Request made to the Commissioner of Police, by the Criminal Investigation Branch, for 300 copies of the instructions for taking fingerprints, 22 September 1904

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The first systematic use of fingerprints for identification was used in India in the 1850s. It was perfected by Scotland Yard in London in the 1890s. In 1902, the trail of Harry Jackson for burglary in London established the admissibility of fingerprints as evidence.

The Queensland Agent General in London obtained a copy of the treatise “Classification and Uses of Finger Prints” from Scotland Yard in July 1903 and forwarded it to the Queensland Police.

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Letter from Ram Chandra of Mackay to the Nebo Shire Council supplying a full history of his work with taipans and his contribution to the development of anti-venom, dated 24 September 1972

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Edward Ramsay, better known as Ram Chandra, spent nearly 45 years researching and handling Australia’s most venomous snake and helped the Commonwealth Serum Laboratory develop an antivenene.

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Queensland Housing Commission dwelling, Kedron, c 1954

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The Telegraph
11 July 1946

State Has 1,333 Building Blocks

Up to June 30 last the Queensland Housing Commission had acquired land totalling 1,333 building allotments in Brisbane, the Minister for Works and Housing (Mr Bruce) announced today.

The lands were located as follows: Ashgrove, 99 allotments; Banyo, 11; Camp Hill, 17; Cannon Hill, 11; Chermside-Wavell Heights, 261; Coorparoo, 187; Corinda-Graceville, 20; Enoggera-Gaythorne-Mitchelton, 228; Fairfield-Yeronga, 25, Indooroopilly-Taringa, 22; Kedron, 20; Wynnum-Manly. 11; Moorooka-Rocklea-Salisbury, 41; Morningside, 17; Mt. Gravatt, 2; Nundah, 29; Stafford, 161; Tarragindi, 171; total, 1,333.

On the north side, 831 allotments had been acquired, and on the south side, 502.

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Queensland Housing Commission dwelling, Gaythorne, c 1954

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The Telegraph
11 July 1946

State Has 1,333 Building Blocks

Up to June 30 last the Queensland Housing Commission had acquired land totalling 1,333 building allotments in Brisbane, the Minister for Works and Housing (Mr Bruce) announced today.

The lands were located as follows: Ashgrove, 99 allotments; Banyo, 11; Camp Hill, 17; Cannon Hill, 11; Chermside-Wavell Heights, 261; Coorparoo, 187; Corinda-Graceville, 20; Enoggera-Gaythorne-Mitchelton, 228; Fairfield-Yeronga, 25, Indooroopilly-Taringa, 22; Kedron, 20; Wynnum-Manly. 11; Moorooka-Rocklea-Salisbury, 41; Morningside, 17; Mt. Gravatt, 2; Nundah, 29; Stafford, 161; Tarragindi, 171; total, 1,333.

On the north side, 831 allotments had been acquired, and on the south side, 502.

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Queensland Housing Commission dwelling, Tarragindi, c 1954

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The Telegraph
11 July 1946

State Has 1,333 Building Blocks

Up to June 30 last the Queensland Housing Commission had acquired land totalling 1,333 building allotments in Brisbane, the Minister for Works and Housing (Mr Bruce) announced today.

The lands were located as follows: Ashgrove, 99 allotments; Banyo, 11; Camp Hill, 17; Cannon Hill, 11; Chermside-Wavell Heights, 261; Coorparoo, 187; Corinda-Graceville, 20; Enoggera-Gaythorne-Mitchelton, 228; Fairfield-Yeronga, 25, Indooroopilly-Taringa, 22; Kedron, 20; Wynnum-Manly. 11; Moorooka-Rocklea-Salisbury, 41; Morningside, 17; Mt. Gravatt, 2; Nundah, 29; Stafford, 161; Tarragindi, 171; total, 1,333.

On the north side, 831 allotments had been acquired, and on the south side, 502.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 10273

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