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The Courier-Mail
11 January 1936

New Name For Stanley River Township

Somerset Dam is the name by which the township created in connection with the Stanley River flood prevention and water conservation scheme is now to be known.

When the new centre was laid out in the vicinity of the site for the dam the State Government named it Somerset. To this the postal authorities objected because there were already two Somersets in the Commonwealth — one in North Queensland and the other in Tasmania — and Stanley Dam was suggested as an alternative.

The name Somerset had been chosen to give recognition to an honoured Queensland citizen and former member of Parliament for Stanley— Mr. H. P. Somerset. The alteration to Somerset Dam,’ which was approved by, the Executive Council this week, is, apparently, a compromise choice. ‘Somerset’ is retained and at the same time confusion with .other centres

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The Courier-Mail
9 March 1936

ONE-WAY TRAFFIC. Bowen Terrace Plan

If, as is expected, a regulation, of which the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Carroll) has given notice, comes into operation, there will be only one way, outbound, traffic, In Bowen Terrace, between Ivory Street and Kent Street, while the Jubilee Bridge from Kangaroo Point to Bowen Terrace is being built.

The Superintendent of Traffic (Inspector J. smith) said on Saturday that the contractors for the bridge desired to erect a hoarding, and carry on other work, which would, for some distance, cover about one-half of the width of Bowen Terrace on its in-buimd side. In addition, there was a rather dangerous ‘S’ bend nearby, so the Traffic Department considered that, in the circumstances, the Terrace should be, made a one-way traffic thoroughfare between Ivory and Kent Streets, in the direction of Kent Street.

The chairman of the traffic committee of

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From the Queensland Heritage Register.

The Central State School is a stone building constructed in 1875 as the second school in Warwick, but one of the earliest State-run schools in Queensland.

Education in Australia was first provided by Churches and by small private concerns. In 1848 a New South Wales Board of National Education was formed to provide public, secular education through National Schools. When Queensland separated from New South Wales in December 1859, two National Schools had been built in Queensland, the earliest in Warwick in 1850.

The Education Act of 1860 was amongst the earliest legislation enacted by the new colony. It established a Board of General Education and provided for a system of government-subsidised primary schools, similar to that in New South Wales. Under the Queensland Act, communities were required to contribute one-third of the cost of construction of new school buildings. Pupils at schools

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The Telegraph
13 March 1936

POMONA

At the monthly meeting of the Noosa Shire Council held at Pomona a discussion took place in connection with a suggestion by Mr. H. F. Walker, M.L.A., that the council In asking the Government to make a connection between Tewantin and the North Shore, under the Public Estates Improvement Act, merely ask for a bridge over the Noosa River in exchange for their lands to be benefited by the project in stead of also wanting a road of several miles and provision for making roads in the area given as well. It was announced that Mr. Walker was prepared to give £250 towards the proposal and Mrs. Walker 50 acres of land. It was decided, however, to seek the views of other landowners who would also benefit by the project before altering the decision.

The finance committee’s report for February was adopted, showing

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From the Queensland Heritage Register.

The former Department of Primary Industries building, finished in unpainted render and painted brickwork, is built on a steeply sloping site with two storeys and basement fronting William Street and a lower three-storeyed wing at the rear fronting Queen’s Wharf Road. with a hipped rib and pan galvanised iron roof.

The building was originally built as an Immigration Depot, and construction began in 1865 and completed in 1866.

The building was constructed on part of the former Commandant’s Garden. The garden had been part of an attempt to establish some principles of behaviour at Penal Settlements throughout the Colony of New South Wales by the introduction of a Code of Regulations by Governor Darling which, amongst other things, entitled the Commandant to four acres of garden to be tended by up to three gardeners.

A wharf had been constructed c.1825 in front of the

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The Courier-Mail
2 October 1934

THE JOB OF BEING SPEAKER – IT USED TO BE A DANGEROUS OCCUPATION

By the HON. GEORGE POLLOCK, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly

YES! Anything to oblige!

The title ‘Mr. Speaker’- is very bewildering to the man who casually visits Parliament to learn at first hand what his local political hero Is doing to earn his salary.

A precocious schoolboy once said to me, ‘Why do they call you Mr. Speaker? You’re the only bloke who doesn’t speak.’ But the historian Knows!

The appellation originated with the first House of Commons. In those days Kings had the happy (?) knack of calling Parliament together only when they ran short of money. The supply may have been needed to pay the King’s Army and Navy, or per chance to buy a pair of fancied emerald and diamond earrings — with brooch and solitaire to match — for his

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Daily Standard
11 April 1934

AERIAL SURVEY OF BRISBANE

Acting on a suggestion by the city engineer (Mr. E. F. GIlchrist), following a request from the Commonwealth Government, the civic executive reommended that a photographic aerial survey, covering 20 square miles of the central portion of Brisbane be secured at a cost of 25s per square mile.

The Lord Mayor moved that the recommendation be adopted.

Alderman Warmington (Labor) said this was a wonderful gift to the Federal Government. He did not think they should spend a lot of money to please Joe Lyons. He could not see the need of this aerial survey.

The motion was carried.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 193

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Morning Bulletin
29 March 1933

LONGREACH

Recent stock movements include 5600 sheep, Westlands to Ayrshire Downs Q. N. P. Co. owners, G. Armstrong in chagre ; 900 wethers, Bimerah to Boongoondoo, Clark and Tait owners, E. Saunders in charge; 4000 sheep, Spoilnank to Winton, E. Sedgewick owner, O Nichols in charge; 10OO wethers, Cleeve to Muttaburra, A. J. Rogers owner, G. Lowes in charge; 1556 wethers Goodberry Hills to Muttaburra, G. Lambert owner, A. Fickling in charge; 1600 wethers, Inkerman to Rio, T. Sullivan owner in charge: 20 cattle, Weeumbah to Longreach, W. Tanks owner. W. O’Farrell in charge; 3320 sheep. Kendal ta Muttaburra, F. W. Banks owner, T. Chiconi in charge; 3500 sheep and 50 rams, Longreach to Muttaburra. H. V. Brumm and Co. owners, J. Malone in charge; 5000 wethers. Pandora Park to Greenhills, A. Eeid and Sona owners in charge- 4835 wethers, Bim- erah

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The linking of May Day with Labour Day in Queensland began in Barcaldine on 1 May 1891, when striking shearers and bush workers marched through the streets. The strike was broken five days later on 6 May 1891, when the colonial administration, with the backing of the New South Wales and Queensland governments, ordered the arrest of the shearers’ leaders on a number of charges, including sedition and conspiracy. Thirteen ringleaders were found guilty of conspiracy on 20 May 1891 at Rockhampton, and sentenced to three years hard labour in the gaol on Saint Helena Island. The strike committee issued its final manifesto on 20 June 1891, calling for unionists to register on the electoral rolls.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 2770

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The Courier-Mail
5 March 1945

New Use For Air Shelters

More than 50 of Brisbane’s air raid shelters, instead of being demolished, are to be converted into park shelters, waiting sheds and the like.

Recently the City Council completed a survey of shelters, following a request from the State Government for advice as to the number of shelters the council proposed to demolish, and which, called for a 50 per cent, subsidy.

A City Hall official said yesterday that the council had decided to proceed with the demolition of 169 of the structures, at an estimated cost of £14,810.

The remaining 69 shelters were capable of being converted for public use.

It also had been decided to leave certain of the temporary public lavatories in the city until the council could construct permanent lavatories in the same localities.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 3022

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