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Hoisting the flag on Federation Day, January 1901 in Townsville, Queensland

from State Library of Queensland

  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    On the 1st of January 1901, the Commonwealth of Australia was created. The majority of Queenslanders had voted ‘yes’ in a referendum asking if Queensland should join the Federation. The result was Queensland losing its colonial status to become a state in the new country of Australia. The colonial era was over. Source www.queensland-australia.com/queenslands-history.html

State funeral for James Forsyth Thallon, Queensland Commissioner for Railways Brisbane 27 March 1911

from State Library of Queensland

  • Hilda Maclean said:
    Description of the funeral and burial with additional photographs. trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/175254974
  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    James Forsyth Thallon, Commissioner of Railways. Thallon was born in Scotland in 1847 and moved to Queensland as a young man for health reasons. He joined the railways and worked his way up. He became Commissioner in 1902 and led Queensland Railways through a period of rapid expansion. He was a strong supporter of Queensland’s narrow gauge which he said was appropriate for a “young country”. A popular manager, and his staff were devastated when he died in office in 1911 of dengue fever and they launched a subscription to erect this monument a year later. Source: woollydays.wordpress.com/2020/09/06/contemplating-history...

School children at an unidentified public swimming pool Brisbane 1913

from State Library of Queensland

  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    It might seem, at first glance, that pools are essentially little more than a hole in the ground filled with water. In fact, many exhibit distinctive architectural elements associated with our experience of movement, water and light, and Modern stylistic experimentation. They satisfy complex functional and environmental demands like any other type of buildings. And they reveal much about Australia’s culture, such as the gradual relaxation of dress codes and attitudes to women and other ethnicities. Pool building also became a subject of social and political debate. Post-WWII, artificial pools – as opposed to natural lakes, oceans and river-pools – were favoured for safer swimming instruction, and their provision by governments was regarded as a right, not a luxury. Governments at all levels responded by investing modestly. Source: www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/20...