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McDonnell & East Summer Sale 1922 catalogue. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland At the beginning of January 1922, McDonnell & East department store, situated on George Street in Brisbane's CBD, announced their annual "Summer Sale". Extensive advertisements were published in Brisbane newspapers with discounts to wide variety of merchandise - "The firm state this sale is intended to take the form of a New Year surprise to the people of Queensland - to aid them in starting 1922 economically... Included in offerings will be fashion goods for women such as blouses, skirts, robes, also underwear, sunshades, & c., plenty of fashionable millinery, too. There will be bargains in children's frocks, children's underwear, also big values in men's mercery, men's suits, men's hats, boys' suits, and boots and shoes for men, women and children.... Dress fabric values will stand out conspicuously. The firm say the bargains in furniture and furnishings were never better." (The Telegraph, January 3, 1922). Source: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/mcdonnell-east-summer-sale-catalo...

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The shop is Austins now and they celebrated 180 years recently - seems it was also Austins then. NOTE - I think you may be correct about the SALE

I think they are electric lights c.1910 design.

From DIA Building: CO. DERRY, DERRY, DIAMOND, AUSTIN'S DEPARTMENT STORE Date: 1906 Rebuilding after fire; 'an imaginative, flamboyant design, with bold modelling which admirably expresses the function of the place'.

Building looks the same today. But that would suggest post 1906 Perhaps the 1906 work was internal ??

This estate map advertised 191 allotments in the Townsville suburb of Hermit Park in 1884. Many houses from the gold fields town of Charters Towers were moved to Hermit Park after 1917. Source: www.qhatlas.com.au/photograph/estate-map-hermit-park-1884

Advertisements for this sale can be found in The Queenslander and the Charters Towers newspaper, Northern Miner. "Varied charms, its eligible situation, the richness of its soil, etc. All this has been patent to the public for years, and the wonder has only been why so magnificent a property has been allowed to lie unimproved, while all around it has been built upon. Hermit Park reminds the Britisher of one of those noble parks in the West End of London." (The Queenslander, November 1, 1884) According to the real estate map the public auction was held at the Townsville Town Hall on the afternoon of November 6, 1884. Source: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/great-sale-hermit-park-townsville...

Hermit Park is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Hermit Park is a mixture of predominantly residential premises, commercial and light-industrial businesses, as well as serving as a public services hub. Hermit Park is situated in the traditional Wulgurukaba Aboriginal country. The origin of suburb name Hermit Park is from the residence of a business owner Leopold Ferdinand Sachs. Source: www.wikiwand.com/en/Hermit_Park,_Queensland