Tag: State Library of Queensland

Best-of-the-First-Year: Royal Poinciana on the Rawson property outside Mackay, ca. 1875

Best-of-the-First-Year: Royal Poinciana on the Rawson property outside Mackay, ca. 1875

Photographer: Edmund Rawson, 1845-1911 Location: Mackay, Queensland, Australia A description of this tree is contained in Finch-Hatton’s Advance Australia!: ‘In the middle of the garden, on a patch ...

 

Ferris wheel at the Ekka, Brisbane, ca. 1918

Ferris wheel at the Ekka, Brisbane, ca. 1918

Photographer: Unidentified Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia State Library of Queensland’s collection

 

1940’s vintage evening out style

1940’s vintage evening out style

Paula Stafford dining out with her husband Beverley, 1949 Photographer: Unidentified Location: Queensland, Australia Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: pictureqld.slq.qld.gov.au/

 

Judging of the Sirens of the Surf competition, Gold Coast

Judging of the Sirens of the Surf competition, Gold Coast

Photographer: George Jackman Location: , Queensland, Australia Date: October 1936 Description: Judges Mr Charles Chauvel, the Australian film producer and Mrs Chauvel, are pictured with Miss Irma Dummitt ...

 

Letter written to George Jackman from E. A. Pimm, Millmerran, 1945

Letter written to George Jackman from E. A. Pimm, Millmerran, 1945

Location: Queensland, Australia Date: 13th September 1945 Description: Letter refers to a racehorse called Sole Support and the banning of horse transport at the time.

 

1930’s style

1930’s style

Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, 5 March 1936 Photographer: Doreen Harris Information about State Library of Queensland’s newspaper collection:http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/coll/news Information about State Library of Queensland’s photograph collection:pictureqld.slq.qld.gov.au/ link

 

the tree climber/s . . . Large fig tree and native vine growing in the middle of sugar cane in the Logan district, 1870

the tree climber/s . . . Large fig tree and native vine growing in the middle of sugar cane in the Logan district, 1870

Photographer: Unidentified Location: Logan district, Queensland, Australia link

 

Royal Poinciana on the Rawson property outside Mackay, ca. 1875

Royal Poinciana on the Rawson property outside Mackay, ca. 1875

Photographer: Edmund Rawson, 1845-1911 Location: Mackay, Queensland, Australia A description of this tree is contained in Finch-Hatton's Advance Australia!: 'In the middle of the garden, on a patch ...