Category: Queensland State Archives’ Photostream About Fortitude Valley

Innisfail Court House, July 1940

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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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Public Curator's Offices, Brisbane, December 1946

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The Public Trustee of Queensland was established in 1915 and known as the Public Curator of Queensland until 1978. Units 1 and 2 of the Former Queensland Government Offices (Anzac Square Building) were occupied by the Public Curator in June 1933.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 2706

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New Goods Yard at Roma Street Railway Station, c 1936

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The Courier Mail
Sat 6 Oct 1934

TRAINS COLLIDE AT ROMA STREET
Engine Derailed
Driver and Friemen Suspended

With a crash that could be heard for hundreds of yards, a goods train and an empty passenger train came into collision at the Southern end of the Roma Street goods yards early yesterday morning. The engine of the passenger train was badly derailed, its front portion being extensively damaged, and several waggons on the goods train received slight damage. No one was injured.

The collision occurred about 7.30am, the trains involved being the 41 down, a goods train from Toowoomba, and the 22 up, a passenger train running between Petrie and Central Station.

The Petrie train, after conveying its passengers to Central, was passing through Roma Street, en route to the Mayne Junction sheds, just as a goods train swung into the Roma Street yards, and was proceeding along another loop

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Queensland Government Tourist Bureau window display promoting the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and North Queensland, George Street, Brisbane, c 1932

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The Queensland Government Intelligence and Tourist Bureau was established as a sub-department of the Chief Secretary’s Office in 1907. With the transfer of responsibility to the Railway Department in 1929, in approximately 1930 -1931 the name became Tourist Bureau, and in 1946 the name was again changed to Queensland Government Tourist Bureau. In 1978 it became part of the Tourism Department, a sub-department of the Harbours and Marine Department. Then in 1979 the Tourism Department was replaced by the Queensland Tourist and Travel Corporation. The Queensland Government Tourist Bureau ceased its lead role, but the Corporation’s sales arm continued to trade under Queensland Government Tourist Bureau.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 2540

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Victoria Bridge, Brisbane, 1953

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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 ID435910, Photographic material

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Official opening of Burdekin Bridge, 15 June 1957

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The Burdekin Bridge spans the Burdekin River between Ayr and Home Hill. It is 1,097 metres (3,600 ft) long, only 46 metres shorter than the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Construction commenced in 1947 and took 10 years to complete. In 2010 it was recognised as a National Engineering Heritage Landmark.

Queensland State Archives Item ID435910, Photographic material

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