Category: Queensland State Archives’ Photostream About Fortitude Valley

HM Prison Boggo Road, August 1965

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From the Queensland Heritage Register.

Boggo Road Gaol No 2 Division was opened in 1903 as the State Prison for Women at Boggo Road South Brisbane.

It was built adjacent to a male prison, which was established on the site in 1883. The male prison was later to become No 1 Division. The female prison was constructed in response to a 1887 Parliamentary Inquiry, which recommended that the “separate system” be introduced, that is a separate cell for each prisoner. The Inquiry also recommended that a female section be established within the Brisbane Gaol. Although in a diluted form, the design was based on ideas of prison planning and reform that were current in England in the nineteenth century.

The State Prison for Women, with 80 cells was designed by the Department of Public Works, during an era when it was producing a large number of high quality

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Governor Sir Alan Mansfield, Brisbane Airport, Eagle Farm, c 1971

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Sir Alan Mansfield was Lieutenant-Governor of Queensland on several occasions during his time as Chief Justice. He was appointed Governor in 1966 and retired in 1972. The suburb of Mansfield in south east Brisbane is named after him.

Queensland State Archives Item ID436342, Photographic material

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Central railway station, Brisbane, c 1976

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From the Queensland Heritage Register.

Central Station was constructed as the inner city link of the Queensland railway network, operational from 18 August 1889. The first Station building at Central was of timber and corrugated iron with pitched roof and segmental barrel vaulted roof over the platform serving Roma Street. On 12 May 1899, a contract was let for a permanent building. It is thought that the initial design was conceived in the architectural section of the Railway Department’s Chief Engineer’s Office, however the architect is unknown. The additions of the clock tower and awning were designed by former Colonial Architect, J J Clark. The initial complex comprised two through tracks and a dock with two tracks on either side. In 1909 the dock platforms were converted to provide two additional through tracks. No further substantial changes were made to the complex until 1914 when the

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State Emergency Service headquarters, Fortitude Valley, c 1976

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The Queensland State Emergency Service was founded in 1975. It evolved from the Queensland Civil Defence Organisation which was set up in 1961 to deal with emergencies in the event of a nuclear war. The Civil Defence Organisation was activated in November 1973 following the Brisbane tornado and during the 1974 floods. The Queensland State Emergency Service was established because there was a need for a service that was capable of dealing with natural disasters..

When formed in 1976, the state headquarters was at the former Fortitude Valley Girls and Infants School.

Queensland State Archives Item ID436350, Photographic material

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MV Melbidir, Brisbane River, 1973

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The MV Melbidir was a Queensland Government passenger and cargo vessel built in 1973 to transport passengers and cargo from Thursday Island to the outer Torres Strait Islands. She could carry 157 tons general cargo and 11 tons refrigerated cargo. This was the fourth vessel named Melbidir operated by the Queensland Government to serve the Torres Strait Islands and Northern Peninsula Area. She was sold in 1988 to the Falkland Islands Government and renamed Southern Star.

Queensland State Archives Item ID436347, Photographic material

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