News and other stories about real people, places, and events in Fortitude Valley and nearby suburbs.
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The first Golden Casket was drawn in 1917 by the Queensland Patriotic Fund to raise money to support veterans of World War I. It was taken over by the Queensland Government in 1938 and sold to Tattersall’s Limited in 2007.
Queensland State Archives Item ID435989, Photographic material
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The first Golden Casket was drawn in 1917 by the Queensland Patriotic Fund to raise money to support veterans of World War I. It was taken over by the Queensland Government in 1938 and sold to Tattersall’s Limited in 2007.
Queensland State Archives Item ID435989, Photographic material
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The first Golden Casket was drawn in 1917 by the Queensland Patriotic Fund to raise money to support veterans of World War I. It was taken over by the Queensland Government in 1938 and sold to Tattersall’s Limited in 2007.
Queensland State Archives Item ID435989, Photographic material
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The first Golden Casket was drawn in 1917 by the Queensland Patriotic Fund to raise money to support veterans of World War I. It was taken over by the Queensland Government in 1938 and sold to Tattersall’s Limited in 2007.
Queensland State Archives Item ID435989, Photographic material
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The first Golden Casket was drawn in 1917 by the Queensland Patriotic Fund to raise money to support veterans of World War I. It was taken over by the Queensland Government in 1938 and sold to Tattersall’s Limited in 2007.
Queensland State Archives Item ID435989, Photographic material
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The Courier-Mail
30 September 1953
To change to Yungaba site
Naturalisation ceremonies in future will be held at Yungaba State Immigration Centre, Kangaroo Point.
Yungaba has been the reception centre for British migrants since 1885.
Announcing the change yesterday, the Immigration Minister (Mr. Riordan) said the object was more colourful and significant ceremonies.
Naturalisation ceremonies in the past have been held in police courts.
It is expected that ceremonies in other Queensland centres will be held in city, town, and shire halls.
Queensland State Archives Item ID435716, Photographic material
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The first Golden Casket was drawn in 1917 by the Queensland Patriotic Fund to raise money to support veterans of World War I. It was taken over by the Queensland Government in 1938 and sold to Tattersall’s Limited in 2007.
Queensland State Archives Item ID435989, Photographic material
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Steve Irwin was born in Victoria. When the Irwin family moved to Queensland, he and his sister Mandy were enrolled at Landsborough State School. He later attended Caloundra State High School.
Queensland State Archives Item ID635302, Register – admissions, state school
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
The Courier-Mail
4 December 1953
TESTS OF CITY BRIDGE
Engineers early to-day attached delicate instruments to Victoria Bridge for tests on the bridge tomorrow.
The City Council works committee chairman (Ald. Glover) said the tests might yield valuable data for the design of the new bridge.
The bridge would be closed from 2 to 4 am to-morrow for the tests, which would be supervised by the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering (Professor J. H. Lavery) and the council works department chief engineer (Mr. C. B. Mott).
The instruments would record the reactions of the bridge to the weight of two steam rollers which would cross it.
They would indicate the stress on the bridge, which would be useful in assessing its life expectancy.
Queensland State Archives Item ID435716, Photographic material
Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
A bit of our own history! Queensland State Archives was established in 1959 and originally occupied part of the space in the Commissariat Store in William Street, Brisbane. In 1968 it moved to a purpose-built facility in Dutton Park and to the current build in Runcorn in 1992.
Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 29863