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trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/175122297 - the Brisbane Telegraph, 5th February, 1887...'Serious Landslip'...initial report on the landslip, which had occurred earlier that day... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/84119855 - the Queensland Figaro, 12th February, 1887...'Land Slip at North Quay'...item and illustration... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3463911 - the Brisbane Courier, 28th February, 1887...editorial item on the City Engineer's report and recommendations re the recent landslip near North Quay... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3472022/91081 - the Brisbane Courier, 16th June, 1887...general news item (see 2nd page of link)" 'The contractor for building the retaining wall on the North Quay, Mr. G.C. Wilcox, has set about the work with that energy and dexterity which has characterised his previous undertakings. The road has been fenced off with galvanised iron, and a large shed has been erected which is filled with casks of cement ; a temporary wharf has been erected whereon material is landed, and from which it is conveyed by trucks along a line of rails which have been laid the whole length of the site of the wall. There are also three engines at work, one hauling up the trucks from the wharf ; another working a pile-driver ; and a third, of 14-horse power, connected with a centrifugal pump which is used to lift the water out of the coffer dams. Considerable progress has been made in excavating for the foundation of the wall, and a solid rock bed has been struck at the town end at a depth of about 40ft., on which the workmen began to lay the concrete yesterday. There is also a pile-driver worked by hand on a punt. The contract time is six months, and Mr. Wilcox expects to have it finished well within the time, the season of the year being favourable for such description of work.' trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3479240/91755 - the Brisbane Courier, 21st September, 1887...general news item (see 2nd page of link): 'Messrs. G.C. Wilcox and Co., the contractors for building the retaining wall on the North Quay necessitated by the great landslip which occurred there in January last [sic] have made such rapid progress with the work that the road has been opened for vehicular traffic again. The contract time was six months and does not expire until 23rd November. The concrete wall was finished about a fortnight ago, and the road has been nearly all filled up to the proper level, partly with material taken off a rise between the western end and Milton Bridge. The total length of the retaining wall is 550ft., and its greatest depth 35ft. 6in. below high water mark ; it is over 18ft. wide at the base, and 5ft. wide at. the top ; the height above high water mark at the lowest part or dip is 21ft., and the highest point nearer the city 26ft. It forms one massive solid block of concrete, composed of about 6000 casks of cement, 4000 cubic yards of metal cubes, 2000 cubic yards of gravel, and 2000 cubic yards of sand, making in all (inclusive of extras) about, 9000 tons. The concrete wall is surmounted by a brick parapet wall capped with stone coping, into which are let ornamental iron palisadings supported by 18in. brick pillars with stone caps, the whole presenting a substantial and by no means inelegant design. The contract price was £13,138, and the work will probably be fully completed almost two months under the time, or four months from the date of commencement. Such expedition on the part of the contractors carries its own commendation.'

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This photo is probably of the Brisbane FC, who played 'Victorian rules' football (now Australian rules) since their formation in 1866 (there were no known soccer clubs in Brisbane until the early 1880s) In the 1870s, all codes played with a (roughly) spherical ball - hence the soccer attribution here? Ellipsoidal balls for Australian rules and rugby came into use a little later Photographer probably Daniel Marquis

Many thanks for adding The Surfers Paradise Cafe Cathay to CRWDP!

Have tagged for the pool-index :-)