Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
William Landsborough and Nat Buchanan were the first Europeans to explore the Longreach district. Their 1861 expedition resulted in the arrival of pastoralists in the area, with the first cattle transported to the district in 1862.
Longreach, named for a long reach of the Thomson River, grew up as a teamsters’ camp on the Mount Cornish outstation. The town was officially gazetted in 1887.
Historic buildings still standing in Longreach today include the courthouse and Uniting Church (both 1892), the 1902 post office and the railway station (1916).
The wool boom of the 1920s assisted Longreach’s growth but the town is better known in that decade for its association with the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service (QANTAS).
Though founded in Winton in 1920, the airline moved its base to Longreach in 1921, where its main booking office remained until 1930. An original iron hanger (1923) where some