This image was created by John Erbacher and is still in copyright. This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without prior permission. See Hervey Bay Library web site for more information. 

Picture Queensland hosts images from the collections of a variety of Queensland cultural organisations, including Hervey Bay Library.

This image no. qhbp00066 is part of the Hervey Bay Library Collection and was chosen as image of the week beginning 23 June 2008. 

Photograph shows the Southern Cross touching down in Sydney 10th June, 1928, after its flight across the Pacific. The plane first landed in Brisbane on 09 June after crossing from Oakland, California. An insert shows the crew. From left to right they are: J. Warner, C .T. P. Ulm, C. E. Kingsford Smith and H. W. Lyon. The signatures of Kingsford Smith and Ulm are also shown, along with a note to Johnny Walker signed Smithy and Charles, June 1928.

This image no. 73492 was chosen for the week beginning 16 June 2008 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the inaugural Trans-Pacific crossing by Southern Cross and her crew.

Miss M. Carne is dressed in shorts, halter top, pith helmet and sandals, enjoying the view from the deck. She is standing beside a lifebuoy with the identifying name of Orion, London, printed on it. The image was photographed by George Jackman, who was a photographer for Queensland Newspapers during the 1930s and 1940s.

This image no.7708-0001-0023 was chosen as image of the week commencing 09 June 2008.

This image is part of the Ron and Ngaire Gale Collection and was photographed in Townsville in 1986 by Ron Gale.

The image no. 601-14-06 was used for the week beginning 02 June 2008. The image was chosen to celebrate Queensland Week and promote the wide selection of tropical fruit available in Queensland.  

This perspective drawing by architect Benjamin Backhouse shows Fernberg Villa. The villa was erected in 1864 - 1865 and underwent extensive modifications by architect Richard Galley in 1882, becoming an Italianate-style structure. Fernberg is now Government House.

This image no. 193620 was chosen as image of the week commencing 26 May 2008.

Image of the week commencing 19 May 2008. Picture Queensland image no. 63227.

The original painting of Tipplers is held by the John Oxley Library. It was painted by Robert Saunder Rayment (1839 - 1893). Watercolour over pencil measuring 37 x 33 cm.

The John Oxley Library has a wide selection of original paintings by Queensland artists, including several by Robert Rayment.

This image was chosen as image of the week commencing 12 May 2008.

Pictured are Mrs L. Walz and Miss Audrey Walz. (Description supplied with photograph) They are both wearing very smart dresses and large picture hats.

Photograph taken by George Jackman, who was the Gold Coast correspondent for the Courier Mail and the Daily Mail from the 1920s to the late 1940s.

This image was chosen as image of the week commencing 06 May 2008, to celebrate the start of the Winter Racing Carnival in Brisbane.

View of the 'Tree of Knowledge' and railway station, Barcaldine, Queensland, 1987. 

Image of the week commencing 28 April 2008, created by Ron Gale.  Picture Queensland image no. 711-06-1.

 This image was chosen to celebrate Labor Day in Queensland on 05 May 2008.  The heritage-listed ghost gum at Barcaldine in Queensland's central west is the representation of the birthplace of the Labor Party, but it died in 2006 after being poisoned by vandals. Scientists working with the Queensland Department of Primary Industries (DPI) have recently successfully produced the first man-made clones of the tree.

Anzac Day at the Herberton Cenotaph, 1957

This was Picture Queensland Image of the week beginning 21 April 2008 and was chosen to commemorate Anzac Day 2008.

Sisters Peg (Agnes) and Vi Deviney selling goods for the Comfort Fund, Brisbane, ca. 1917.

This was Picture Queensland Image of the week beginning 14 April 2008.

A performer at World Expo '88 creating works of balloon art. In front of him are two of his creations - a balloon poodle and a balloon sausage dog. On top of the hat he is wearing can be seen more of his work. He is in the process of twisting another creature into shape.

This image was created by State Library of Queensland photographer Reina Irmer.

This was Picture Queensland Image of the week beginning 07 April 2008 and was chosen to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Expo '88.

Hand coloured image of two people walking on the rocks at the surf beach at Caloundra in 1937.

This image number APE-079-0001-0025 was Picture Queensland Image of the week beginning 31 March 2008.

Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, 20 September 1934, depicting a small yacht competing in a yacht race.  The illustration was created by Garnet Agnew and titled 'This is the life'.

This was Picture Queensland Image of the week for Easter week beginning Friday 21 March 2008 and was chosen to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race.

Man, wearing jeans and a 'Jackie Howe' navy blue singlet (named after the famous shearer, John Howe), shearing a sheep at Barcaldine, Queensland, in 1991 (the centenary year of the Shearers Strike of 1891 and the formation of the Australian Labor Party). The photograph was possibly taken at the Australian Workers Heritage Centre at Barcaldine. 

This was Picture Queensland Image of the week beginning 11 February 2008

John Oxley Library image no: bar02007.

Created by State Library of Queensland photographer Reina Irmer.