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The Maryborough School of Arts was constructed in 1887-8 to the design of Melbourne and Adelaide architect, John Grainger. The substantial two-storeyed rendered brick building replaced the first Maryborough School of Arts which was a small brick building constructed in 1861 soon after the establishment of a local School of Arts committee in 1860. The contract for the construction of the School of Arts was let on 1 March 1887 by local contractors, Jacob and John Rooney (J&J Rooney) and the final construction cost was £3500. The foundation stone for the building was laid on 3 June 1887 in an elaborate ceremony. The building is prominently located on Kent Street adjacent to the new City Council Chambers and opposite the 1906 Town Hall. Source: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/5-heritage-listed-buildings-maryb...

Pandanus Palm - Pandanus tectorious Pandanus Palm In the summer heat, I guess the perfect place to be will be seeking some shade on the beach. Pandanus palm is possibly a palm you might be sitting under on one of our local beaches. Native in Australia from the Northern Rivers to Cape York, Pandanus palm is a cultural asset to Indigenous peoples of Australia, the Pacific Islands and beyond. Pandanus has many uses including weaving materials, food, medicine, ceremonial uses and building supplies. Found on coastal lowland plant communities, Pandanus is found typically on the edge of the ocean and is so stunning on the foredune as you see often. Source: www.hwyhaven.com.au/Natives-by-mnth.html

TRADITIONAL ABORIGINAL FOOD-GATHERING : TREE-CLIMBING People climbed trees for a number of reasons: To catch possums, lizards, snakes and other native animals. (These animals were also removed from trees by lighting a fire below and smoking them out, and by throwing stones at the animal, knocking it out of the tree.) To collect eggs and young birds from nests. To collect fruit and seeds from high branches. To reach native beehives for honey and wax. Beeswax was used as a seal on water containers, as a resin when making weapons, and as a fixative when making body decorations. (People didn’t always climb trees to obtain honey. Sometimes they chopped the whole tree down instead. Also, some species of native bee make hives at ground level.) To chop and strip long sheets of bark to be used for canoe-making and shelters. Throughout much of Australia, a small hatchet with a stone head was used to cut toe holds into trees to assist in climbing. In these photos, taken in the rainforests of northern Queensland, strong jungle vines (lawyer-vines or lawyer-cane) are used like ropes to assist climbing trees in search of both animals and native bee hives’ wax and honey. Source: www.aboriginalculture.com.au/tree-climbing/