Images of the week from Picture Queensland

Story Bridge, 1939

Construction is almost completed on the Story Bridge, Brisbane, October 1939.

Brisbane's most iconic and important bridge, constructed by contractors Evans Deakin-Hornibrook, was opened in July 1940 and was named after John Douglas Story, a prominent public servant. The Story Bridge is the largest steel bridge designed, fabricated and constructed in Australia by Australians. Dr. John Bradfield was consulting engineer. The Story Bridge was chosen by Queenslanders in the Q150 voting as the most iconic structure and engineering feat in Queensland.

Image no. 150513 was chosen as image of the week beginning 06 July 2009.

Royal Flying Doctor Service attending to a patient

Doctor O'Leary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service makes his patient comfortable for the flight to Mt. Isa. He is attending to an injured stockman in Outback Queensland in 1969.

Image no. 193539 was created by Robert Barnes for Queensland Newspapers and is in copyright. The image was chosen as picture of the week beginning 29 June 2009.

The Royal Flying Doctor service was founded by Reverend John Flynn in 1928 to administer a missionary doctor to the needs of the men and women scattered between Wyndham and Cloncurry, Darwin and Maree and was voted as a Queensland Q150 icon this year.

Estate map of Baroona Estate, Bardon

Baroona Estate map showing allotments to be sold by Arthur Martin & Co, auctioneers. Plan includes local sketch. The estate was surveyed by Hamilton & Raff.

Image no. 758681 was chosen as image of the week beginning 22 June 2009, to highlight the John Oxley Library maps collection.

Front cover from the Queenslander, 1928

Image no.191968 - Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander March 8, 1928 was chosen as image of the week beginning 15 June 2009.

Bert Hinkler had completed a solo flight from London to Brisbane in his Avro Avian biplane G-EBOV, landing at Ascot racecourse in Brisbane, Australia in 1928.

Tomato sauce label

Image no. 190339 - Label from a bottle of 'Norman' tomato sauce, manufactured at the Norman Factory, Bowen Bridge Road, Brisbane. This label was chosen as image of the week beginning 8 June 2009 to feature one of many labels which are available on Picture Queensland. More labels can be located on the find by themes page - From the kitchen shelf.

Rosenstengel furniture

Edmund Rosenstengel (1887-1962) was a cabinet-maker whose best known public commissions included the invitation to furnish a bedroom at Government House, Brisbane, for the visit of the Duke of Gloucester in 1934, and the creation of a jewel case intended for the (then) Duchess of York.

Image no. 56925 features furniture built by Ed. Rosenstengel, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, 1934,especially for the visit of H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester and was chosen as image of the week beginning 1 June 2009. From an original watercolour drawing by Wilfred Morden. More images from the Rosenstengel Byrne collection.

Elevated view of the flooded river and West End, Brisbane, 1893

A cyanotype (blue print) photograph, a popular process during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, shows a view across wharf buildings and other properties on the city side of the Brisbane River, towards flooded West End and the remains of the Victoria Bridge.

Image no. APA-020-01-0015 was taken in 1893 and was chosen as image of the week beginning 25 May 2009.

Fourex poster

This Fourex advertisement appeared in a souvenir to commemorate the opening of the enlarged Victoria Park Golf Club house in Brisbane in 1939. Victoria Park Golf Club is still trading today.

Fourex beer has been an icon of Queensland for more than 100 years, with the first lager being brewed in 1889. The brewery, known as Castlemaine Brewery, is still operating from the premises in Milton Road, Brisbane.

Image no. 19661 was chosen as image of the week beginning 18 May 2009.

Alex Zahmel's first house at Finch Hatton, ca. 1900

Alexander Zahmel and this brother Charles, of Mia Mia, took up adjoining blocks in the Parish of Mia Mia in early December 1899. A horse drawn wagon laden with sugar cane stands in front of the high set house.

Image no. qmc03630 is held by Mackay Regional Council Libraries, a contributor of images to Picture Queensland. This image was chosen as image of the week commencing 11 May 2009.

Violet Trundle and her daughter at the sewing machine

Image no. 35238 - Violet Trundle sewing with a Singer sewing machine at her home in Hughenden, Queensland. Violet's daughter, Ailsa Trundle is working on a small sewing project beside her mother. This image was chosen as picture of the week beginning 4 May 2009, to honour Mother's Day.