Queensland official almanac, directory and gazetteer for

Call Number
SR 919.4305 Q3
Created/Published
Brisbane : Printed for the Govt. of Queensland by Powell & Co., 1905
Issue
(1905)
Images
1124
Notes
Text missing on pages between 368/369 due to binding. Page 430 has a printing error, page number reads as '30', should be '430'.
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Contents

QUEENSLAND 1905. 1 , 5 , 8
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4
QUEENSLAND AT HOME. 9
INTRODUCTION. 11
QUEENSLAND AT HOME. CHAPTER I. CLIMATE. 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21
CHAPTER II. THE DWELLING PLACE. 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32
CHAPTER III. THE SUCCEEDING GENERATION. 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48
CHAPTER IV. THE FAMILY COMMISSARIAT. 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58
CHAPTER V. MAN TO MAN. 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63
CHAPTER VI. STATE ADMINISTRATION. 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70
CHAPTER VII. THE PEOPLE AT PLAY. 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83
CHAPTER VIII. LIFE'S LITTLE WORRIES. 84 , 85 , 86
Map of Queensland. 87
QUEENSLAND OFFICIAL ALMANAC, DIRECTORY AND GAZETTEER FOR 1905. 89
Advertising 90
SYNOPSIS. 91
Advertising 92 , 93 , 94
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 95 , 96 , 97
Advertising 97 , 98 , 99 , 100
GENERAL INDEX. 101 , 102 , 105 , 106
Advertising 103 , 104 , 106 , 107 , 108
INDEX TO BRISBANE DIRECTORY. 109 , 110
Advertising 110
INDEX TO COUNTRY DIRECTORY. 111 , 112
Advertising 111 , 112
QUEENSLAND OFFICIAL ALMANAC AND DIRECTORY, 1905. Common Notes for the Year 1903. 113
Eclipses, 1905. 113
Fixed and Movable Festivals and Anniversaries, 1905. 113
Jewish Calendar (A.D. 1905, A.M. 5665-5666.) 113
JANUARY, FIRST MONTH. 114 , 115
FIXED STARS. 115 , 117 , 119 , 121 , 123 , 125 , 127
FEBRUARY, SECOND MONTH. 116 , 117
MARCH, THIRD MONTH. 118 , 119
APRIL, FOURTH MONTH. 120 , 121
MAY, FIFTH MONTH. 122 , 123
JUNE, SIXTH MONTH. 124 , 125
JULY, SEVENTH MONTH. 126 , 127
AUGUST, EIGHTH MONTH. 128 , 129
EXPLANATION OF NAUTICAL EPHEMERIS AS ON PAGES 3 TO 29. 129
COMPUTATION OF TIME BY STARS. 129 , 131
SEPTEMBER, NINTH MONTH. 130 , 131
OCTOBER, TENTH MONTH. 132 , 133
SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC. 133
THE PLANETS. 133
NOVEMBER, ELEVENTH MONTH. 134 , 135
DECEMBER, TWELFTH MONTH. 136 , 137
TWELVE O’CLOCK NOON, GREENWICH MEAN TIME, AS COMPARED WITH THE FOLLOWING PLACES. 137
JANUARY, FIRST MONTH. 138 , 139
STANDARD OF TIME. 139
FEBRUARY, SECOND MONTH. 140 , 141
ANNIVERSARIES 1906 140
FIXED AND MOVABLE FESTIVALS, 1906. 141
Tide Tables, 1905. 142 , 143 , 144 , 145 , 147 , 148 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153
Time of Sun’s Rising and Setting throughout the State. 154
Meteorological Observations. 155
TABLE OF RAINFALL IN QUEENSLAND DURING 1903. 156 , 157 , 158 , 159 , 160 , 161 , 162 , 163
MONTHLY SYNOPSIS—ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE.* WICKHAM TERRACE, BRISBANE. 162
MONTHLY SYNOPSIS—SHADE TEMPERATURE, WICKHAM TERRACE, BRISBANE. 163
