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Walking in Burleigh Head National Park, Gold Coast, August 1960
Waterfall Chamber, Markham Cave, Chillagoe-Mungana Caves National Park, c 1935
Tropical Jungle, Under Coomera, National Park, c 1930
Tourists looking down into the Hypipamee Crater near Herberton, NQ, c 1935
The walls of the Hypipamee Crater, Herberton, c 1935
The Stadium, Markham Cave, Chillagoe-Mungana Caves National Park, c 1935
The Wishing Tree at Morans Creek, Lamington National Park, Beaudesert Shire, September 1933
Morans Creek, Lamington National Park, Beaudesert Shire, September 1933
Public Library, Country Exchange Service, August 1952
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Book Loan System Now Covers State
Progress made in extending library facilities to people in the farthest corners of the State – a notable feature being the Country Extension Service, making available 18,000 reference works to country borrowers – highlighted a last-night broadcast from 4KQ by the Minister for Public Instruction (Mr. G. H. Devries).
Points made by the Minister in his talk were:
In the eight years since the Government subsidy of £1 for £1 was introduced £52,000 has been spent on the purchase of books for school libraries, half by the Government and half by the local shool committees. This represents the acquisition of some 130,000 books. Some of the schools have (with Government assistance) purchased up to £500 worth of books. Very few schools spend less than £5 a year.
It has been possible in a number of schools to install good library furniture on the