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Britten-Norman Islander TR-LZK at the British Aerospace Hatfield open day on 5th July 1980.
Photo by John W. Read.
I was trawling through my back up drives and came across this, which is one my earliest digital images. Shot on a Minolta Dimage with 3mp sensor. All I have done is crop and sharpen.
It was shot at St Just - Land's Airfield and I am all but certain this a Britten Norman Twin Islasnder. My mate Phil will soon put me on the straight and narrow.
Ravenswood, a former gold mining town, is 100 km south of Townsville. The name has been attributed to the character Lord Ravenswood in Sir Walter Scott's novel, The Bride of Lammermoor (1819).
In the mid-1860s the port towns of Bowen and Townsville were seeking inland development to provide trade through their ports. Townsville offered a reward for mineral discoveries, it being calculated that mining towns promoted inflows of freight and outflows of ore or treated metal. The government geologist confirmed a gold find at Cape River, south-west of Charters Towers (not then in existence) in 1866.
Miners prospected several of the streams in Townsville's hinterland, and in 1869 payable gold was found in some gullies on the Ravenswood pastoral run. A rush began and a town developed on Elphinstone Creek, taking the name of the pastoral run. Good alluvial gold was followed by discovery of several reefs, and a five-head battery for quartz crushing was installed in 1870. The Bank of New South Wales opened it doors, the Ravenswood Miner newspaper appeared and tents were replaced by buildings before the end of the year. A court house, important for resolving mining disputes, opened in 1871 and a government school in 1873. By then, however, the richer Charters Towers field drew some of the miners away, and the fine gold embedded in the crushed quartz and mingled with iron disulphide proved costly to extract.
Ravenswood had steady but not spectacular growth treating the refractory gold ore. An economic boost came with the mining of silver nearby, which in 1882 led to approval of a railway line to Ravenswood, branching from the Townsville-Charters Towers line. The line opened in 1884, carrying freight, passengers, firewood (for smelters) and minerals. The Ravenswood local government division of 1380 sq miles formed in 1879, along with a hospital, school of arts, and a Catholic church rebuilt in the 1880s. A convent school opened in 1885 next to St Patrick's Church (now the community church), and continued until 1948.
The treatment of gold-bearing ore continued to frustrate the industry, but in 1898 a Charters Towers entrepreneur, Archibald Wilson (1852-1935) obtained British finance for a fresh approach. His New Ravenswood Limited's cyaniding successfully extracted gold from both crushed ore and tailings, and the company struck upon some rich new quartz veins. A new beginning for Ravenswood prompted the rebuilding of mine structures, along with several grand commercial buildings which now constitute the Ravenswood heritage site. The smelter boilers consumed vast amounts of local vegetation, and their place was taken by exotic species, notably the rubber vine and the Chinese apple tree. Goats consumed groundcover plants.
Prosperity continued for more than ten years. Declining quality of the ores, a labour dispute in 1912 and increased labour costs during World War I led to the collapse of New Ravenswood in 1917. The population fell by over two thirds between 1911 and 1921.
Alluvial gold amounted to about 200,000 ounces, mostly during the first ten years and the total for the period 1868 to 1948 was 899,681 ounces.
Ravenswood's surviving 1900s architecture is unfettered by later revamps. Losses of buildings occurred through abandonment and removals to new settlements. The court house, moved to Mount Ravenswood station, was returned and re-erected. Surviving buildings include the Railway and Imperial Hotels (1901-02), the ambulance depot (1904), the primary school (1870) which is still used, and the school of arts library. Neither the shire offices nor the railway station survive, their functions having ceased in 1929 and 1930. Mining revived briefly in the 1930s Depression, but by the 1960s Ravenswood's population had fallen to 100. Its heritage values have proved to be its most valuable asset: tourists regularly detour there when motoring between Townsville and Charters Towers.
Ravenswood has two hotels, a post office/general store, a golf club, a primary school, a museum in the court house and a restoration and preservation society. The town site is a heritage area under the Australian heritage register and there are 14 sites on the Queensland heritage register. The Imperial and the Railway Hotels (1901) are grand structures, and the former court house (1882) and the Community Church (1871) are authentically vernacular.
Source: queenslandplaces.com.au/ravenswood
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1990 heralded a new decade with momentous change and significant events unfolding internationally and at home in Queensland. German reunification was achieved following the ‘fall’ of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. The Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in turn declared their independence from the Soviet Union. Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa, and Margaret Thatcher resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after more than 11 years in office. British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee created the first web server and web browser, and the Hubble Space Telescope was launched from the space shuttle ‘Discovery’.
The Australian Labor Party’s federal election campaign was launched in Brisbane in early March before Prime Minister Bob Hawke’s government was returned later that month for a historic fourth term. Andrew Peacock resigned the leadership of the federal Liberal Party after the election defeat and was replaced by Dr John Hewson. Earlier in March, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) was founded. The inaugural Cape York Aboriginal Land Conference took place at Lockhart River in September, leading to the formation of the Cape York Land Council.
The nation’s first women Premiers were sworn into office this year, firstly Western Australia’s Carmen Lawrence in February followed by Victoria’s Joan Kirner in August. On the day of Kirner’s swearing in, the Hawke government announced Australia would join the international naval blockade of Iraq in the Persian Gulf. A specially convened ALP national conference in September endorsed the privatisation of Qantas and other assets, ahead of deregulation of the domestic aviation market in November. Near that month’s end, Treasurer Paul Keating declared Australia was enduring “the recession we had to have”.
