Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The original photograph caption makes reference to McCarthy’s Lookout.
Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 368
Category: Queensland State Archives’ Photostream About Fortitude Valley
Bruce Highway showing Mt Tibrogargan, Glass House Mountains, c 1958
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
“These hills lie but a little inland, and not far from each other: they are remarkable for the singular form of their elevation which very much resembles a glass house, and for this reason I called them the Glass Houses: the northern most of the three is the highest and largest; there are several other peaked hills inland to the northward of these, but they are not nearly so remarkable…”
Captain Cook, 1770
Queensland State Archives Item ID435818, Photographic material
Farm with Mt Coonowrin and Beerwah, Glass House Mountains, c 1958
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
“These hills lie but a little inland, and not far from each other: they are remarkable for the singular form of their elevation which very much resembles a glass house, and for this reason I called them the Glass Houses: the northern most of the three is the highest and largest; there are several other peaked hills inland to the northward of these, but they are not nearly so remarkable…”
Captain Cook, 1770
Queensland State Archives Item ID435818, Photographic material
Glass House Mountains, December 1970
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
“These hills lie but a little inland, and not far from each other: they are remarkable for the singular form of their elevation which very much resembles a glass house, and for this reason I called them the Glass Houses: the northern most of the three is the highest and largest; there are several other peaked hills inland to the northward of these, but they are not nearly so remarkable…”
Captain Cook, 1770
Queensland State Archives Item ID1076744, Photographic material
Glass House Mountains, December 1970
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
“These hills lie but a little inland, and not far from each other: they are remarkable for the singular form of their elevation which very much resembles a glass house, and for this reason I called them the Glass Houses: the northern most of the three is the highest and largest; there are several other peaked hills inland to the northward of these, but they are not nearly so remarkable…”
Captain Cook, 1770
Queensland State Archives Item ID1076744, Photographic material
Glass House Mountains, December 1970
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
“These hills lie but a little inland, and not far from each other: they are remarkable for the singular form of their elevation which very much resembles a glass house, and for this reason I called them the Glass Houses: the northern most of the three is the highest and largest; there are several other peaked hills inland to the northward of these, but they are not nearly so remarkable…”
Captain Cook, 1770
Queensland State Archives Item ID1076744, Photographic material
Glasshouse Mountains from Maleny, July 1959
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
“These hills lie but a little inland, and not far from each other: they are remarkable for the singular form of their elevation which very much resembles a glass house, and for this reason I called them the Glass Houses: the northern most of the three is the highest and largest; there are several other peaked hills inland to the northward of these, but they are not nearly so remarkable…”
Captain Cook, 1770
Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 6563
Coonowrin 1160 Ft, Looking north from Blackall Rd, c 1894
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
“These hills lie but a little inland, and not far from each other: they are remarkable for the singular form of their elevation which very much resembles a glass house, and for this reason I called them the Glass Houses: the northern most of the three is the highest and largest; there are several other peaked hills inland to the northward of these, but they are not nearly so remarkable…”
Captain Cook, 1770
Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 5108
Electoral roll: Maryborough, 1900
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Electoral roll for Maryborough in 1900, showing Travers Robert Goff on the roll. Travers Goff was the father of Helen Goff, later P.L. Travers the author of the Mary Poppins books.
Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 37572
Staff at the Queensland Herbarium, c 1966
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The Queensland Herbarium was established in 1955, four years before Queensland separated from New South Wales. It is now located at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha.
Queensland State Archives Item ID1076723, Photographic material