Category: Queensland State Archives’ Photostream About Fortitude Valley

Court House interior, Innisfail, May 1963

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

From the Queensland Heritage Register.

Opened in March 1940, this was the third court house to be built in Innisfail, replacing a timber building erected in 1888. The building was designed in the office of the Department of Public Works; AB Leven was the Chief Architect at the time.

The Johnstone River area was settled by cedar-cutters, with the first major planting of sugar cane by occurring in 1880. TH Fitzgerald is generally credited with planting the first sugar cane, and was responsible for the erection of the first mill in the area, late in 1881. Also in 1881, a town was laid out at the junction of the South Johnstone and North Johnstone Rivers, known reputedly as the Junction. The name Geraldton was given to the town in 1883.

Geraldton’s first official building was erected c1881, probably on the police reserve, accommodated a Police Station, Court House,

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Innisfail Court House, July 1940

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

From the Queensland Heritage Register.

Opened in March 1940, this was the third court house to be built in Innisfail, replacing a timber building erected in 1888. The building was designed in the office of the Department of Public Works; AB Leven was the Chief Architect at the time.

The Johnstone River area was settled by cedar-cutters, with the first major planting of sugar cane by occurring in 1880. TH Fitzgerald is generally credited with planting the first sugar cane, and was responsible for the erection of the first mill in the area, late in 1881. Also in 1881, a town was laid out at the junction of the South Johnstone and North Johnstone Rivers, known reputedly as the Junction. The name Geraldton was given to the town in 1883.

Geraldton’s first official building was erected c1881, probably on the police reserve, accommodated a Police Station, Court House,

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Jack Evans Porpoise Pool, Coolangatta, 1 September 1963

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

The Jack Evans Porpoise Pool was one of the earliest tourist attractions on the Gold Coast, opening in 1956.

Although the original photograph is captioned as being at Tweed Heads, the pool was on the northern side of Point Danger, Coolangatta.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 698

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