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This simple image has a quiet beauty. I can almost hear the tinkle of the glass drops.

The official opening of the first electric tramway took place on June 21, 1897, a car being run from Logan Road to the southern end of Victoria Bridge by Mr. Badger, with Mr. Clapp on the platform with him. The car stopped at the Council Chambers and picked up Alderman A. F. Luya (Mayor) and other aldermen of the South Brisbane Council. Others accepted a gene-ral invitation to board the car, including the band of the Queensland Volunteer Rifles, which played for a few trips to and fro. The electric service in Queen Street commenced on July 3, 1897, about a year before electric trams were used in Glasgow, which has one of the best tramway systems in the world. Steady progress was made for several years and many new lines and extensions were constructed, as under: 1897 Logan Road Ithaca George Street Red Hill Part of the Paddington line 1899 Ipswich Road Paddington extension Ascot 1901 Gladstone Road Kelvin Grove Clayfield 1902 Wharf Street Edward Street 1903 Lower Edward Street East Brisbane (to Norman Bridge) Newmarket 1904 Toowong Rosalie 1905 Enoggera Terrace 1908 Dutton Park 1914 Greenslopes Windsor Kedron Park Mer-thyr Road 1915 Coorparoo Cracknell Road 1917 Grey Street (single track in place of in-bound track in Stanley Street) When the electrification took place in 1897 there were only 20 trams running on 15 miles of track, but when the Brisbane Tramways Co. ceased operations on December 31, 1922, they left 181 cars providing services on 42½ miles of tram routes, or (counting double lines as two) 70½ track miles. The older sections had been laid with rails weighing 55 and 77 lbs. to the yard. but the Brisbane Tramways Company had these replaced by 83 lb. rails, and towards the end of its tenure, the Company laid new rails on some sections of track. Source: www.qocs.org.au/brisbane-tramways-their-history-and-devel...

Situated in one of the most delightful portions of Bundaberg, in close proximity to Alexandra Park and the Burnett River, the Convent of Our Lady of Mercy occupies an envious position. The building, specially constructed for collegiate purposes, is in the center of a large area of ground, picturesquely laid out and sheltered with trees and foliage. For 30 years the Convent has ranked high in the musical and scholastic history of the district, each succeeding year adding to the brilliant achievements of its students. Source: www.queenslandplaces.com.au/exhibit/book/ps297

THE SISTERS OF MERCY CONVENT ON BOURBONG STREET On July 10, 1897, five Sisters of Mercy came to take up teaching duties. They were to remain until lack of numbers forced their withdrawal from schools in the 1980s. The Presentation Sisters also operated a school for a few years in Bundaberg in the 1960s. Source: www.bundabergcatholic.net.au/our-parish/history/