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In the forty years after Federation the most noticeable incursion of new settlers were the Soldier Settlers who came to the Boyne Valley after the war. Fifty-four families, with little or no farming experience attempted to farm very small areas. Before long most of them moved to more lucrative and certain incomes elsewhere. There were still two newspapers though The Advocate had been replaced by the Daily Times. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the Bank of New South Wales and the Queensland Bank all had branches in town; and there were two private hospitals and a chemist. Shops were numerous, and seem to have been larger. Friends store was well established, serving a much greater clientele than the town and there was a Cash & Carry, several butchers, bakers and car dealers. In a sign of real maturity in the town, the Post Office Directory lists a 'French Beauty Saloon' (though for 1939 it mentions only nine women by name). In short, everything was in place for the town to deal with the next wave, a population increase that was occasioned by the Second World War. Source: gragm.qld.gov.au/media/1017/waves-of-settlement-1901-1939...

In addition to the 8 glorious pictures of bridges The Library of Congress has posted over each of the last eight days, a few of the birthday tributes to Flickr Commons can be seen here: 8th Birthday for Flickr Commons A gallery curated by swanq Happy Birthday Flickr Commons! A gallery curated by Pixel Wrangler Happy 8th Birthday, Flickr Commons! An album curated by Katya Henry and Jacinta Sutton, Project Officers at State Library of Queensland

I've crossed this bridge many times.

Very nice

I'm glad to have stumbled across this photo stream last year. Or perhaps it was the year before? Fascinating history, and often superb photography.

Awesome photo - beautiful in black and white. Does the bridge look the same today as it did then?

Gladstone Harbour is a locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. There are three towns in Gladstone Harbour, all on Facing Island: Northcliffe, Farmers Point and Gatcombe. Facing Island was named on 6 August 1802 by Matthew Flinders on his voyage on HMS Investigator (1801) to map the coastline of New Holland (as the continent of Australia was then called). The town of Northcliffe first appears on 1912 survey plan N6211. The town of Farmers Point was named on 1 December 1961,[4] but the name of the point itself first appeared on 1901 survey plan N6211. The town of Gatcombe was named on 1 November 1967, taking its name from Gatcombe Point. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladstone_Harbour,_Queensland