Tales of the Towers

Three Photos: Commissioner’s Hut; Brisbane Flood; Early Townsville

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Item TypephotographDate1869ContentCaption on photo:

1. ”Commissioner’s Hut” on the Gilbert Diggings.
The figure under the verandah is Captain William Townley, who came to Queensland in 1863, and was Gold Commissioner at the Jimna Diggings and afterwards Gympie. When the photo was taken, 1869, he was Commissioner of the Gilbert Goldfields.

2. Brisbane Flood, about 1869

3. An Early View of Townsville, 1869DigitisedYesMaterial Description10x8 7 x copiesIdentifier2005153.1883

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SubjectsGilbertFloodsCollectionThe Roderick Collection

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