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Jenyn's corset on display

The young model does not appear to be very matronly! Perhaps that is the point of the advertisement. Look younger with a Jenyns corset. Expectations of women have not changed that much over the years!

Happy fishermen display their remarkable catch of large Spanish Mackerel.

Fishing is one of Bowen's biggest attractions, with numerous creek systems, coral studded islands, offshore reefs, and most importantly, abundant fish life. Bowen has many creek systems, which hold healthy numbers of Mangrove-jack, Bream, Whiting, and Barramundi (closed season Nov 1st-Feb 1st). Bowen offers a multitude of offshore fishing options, and you will only need to go a short way to access many of the inshore islands and reefs, which hold good numbers of Coral Trout, Sweetlip, and Mackerel. These islands include Lighthouse, Stone, Middle, and the magnificent Gloucester and Holbourne islands, all of which, have abundant reefs for both line and spearfishing, especially for the very tasty painted crayfish. Bowen is renowned for its Spotted and Spanish Mackerel fishing, and from June through to September, the bountiful Bowen Mackerel patches are only a short, 5km boat run from the Grays Bay Boat Ramp. These fish arrive in huge numbers and when they come to the bite, the fishing is simply world-class. Source: www.tourismbowen.com.au/fishing

The version of Queensland that the Brisbane Exhibition presented so consistently year after year, including during 1909, was a story of unrelenting certitude in the righteousness of colonisation and utter confidence that ongoing cultural, educational, and above all material progress was Queensland’s birthright and destiny. Queensland, according to this account, was a land of unlimited productive capacities, and Queenslanders, as proud members of the British Empire, were the people who could release those capacities. It was a demanding endeavor, as demonstrated by the rigors endured by the ‘pioneers’ whose achievements were praised at the Jubilee Carnival’s opening ceremony, but it was also an enterprise that promised economic rewards and moral fulfillment. This was a society, the story claimed, that reveled in competition, as exemplified in the contests of the Brisbane Exhibition and Jubilee Carnival, but was united in its determination to improve itself. The narrative of Queensland relied on and glorified the ideal of progress. Source: Celebrating Her First Half-Century: Queensland’s Jubilee Carnival Joanne Scott and Ross Laurie espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_203075/UQ203075_OA.pdf?