Images of Queensland from the John Oxley Library

Images of Queensland from the John Oxley Library www.slq.qld.gov.au

Whitsunday Islands - images from the Gale Collection, ca. 1980s

Boy scouts at Cherbourg, 1958

Night view of the Queensland Pavilion, World Expo in Brisbane 1988

Giant echidna in the lunchtime parade at the World Expo 1988

Sailing ships laying at anchor in the harbour, Bundaberg ca. 1894

Jumping for joy, in Bulimba, Queensland, 1918.

Wool bales at the depot along Oak Street, Barcaldine, Queensland, ca. 1888

Woman bathing a child on a verandah, 1900-1910.

Cane cutters working in the cane fields in North Queensland

Brisbane Botanical Gardens by Julian Howard Ashton, c 1940.

Christmas dinner with the Higlett family 1905

Edward Gustavus Campbell Barton relaxing on the verandah with two women.

View across to the city from New Farm, Brisbane, 1974

Castle Hill and the township, Townsville ca. 1900

Fiji Pavilion at the World Expo in Brisbane, 1988

Group portrait of members of the Australian Labour Party, 1890

Tuckett’s Dairy Farm at Brookfield , by Charles Henry Lancaster, 1940.

The Moreton Bay Settlement in 1835 , by Henry Boucher Bowerman.

Servicemen's wedding at Charlotte Street, Brisbane, 1917

All photos courtesy Picture Queensland www.pictureqld.slq.qld.gov.au Whitsunday Islands - images from the Gale Collection, ca. 1980s

Shearer at Barcaldine Downs, Barcaldine, Queensland, 1980

Hon. Anderson (Andrew) Dawson's ministry leaving Government House after the swearing in ceremony. December 1899

Queensland Birds by Anthony Alder (detail), c 1900

Players window featuring summer dresses and ladies shoes, ca. 1950

Members of the Australian Workers' Union in front of the A.W.U. Hall at Chillagoe, around 1915.

Picking pineapples on a plantation in the Glass House Mountains 1956

Night view of Queen Street, Brisbane, ca. 1959

View of the Fitzroy bridge. This suspension bridge spanned the Fitzroy River from Jan 1881 until Jan 1956.

Early View of Wickham Terrace, Brisbane 1860

Flood waters in Queen Street, Brisbane, 1893 John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg. 84890

Early view of Queen Street, Brisbane, ca 1859

Soldier Jack Mathewson ca. 1916

Swimming at Coolangatta Beach, Queensland ca. 1912

Eating the watermelon, Chinchilla, Queensland, 2001

Cargo ship and tugboat pass beneath the Story Bridge on the Brisbane River, ca. 1949

Busy day in Mosman Street, Charters Tower

Esplanade at Burleigh, Queensland, Christmas 1932

Greenway home at York Street, East Ipswich.

Kirkston, a Windsor residence, 1943.

On the beach at Cairns

Residential section of Cairns, ca 1890

Charters House, Court House ca. 1888

Diners at the Palms Cafe in Queen Street, Brisbane, in the 1950s

Queen Street during an air raid test alarm. A soldier is standing in the middle of the street and vehicles are parked down both sides of the road. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg. 99716

Queen Street, Brisbane, 1942

Mackay Post Office taken from Sydney Street ca. 1883

Water trough on Lochinvar Station, Queensland, 2000

Kiosk and jetty at Southport, Queensland. Image 194830

Picture Queensland www.pictureqld.slq.qld.gov.au Whitsunday Islands - images from the Gale Collection, ca. 1980s

Wooden buildings on a street corner of Mackay in 1870’s overlooking the Pioneer River.

East Street in Rockhampton ca. 1887

Balonne River in flood, near Dirranbandi, Queensland, 1939

Juggler Anita Martel and soubrette Molly Duval in rehearsal on stage with the ballet, Cremorne Theatre

West End Brewery during the 1890 flood

House at Sandgate, Brisbane 1920-1930. Image 159498

Remains of Washpool Dam, Evora Creek, Queensland, 2004

Children having fun in the pool at Tangalooma Resort, Moreton Island, ca. 1965. Image 186420

Cafe on Hastings Street, Noosa 2005. Image 6502-0001-0050

Soldiers waving farewell from the train, Brisbane, 1940

Albert Railway Bridge and Brisbane River at Indooroopilly, ca. 1911

Merchants opposite the Kingaroy Railway Station

Nursing staff in the grounds of the Warwick General Hospital, ca. 1913 John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg. 111944

View over the Hastings Street area of Noosa Heads ca. 1920

Group posing in front of butcher's shop, Coorparoo, Brisbane, ca. 1890 John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg. 54710

Maryborough Station Yard, 1882

Panoramic view of the Story Bridge, Brisbane, 1959

Boat in Moggill Creek, Kenmore, Brisbane, Queensland. ca. 1917. Image 167436

Engineer visiting Indooroopilly Bridge construction site, Brisbane, 1894 John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg. 190834

Blair Lodge, Brisbane, 1976. Image 199874

Brisbane River in flood, 1974

Residence of Mr John Burnett, Buderim, Queensland, June 1909

J & J Burns, grocers, Queen Street, Brisbane, ca. 1872 John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg. 141513

Cloudland Ballroom, Bowen Hills, 1978

Colonial cottage, West Ipswich, ca. 1890. Image 16376

Machine gun training in the Middle East, ca. 1917

Tea party in the garden, possibly at Nanango, 1900-1910. Image 159681

Timber Colonial style home at Redland Bay, ca. 1910. Image 1751

Children on bicycles in front of H. Weynand's blacksmith business, Allora, Queensland, ca. 1900 John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg. 181925

Jindalee Sports Stadium inundated by floodwaters, Brisbane, 1974

Bathers under the Indooroopilly Railway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1930. Image 4847

Bush house at Isis Downs. Image API-048-01-0004

Charlotte Street in Brisbane during the 1893 floods

Travelling sugar mill, Walrus, on the Albert River, ca. 1870

War memorial on Anzac Square viewed from Adelaide Street in Brisbane, ca. 1930

Construction is almost completed on the Story Bridge, Brisbane, October 1939

Miners from the Queensland Colliery Companys Gauchalland pit take a break on a coal trolley, Howard, 1920