finally the Princess Alexandra Hospital in 1959.
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Mount Cordeaux, Cunninghams Gap, 1961
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Also known as Niamboyoo, Mount Cordeaux was named by botanist Allan Cunningham after William Cordeaux, the assistant to Surveyor-General Sir Thomas Mitchell.
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The Mothers' Memorial, Margaret Street, Toowoomba, 1961
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The Mothers’ Memorial at its original location at the intersection of Ruthven and Margaret Streets. It is one of the few war memorials commissioned by women, who sold sweet violets to raise money for a monument to their soldier sons who did not return from the First World War. The monument was dedicated in 1922. Through the sale of violets, the Sweet Violet was commonly known as the Toowoomba Violet. It became Toowoomba’s official floral emblem in 1932.
The memorial was relocated to East Creek Park in 1985.
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Russell Street, Toowoomba, 1961
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Russell Street was originally known as Farm Road. It was named after Henry Stuart Russell, an explorer, pastoralist, politician and author of The Genesis of Queensland.
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Locomotives 1260 and 1261, English Electric factory, Rocklea, 21 September 1961
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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.
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Nerang Street, Southport, c 1948
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Originally captioned “Main street – Southport, June 1952” the location is Nerang Street. We think the year is around 1948 rather than 1952.
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