TABLE OF RAINFALL IN QUEENSLAND, FROM 1890 TO 1903. 164 , 165
THE CLIMATE OF BRISBANE.—Monthly Synopsis. 166
THE STATE OF QUEENSLAND. 166 , 167 , 168 , 169
QUEENSLAND EVENTS. FROM 1879 TO 1904. 170 , 171 , 172 , 173 , 174 , 175 , 176 , 177 , 178 , 179 , 181
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENTARY RECORD. 182 , 183 , 184 , 185 , 186 , 187 , 188 , 189 , 190
Dates of Parliaments 191
Public Acts. 192 , 193 , 194 , 195 , 196 , 197
Private Acts. 197 , 198
Select Committees. 198 , 199 , 200
Governors. 201
Ministrics. 201 , 202 , 203 , 204 , 205
Royal Family of Grat Britain. 206
Colonial Office. 206
Parliament. 207
RESULTS OF THE GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR 1904 COMPARED WITH THOSE OF 1902. 208 , 209 , 210 , 211 , 212
Chief Secretaries Department. 212 , 213 , 215 , 216
Home Secretary's Department. 217 , 218 , 219 , 220 , 221 , 222 , 223 , 224 , 225 , 226 , 227 , 228 , 229 , 230 , 231
The Treasurer's Department. 232 , 233 , 234 , 235 , 236 , 237
Department of Public Lands. 237 , 238 , 239 , 240
Department of Agriculture and Stock. 241
Inspectors under the Diseases in Stock, Brands, Sheep, Livestock, and Meat Export and Slaughtering Acts. 242 , 243 , 244 , 245
Department of Mines. 245 , 246
Public Worhs Department. 246 , 247 , 249
Department of Justice. 249 , 250 , 251 , 252
Department of Railways. 253
Department of Public Instruction. 253 , 254 , 255 , 256 , 257 , 258 , 259
THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. Department of Trade and Customs. 259 , 260 , 261
The Postmaster-General's Department. 261 , 262 , 263 , 264 , 265 , 266 , 267 , 268 , 269 , 270 , 271 , 272 , 273 , 274
Department of Defence. 274 , 275 , 276 , 277 , 278 , 279
Advertising 279
QUEENSLAND RAILWAYS. 280 , 281 , 283 , 284 , 285 , 286 , 287
PASSENGERS. 287 , 288 , 289 , 290 , 291 , 292 , 293 , 294 , 295
STAMPED PARCELS. 295 , 296 , 297 , 298
INTER-STATE PASSENGER TICKETS AND FARES. 299
QUICK SERVICE BY RAIL AND STEAMER BETWEEN BRISBANE AND NORTH QUEENSLAND. 300
POSTAL INFORMATION. 300 , 301 , 302 , 303 , 304 , 305 , 306 , 307 , 308 , 309 , 310 , 311 , 312 , 313 , 314 , 315 , 317 , 318 , 319 , 320 , 321 , 322 , 323 , 324
POST OFFICE EXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICE BY TELEGRAPH MESSENGER. 324 , 325 , 326 , 327 , 328 , 329 , 330 , 331 , 332
POSTAL NOTES. 332
LIST OF PARCEL POST OFFICES. 333 , 334 , 335 , 336 , 337 , 338 , 339
LIST OF MONEY ORDER OFFICES. 340 , 341 , 342 , 343 , 344 , 345
POSTAL NOTE OFFICES, QUEENSLAND. 346 , 347
OVERLAND-BRISBANE AND ADELAIDE-BY RAILWAY. 348 , 349
Table of Distances. 351
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 352 , 353 , 354 , 355 , 356 , 357 , 358 , 359 , 360 , 361 , 362 , 363 , 364 , 365 , 366
TELEGRAMS BEYOND THE COMMONWEALTH. 366 , 367 , 368 , 369 , 370
TELEPHONE REGULATIONS. 370 , 371 , 372 , 373 , 374 , 375 , 376 , 377
Public Telegraph (or Telephone) Lines Erected and Maintained by the Persons Desiring such Lines, instead of by the Department under Guarantee. 378
Places and Post Towns. 379 , 380 , 381 , 382 , 383 , 385 , 386 , 387 , 388 , 389 , 390 , 391 , 392 , 393 , 394 , 395 , 396 , 397 , 398 , 399
