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The Telegraph
13 Jult 1885

TENDERS INVITED.

For kitchen and covered way, State school Lytton; for playshed, fencing & c., State school, Herberton; for new State school, and altering old school into teacher’s residence, Tarampa; for State school, Winton; for alterations and additions to old school, for teacher’s residence, Teviotville; for improvements, State school, Merritt’s Creek; for State school and teacher’s residence, Newtown, Maryborough; for alteration and additions to old school, for teacher’s residence, Southbrook; for supply, Ross Creek Bridge; for erection, Ross Creek Bridge, for Post and Telegraph office, Maytown; for police station, Lutwyche; for repairs to fence, Roma gaol.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 20894

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Morning Bulletin
15 December 1886

VAGRANCY.

Thomas Clancy, on remand, was charged under the Vagrant Act, with having no lawful visible means of support. This case was remanded from yesterday, when the defendant pleaded not guilty. Inspector Stuart conducted the examination.–John Dolin, police constable, deponed : I know thc deceased ; I have known him for eighteen months ; on the 11th instant, about 11 p.m., I arrested him in East-street, and charged him with vagrancy ; for the last eighteen months I have known him to be at no business, and to have had no occupation ; I heard he had been working for about three weeks ; that was eight weeks ago ; I have constantly seen him, and at all hours of the night, and until one or two o’clock in the morning ; he was then in company with other larrikins ; I have

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SS Moreton Bay was built in 1921 for the Australian Commonwealth Line, operating between London and Brisbane. She was sold to the White Star Line in 1938 and continued in the same service. In 1939 she was requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy and converted to an armed merchant cruiser and in 1941 converted to a troop ship. She took part in the North Africa and European campaigns and reverted to commercial service in 1946. Her final voyage was in 1956 and she was scrapped in April 1957.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 23337

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The Telegraph
28 July 1884

TENDERS CALLED FOR

By the Postmaster General : For tho conveyance of mails for the services 1885-6-7. By the Railway Department : Alterations and additions to the engineer’s offices, Maryborough ; for traffic manager’s residence ; for shelter shed and goods shed at Owanyilla ; for two four-roomed cottages at Laidley. By the Works Department : For a lunatic reception house at Townsville. By the Department of Public Instruction : Additions to State schools at Mitchell and Goondiwindi.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 20967

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Urangan Pier was built between 1913 and 1917. It was originally 1107 metres long. The last ship docked in January 1985 and the pier was closed. Later that year it was transferred from the Department of Harbour and Marine to Hervey Bay City Council. It is now listed on the Fraser Coast Regional Council Local Heritage Register.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 1078

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The English Electric Company of Australia Pty Ltd established a factory in the Brisbane suburb of Rocklea in 1956 to build locomotives for Queensland and other states. It also built a large amount of electrical equipment for Queensland electricity generation. In 1970 it became the General Electric Company of Australia.

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Sheet no. 2. 1/16 inch to one foot. Department of Public Works.

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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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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.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 2907

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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.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 8350

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