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Purple Pub Officially known as the National Hotel, the Purple Pub was established in the early 1900s. The west wing was previously the Exchange Hotel in Croydon and was relocated here. Originally painted a light mauve in 1968, then a few shades darker in 1975, it gained its current purple in 1979, and now attracts tourists from all over. It’s one of the most photographed buildings in town. Normanton is the capital of the 68,111km2 Carpentaria Shire and part of the only sealed access to the Gulf of Carpentaria. The shire is as large as Tasmania and only has two towns. The town of Normanton was founded as a port for pastoral and mining ventures in 1870. Normanton is the third oldest town in Queensland north of Bowen and is home to the historic Gulflander Railway. Source: purplepub.com.au/about-us/

Normanton’s “Purple Pub” is built in the same wide veranda, high ceiling style, but is an unusual combination of two separately roofed buildings. I doubt it was called the purple pub when it was built in the late 1800s – purple wasn’t invented till way after that. It’s now the best-known landmark in town. Source: splashingpaintblog.com/tag/normanton-hotel/

The name Rosalie is probably derived from the Rosalie Plains pastoral station leased by John Frederick McDougall, who also owned land in the Milton and Rosalie areas of Brisbane.[1] On Sunday 5 April 1884, a Baptist church opened in Rosalie, being described as a "neat little chapel" and was 20 by 20 feet (6.1 by 6.1 m).[2][3][4] On Saturday 7 November 1925, a new Baptist church was opened.[2][5][6] Floods along Bayswater Road, Rosalie, 1890 Rosalie was subject to flooding in the 1890 Brisbane floods. Evacuating from Rosalie, 2011 The lower parts of Rosalie were inundated in the 2011 Brisbane Floods. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalie,_Queensland

The shoreline of Urangan in Queensland encompasses some 7.5 km of coastline – ranging from the sandy beaches of cosmopolitan Urangan, to the quiet, Mangrove lined shores of the Great Sandy Strait, truly offering a diverse experience for all. Urangan forms part of the City of ‘Hervey Bay’ (proclaimed on the 18th February 1984) – what was once a group of seaside villages lining the shores of Hervey Bay – it has now grown to a large metropolis, where it is tricky to find the delineation between the townships . . . Source: poi-australia.com.au/points-of-interest/australia/queensl...

This is Barcaldine. Compare with this other photo: www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Image/DigitalImageDetails.a...

Thanks Kaye! I will pass this on to our catalogers.

This looks like Oak St / Capricorn Highway , the Barcaldine train station on the left, Artesian hotel, and possibility the tree of knowledge,

possibly Railway hotel , Shakespeare hotel