Country Postal Directory for Queensland. 400 , 401 , 402 , 403 , 404 , 405 , 406 , 407 , 408 , 409 , 410 , 411 , 412 , 413 , 414 , 415 , 416 , 417 , 419 , 420 , 421 , 422 , 423 , 424 , 425 , 426 , 427 , 428 , 429 , 430
COUNTRY GUIDE. 430 , 431 , 432 , 433 , 434 , 435 , 436 , 437 , 438 , 439 , 440 , 441 , 442 , 443 , 444 , 445 , 446 , 447
Advertising 447
QUEENSLAND PASTORAL DIRECTORY OF STATIONS AND GRAZING FARMS. 448
Stations and Holdings in the Settled Districts. 448 , 449 , 450 , 451
Stations and Grazing Farms in the Unsettled Districts. 453 , 454 , 457 , 458 , 461 , 462 , 463 , 464 , 467 , 468 , 469 , 470 , 471 , 472 , 473 , 474
Advertising 455 , 456 , 459 , 460 , 465 , 466
QUEENSLAND STATISTICS FOR 1903-1904. Revenue and Finance. 475
Public Debt. 475
Pastoral. 475
Law and Crime. 475 , 476
Liens, Mortgages, and Bills of Sale. 476
Post Office and Telegraph Returns. 476
Population of Queensland. 476
Education. 476
Births, Marriages, and deaths, 1903. 477
Imports and Exports 478 , 479 , 480 , 481 , 482
Mining. 482 , 483
Shipping. 484 , 485
THE COMMONWEALTH TARIFF. 486
IMPORT DUTIES. 486 , 487 , 488 , 489 , 490 , 491 , 493 , 494 , 495 , 496 , 497 , 498 , 499
EXCISE DUTIES. 499
SHIPPING. 500 , 503 , 504 , 505 , 506 , 507
Advertising 501 , 502
SAILING DIRECTIONS. 507 , 508 , 509 , 510 , 515 , 516 , 517 , 518
NEW 512 , 513
NATIONAL FLAGS. 512
No title 513
NUMERAL FLAGS. 513
DESCRIPTIVE FLAGS. 513
EXAMPLES OF SIGNALS. 513
NIGHT SIGNALS. 513
DISTINGUISHING PENNANTS. 513
Queensland "Men of the Time." 518 , 519 , 520 , 521 , 522 , 523 , 524 , 525 , 526 , 527 , 528 , 531 , 532 , 533 , 534 , 535 , 536 , 537 , 538 , 539 , 540 , 541 , 542
Advertising 529 , 530
Medical Practitioners. 542 , 543 , 544 , 545 , 546 , 547 , 548 , 549 , 550 , 551 , 552
Chemists. 552 , 553 , 554
Dentists. 554 , 555 , 556
Law Ealendar. 556 , 557 , 558
Legal Profession. 559 , 560 , 561 , 562 , 563 , 564
* COMMISSIONERS OF STATE SUPREME COURTS RESIDENT IN QUEENSLAND. 564 , 565
COMMISSION OF THE PEACE. 567 , 568 , 569 , 570 , 571 , 572 , 573 , 574 , 575 , 576 , 577 , 578 , 579 , 580 , 581 , 582 , 583 , 584 , 585 , 586 , 587 , 588 , 589
MAGISTRATES RESIDENT OUTSIDE THE STATE. 589 , 590 , 591 , 592
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR NEW SOUTH WALES RESIDENT IN QUEENSLAND. 592 , 593
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR VICTORIA RESIDENT IN QUEENSLAND. 593
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA RESIDENT IN QUEENSLAND. 593
Advertising 593
STAMP DUTIES. 594 , 595 , 596 , 597
LICENSES. 597 , 598
SUCCESSION DUTIES. 598
TOTALISATOR TAX. 598
PROBATE AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION. 598 , 599
Advertising 601
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING A WILL. 602
Ministers of Beligion. CHURCH OF ENGLAND. 603 , 604
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 604
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, STATE OF QUEENSLAND 605
QUEENSLAND CONGREGATIONAL UNION. 605
THE METHODIST CHURCH OF AUSTRALASIA. 605 , 606
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION OF QUEENSLAND. 606
UNITED GERMAN AND SCANDINAVIAN LUTHERAN SYNOD OF QUEENSLAND. 606
LUTHERAN SYNOD OF QUEENSLAND. 607
CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC. 607
THE HEBREW CHURCH. 607
SALVATION ARMY. 607
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS, QUEENSLAND. 607
Masonic Lodges. UNDER THE GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. 608 , 609
SCOTTISH CONSTITUTION, 1904. 610
Scottish Lodges. 610 , 611
The Provincial Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Queensland. 611
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. 612
IRISH CONSTITUTION (1904). 612 , 613
Friendly Societies. MANCHESTER UNITY, I.O.O.F. 613 , 614
PROTESTANT ALLIANCE FRIENDLY SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA IN QUEENSLAND. 614 , 615
HIBERNIAN AUSTRALASIAN CATHOLIC BENEFIT SOCIETY. 615
ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS. 615 , 616
QUEENSLAND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES’ ASSOCIATION. 616
UNITED ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS. 616 , 617
GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS. 617
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS. 617 , 618
AUSTRALIAN NATIVES' ASSOCIATION. 618
LOYAL ORANGE INSTITUTION OF QUEENSLAND 619
Temperance Societies. BRISBANE TEMPERANCE COUNCIL. 619
BRISBANE TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY. 619
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES, SALFORD UNITYBENEFIT SOCIETY. 620
QUEENSLAND TEMPERANCE ALLIANCE. 620
WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION OF QUEENSLAND. 620
SECTION II. QUEENSLAND DIRECTORY, 1905. 621
Advertising 622
CITY OF BRISBANE DIRECTORY. 623
RELIGIOUS. 624 , 625
PLACES OF WORSHIP AND MINISTERS. 625 , 626
EDUCATIONAL. 626 , 627 , 628
SPORTING. RACING. 628
CRICKET. 628
FOOTBALL. 629
CYCLING. 629
AQUATIC. 629 , 630
GOLF. 630
MUSICAL. 630
MEDICAL. 630 , 631 , 632
BENEVOLENT. 632 , 633 , 635
GENERAL. 635 , 636 , 637 , 638
METROPOLITAN TRANSIT COMMISSIONERS. 639 , 640
TRADES AND PROFESSIONS. 641 , 642 , 643 , 644 , 646 , 647 , 648 , 650 , 652 , 653 , 654 , 657 , 658 , 659 , 660 , 663 , 664 , 665 , 666 , 667 , 669 , 670 , 671 , 672 , 673 , 674 , 675 , 677 , 679 , 681 , 682 , 683 , 684 , 685 , 686 , 687 , 689 , 690 , 693 , 694 , 695 , 696 , 697 , 698 , 700 , 701 , 702 , 705
Advertising 644 , 645 , 646 , 647 , 649 , 651 , 653 , 655 , 661 , 662 , 666 , 668 , 669 , 676 , 678 , 681 , 684 , 685 , 688 , 690 , 691 , 699 , 701 , 702 , 703 , 704
Directory of Country Towns. ADAVALE. 706
ALDERSHOT. 706
Advertising 706 , 707 , 708
ALLORA. 709 , 710
Advertising 709 , 710 , 711
ALPHA. 711
ARAMAC. 711 , 712
ARRILALAH (or Forest Grove) 712
ATHERTON (and Carrington). 712 , 713
Advertising 712 , 713 , 714
AUGATHELLA. 714
AYR (Lower Burdekin). 714 , 715
BANANA. 715
BARCALDINE. 715 , 717 , 719
Advertising 716 , 717 , 718
BEAUDESERT. 719
BEENLEIGH. 719 , 720
BIGGENDEN and DEGILBO. 720 , 721
BIRDSVILLF 721
BLACKALL. 721 , 722
BLACKSTONE. 722
BOONAH and DUGANDAN. 722 , 723
Advertising 722 , 723
BOULIA. 724
BOWEN. 724 , 725 , 726
Advertising 725 , 726
BRANDON (Lower Burdekin). 727
BUNDABERG. 727 , 728 , 729 , 731 , 732 , 733 , 734 , 735
Advertising 727 , 728 , 729 , 730 , 731 , 732 , 733 , 734
BUNDAMBA. 735 , 736
BURKETOWN. 736