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Neg. Left to right: Mr. W Kanja, MP, Kenya; Mr. Kebba Krubally, MP, Gambia; and Mr. S. Shah, MP, Trinidad and Tobago, talking with local resident at Maroochydore, a beach resort north of Brisbane, the Queensland capital.

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Neg. Left to right: Mrs James A. Jerome, Mr. James Walker, Parliamentary Secretary to the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. James A. Jerome, MP, Canada and Mr. K. Puttaswamy, Minister for Law, Labour and Parliamentary Affairs, Mysore, India, feeding the birds at the wildlife sanctuary, Currumbin, on Queensland’s Gold Coast, south of Brisbane.

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A collection of lantern slides of Australia (plus one duplicate). 5-10 are marked 'Commonwealth of Australia' and have serial numbers. 12-22 are marked 'Department of Agriculture and Stock, Brisbane'. The slides' captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.

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200 x 105 mm. A photograph of the bore flowing, with two figures and corrugated iron sheds behind.

Scope and Contents Collection of thirty-nine loose photographs of various sizes, depicting artesian bores under construction or in operation, with a few general photographs of farming in Queensland, probably photographed by Charles Kerry. All either with captions on prints, or with pencilled captions on reverse. The captions have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. All...

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Landscape format. [View of the ford on Barron River with woman on horse-back crossing].

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215 x 265 mm. An unidentified pictorial scene showing a river and trees at an unspecified location.

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200 x 150 mm. A similar photograph [i.e. to preceding print] of ripening grapes.

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100 x 140 mm. Pencilled caption on reverse reads ‘Barcaldine Bore 357 miles west from Rockhampton. Water shut off’. Showing the tower, boarded off, with teams of horses beside it.

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150 x 200 mm. Photograph taken from one side of the falls. The height of the first fall is 660 feet with smaller falls totalling 800 feet. 'When in full flood more water passes over these falls, than over Niagara falls' ('Views seen from Queensland Railways').

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145 x 170 mm. A bore under construction with derrick, steam engine and drilling machinery. Several men and women posing by the derrick.

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A collection of lantern slides of Australia (plus one duplicate). 5-10 are marked 'Commonwealth of Australia' and have serial numbers. 12-22 are marked 'Department of Agriculture and Stock, Brisbane'. The slides' captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.

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Print at RCMS 353/2/155.

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185 x 140 mm. An interesting picture showing the drill in position, with drilling machinery to one side of the derrick, attached to a steam engine on the left. With operators posing on the ground or on the derrick.

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165 x 200 mm. Another fine industrial photograph, with operators posing on or beside the wooden derrick. A large steam engine is drawn up to the derrick. The boring is in a surprisingly built up area, with huts and brick buildings behind the derrick.

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150 x 205 mm Caption on print reads ‘Thurlagoona Bore No 9 Daily flow 3,500,000 Gals Depth 1784 ft, Temp 112 degrees. Casing 6 inches’.

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227 x 175 mm. A view of the gardens, with Government House in the background, largely obscured by trees.

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235 x 186 mm. A view showing palm trees of various sorts in the gardens, with an unidentified house in the background.

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138 x 99 mm. A view showing palms and other shrubs in the Botanical Gardens.

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195 x 145 mm. Also captioned on print ‘Bridge over Condamine, Warwick’ and showing the metal bridge with the town in the background, behind trees.

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195 x 145 mm. A view of a wooden bridge over the Condamine, with a pony and trap crossing. Caption on print ‘Bridge over Condamine, Warwick’.

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195 x 145 mm. View taken from other side of the river Condamine.

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205 x 150 mm. The picture shows the early stages of building a wooden bridge with the main struts and the larger horizontal supports in place. With two figures on the bridge, and three lying on the grass in the foreground.

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200 x 150 mm. Photograph of a copse of Brigalows. Brigalow is an Aboriginal Australian name for a type of acacia found in New South Wales and Queensland and was used by them for making spears and boomerangs.

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Monochrome postcards.