The 1990s was a decade of transformation as infrastructure connected the state, the Internet changed how we worked and Agro was a prime-time star. These photographic highlights come from a collection of thousands of images captured by Transport and Main Roads, documenting the plans, programs and growth of Queensland throughout the decade.
Find this series in our catalogue: www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/series/S20086
The Transport and Main Roads Visual Resource Library collection contains over 200.000 photographs and other resources from the 1920’s to 2005 from the many and varied road, transport and maritime departments over that time. It is mostly the work of the Photographic Branch and Graphic Reproduction Services Unit between the 1930s and the 1990s. Photographers Les Dixon, Bob Reid, Ian Williams, Murray Waite and Ray Burgress recorded works and events of the Department.
Subjects covered include road construction projects, environmental science, road fittings, public transport and road users, people at work, community engagement, official openings, sod turnings, new structures (bridges, dams and Queensland University), awards, department initiatives, safety campaigns, exhibitions and displays.
On September 12, 2013, the New York Islanders traveled to Barclays Center aboard the Long Island Rail Road. The Islanders are slated to begin playing at the Barclays Center, located in downtown Brooklyn directly across the street from the LIRR's hub at Atlantic Terminal, beginning in 2015.
Photo: MTA Long Island Rail Road
Taken during pleasure flight in Hebridean Air Services Britten Norman Islander BN-2B G-HEBO, Prestwick, Scotland 7th September 2014
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U.S. Army photos by W. Wayne Marlow
Humphreys celebrates Asian Pacific Islander heritage
By W. Wayne Marlow
CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea - Asian-American and Pacific Islander heritage was celebrated with song and dance at the Youth Gym here May 23.
The observance came one month after the announcement that the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, will be presented posthumously to Gordon Hirabayashi, who fought against his World War II internment and challenged it before the U.S. Supreme Court.
This is also the centennial year of the first Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington, D.C.
Prior to a lively dance performance, Spc. Kareen Medeiros, president and Area III coordinator for the Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers program, touched on how Asians and Pacific Islanders came to be a part of the United States.
"It is an honor and a privilege to take you on a journey to our lands, our homes and to meet some of our people," she said . "Throughout history, Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders have had an impact on our world and society. Our ancestors came to America from places with names such as China, Samoa, Korea, the Philippines, Hawaii and Japan."
While they have become an integral part of the country, Asians and Pacific Islanders have kept their distinctive cultures, she noted.
"Our traditions are rich and our customs and beliefs are deeply rooted in our everyday life," Medeiros said. "Our love for arts, music and cultural awareness is sought after everywhere. Asians and Pacific Islanders helped build our nation. We have fought bravely alongside American sons and daughters in their time of need. We have continued to contribute to American success every day. We are proud of our heritage, proud to be called Asian Pacific Americans."
Medeiros read from a presidential proclamation that addressed their
contributions.
"Generations of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have helped make America what it is today," she said. "Their histories recall bitter hardships and proud accomplishments, from the laborers who connected our
coasts one-and-a-half centuries ago, to the patriots who fought overseas while their families were interned at home, from those who endured the harsh conditions of Angel Island, to the innovators and entrepreneurs who are driving our nation's economic growth in Silicon Valley."
The guest speaker was Maj. Cecilia Shaw, executive officer of the 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery. She is of Filipino heritage.
Shaw recalled when she first became aware of race, which came while buying crayons for Kindergarten.
"For the first time, I realized that I wasn't black, white, or brown," she
said. "I was tan or apricot. My classmates asked me if I was Chinese, Japanese, the ones with the red dot, or if I knew karate and if my uncle was Bruce Lee. I went home and asked my mom what I was and got a lesson in geography. She said, 'Here is the map, then this is the sea, and these
islands are the Philippines.'"
Shaw encouraged audience members to tackle at least one personal and professional goal this year.
"This could be BOSS involvement, college courses, a pilot's license or
learning to use chopsticks," she said. "You can try to learn Korean culture, even if it's just trying the food, learning a phrase, or my personal advice,including your KATUSAs in the training and planning process."
But whatever goals one pursues or where one ends up, Shaw advised, "Be proud of diversity, your heritage and your history. It is what defines you."
Earliest civilian Colonists of San Antonio, this nucleus of pioneers from the Canary Islands formed the first organized civil government in Texas and founded the village of San Fernando De Bexar in 1731.
Following a sea and land voyage of over a year, these weary travelers arrived at the Presidio (Fort) of San Antonio early on March 9, 1731, totaling 56 persons, they had emigrated to Texas from Spanish Canary Islands near Africa, by order of King Philip V.
On July 2 they began to lay out a villa (village) choosing a site on the west side of the Plaza De Las Yslas (present Main Plaza) for the church and a site on the east side for the Casa Real (government building). On July 19 the captain of the Presidio, Juan Antonio De Almazan, read to the islanders the decree of the viceroy naming them and their descendants "Hijos-Dalgo"--persons of nobility.
The heads of the 16 families who settled in San Antonio were: Juan Leal Goraz, Juan Curbelo, Juan Leal, Antonio Santos, Jose Padron, Manuel De Nis, Vicente Alvarez Travieso, Salvador Rodriguez, Jose Leal, Juan Delgado, Jose Cabrera, Juan Rodriguez Granadillo, Francisco De Arocha, Antonio Rodriguez, Lorenzo and Martin De Armas, and Felipe and Jose Antonio Perez. (1971) (Marker No. 702)
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