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Bourbong Street with Post Office in the distance, Bundaberg, c 1897
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BOURBON OR BOURBONG STREET
A correspondent writing in the “Mail” on January 18th 1895 declaims against the “g” in the spelling of the name of the main street. He says: To old fashioned folk the modern spelling has jarred on our nervous system severely. Someone of an omposing elevation of mind probably thought it did or ought to belong to the aboriginal dialect. As there is not such aprt of speech as “bour” in native dialect, the “bong” meaning dead, renders the title silly and unintelligible. The main street of Bundaberg was named Bourbon by the surveyor who laid the principal sections of the town out for a well defined and perfectly understandable reason. The first cane planted at Rubyanna came from Bourbon, an island in the East Indies, and that plant bears its French imperial title even to this day. It is difficult to understand
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Maroochydore, c 1931
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MAROOCHYDORE
The pride of the district and of the North Coast is Maroochydore, the largest town on the North Coast seafront. It is approached by a wonderful bitumen road of 11 miles from Palmwoods. This is one of the most delightful drives in the district. The pleasent smoothness of the trip is enhanced in enjoyment by pineapple and citrus orchards on either side. Glorious fertile valleys and glens, wooded slopes, and a forest of big timbers are some of the delights of this entrancing highway. There are occasional glimpses of the beautiful Maroocy River, while a beautiful portion of the road is a tropical palm grove.
On arriving at Maroochydore the visitor is immediately impressed with the modern appearance of the place. The tourist will also be impressed with the up-to-date and comfotable accommodation that is available. There is only one hotel – The Club –
16 ft simplex economy windmill, Toowoomba, c 1890
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Toowomba Foundry
The Toowoomba Foundry is located in Ruthven Street on a prominent site adjacent to the Defiance Flour Mill and the Toowoomba Railway Station. It was established in 1871 by George Washington Griffiths and continually operated as a foundry until 2012.
Owend by the Griffiths family descendants until 1987 when it was purchased by National Consolidated, the Foundry is one of the last surviving 19th century industries on the Darling Downs. Among other products, it produced rolling stock for Queensland Railways, and the Southern Cross windmill, one of the most enduring icons on the Downs.
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The Foundry struggled during its early years, with Griffiths receiving funding from his father to cover debts. However, by 1881 the business had improved and the foundry was “making steam engines and boiler, wool and other presses, washpool requirements, spouting and soap tanks, pumps, windmills, troughing, castings – iron or brass, ironwork
Train bridge on Main Range, Toowoomba, c 1870
Evan's Monument, Main Range, Toowoomba, c 1931
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THE MONUMENT OF GEORGE ESSEX EVANS.
(For the “Post” and “Herald.”)
It is a moot question whether the people of Toowoomba in particular, and those of Queensland and Australia generally, have yet realise, and as an outcome of this realisation, appreciated the greatness of the man, George Essex Evans, and his works.
During many years he was one of Toowoomba’s own people, and from his mountain home there was sent forth from time to time flashes of that poetic genius that dwelt within the man. We read his lilting lines which carried our thoughts onward and upward to those higher realms of fancy where was wont to dwell. But the day came when the lute no longer gave forth its sweet strains – the hand that swept its strings lay for ever silent. The spirit of George Essex Evans had passed to the “Great Beyond”. Then only did
Kiosk and Gun at Picnic Point, Main Range, Toowoomba, c 1931
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KIOSK AT PICNIC POINT.
The work of finishing off he Kiosk at Picnic Point is now nearing completion and the painters are now carrying out their work. The colour scheme is green relieved with white – a choice of colour which should add to the attractiveness of the kiosk. Two field guns, which were received in Toowoomba from the military authorities some time ago as war trophies, have been erected on concrete blocks in a prominent position near the kiosk, the work on which is expected to be completed very shortly.
From the Darling Downs Gazette, Friday 12 August 1921.
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Toowoomba Soldiers Memorial Hall, Ruthven Street, Front elevation, 2000
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The Soldiers’ Memorial Hall was designed in two sections: A two-storey face and rendered brick building facing Ruthven Street and containing commemorative and formal RSL functions, and a large single storey brick extension facing Herries Street and housing the dance hall and club facilities. The main entrance, through the projecting arcade facing Ruthven Street, leas to the Hall of Memory with its large timber honour rolls.
The Soldiers Memorial Hall was constructed in several stages between 1923 and 1959, as a tribute to soldiers from the district who had served in the First World War. The Hall is a rare example in Queensland of a quite elaborate soldier’s hall, and it is larger than others built during the same period.
All three stages (1923-4, 1930-1, 1957-9) were designed by William Hodgen Jnr, with funds for the project being raised by the Citizen’s Memorial Hall Committee. The first