State Library of Queensland - Artesian basin 2010 - Out of the Port

Cattle grazing near a windmill pumping artesian water at Winton, 1986. Negative: 604-21-24

Thargomindah Power Station first hydro-electric power for street lighting by using the water pressure from the artesian basin, ca. 1898. Negative: 39213

Artesian bore in the Barcaldine District, Queensland, ca.

Richardson's Farm. Altitude above sea level 871 ft. Depth 746 ft. Yield per 24 hours 1,000,000 gallons. Pressure per square inch 35 lb. Temperature 98 degrees Fah. 1894

Negative: 109159

Man bathing in the water from an artesian bore in the Cunnamulla District, Queensland, ca. 1894.

Noorama No. 1 Bore. Depth 1,502 ft. Yield per 24 hours 2,304,000 gallons. Temperature 110 degrees Fah.

Negative: 6971

Artesian bore drilling plant in Queensland, 1900. Image shows a horse team pulling a wagon which contains bore drilling equipment. The sign on the wagon says 'Houston's Artesian Well Boring Plant'. Negative: 98399

Artesian bore at Barcaldine, Queensland, ca. 1905. Water bore and incubator. Eggs are placed in the box and kept at an even temperature by the warmth of the artesian water flowing through the tank above.

Negative: 171284

Artesian bore in the Cunnamulla District, Queensland, ca. 1925. A man and two girls pose with a flowing artesian bore in the Cunnamulla District, around 1925. The girls, wearing hats, stand ankle deep in the water

around the bore. An irrigation channel is visible in the background. Negative: 48489

Drilling an artesian bore on Afton Downs Station, Hughenden District , ca. 1891. Image shows a group of men in front of the Afton Downs Bore No. 3 which had a depth of 2700 feet. The sign attached to the drilling plant

says 'Welcome Lord Hopetun. This is Canada's assistance in advancing Australia - Queensland Boring Coy' A dog appears in the foreground. Negative: 94892

Drilling for artesian water.

A man poses with drilling equipment. He wears a hat and shirt with the sleeves rolled up.

Negative: 52870

Artesian bore at Blackall, Queensland, ca. 1908. Inscribed on original: 'The Bore Stream, Blackall' Image shows the curving irrigation channel in the foreground. Buildings and trees appear in the background. A man surveys the

scene. Negative: 89934

Artesian bore at Muttaburra, Queensland in 1906. Two boys perch on top of a flowing bore head at Muttaburra in 1906. More boys with a cart and billy goat team face the camera. Negative: 23559

Artesian bore at Charleville, ca. 1906. Artesian bore at Charleville where children are playing and standing in the water overflow around what appears to be a corrugated iron pump shed. The first artesian bore is believed to have been sunk between June and September, 1889 to a depth of 1,371 feet by W. Woodley (Information taken from: J.

T. Finn, Charleville centenary celebrations, November 1947 : souvenir booklet, 1947). Negative: 1710

Artesian mineral water baths, Barcaldine, Queensland, ca. 1907 The artesian water was reputed to cure sore eyes, fevers and even paralysis, and attracted many visitors for its curative powers. The water in the pool was

replaced twice a week with the old water being piped across to Oak Street and then into Lagoon Creek Negative: bar00011

Horses watering at an artesian water dam at Hughenden, Queensland Negative: 160965

Bore on Bundaler Plains Station, Queensland, 1907.

"Bundaleer No. 15 (1907); 1594 feet deep; 111 degrees F., 52,100 g.p.d." (Description supplied with photograph) This image shows water from an artesian bore flowing into a surface drain.

Negative:143518

Apparatus for separating natural gas from artesian water at the Roma Gas Works, Queensland, ca. 1906. Men demonstrating the apparatus for separating natural gas from artesian water at the Roma Gas Works, around

1906. The purpose of the facility was to reticulate the natural petroleum gas to Roma town. The exercise was a failure, as the gas ceased to flow after less than a fortnight's production. Negative: 39114

Mr A. Brown's well-boring plant, Longreach, ca. 1898. Negative: 18461

Artesian bore and baths in St George, Queensland. Image Number: APA-091-0001-0001

Sinking a well in the Warwick area Negative: 146524

Erecting the framework for drilling a bore, Mareeba, ca. 1914. Team of contract boreres and well sinkers at work. Negative: 33006

Boring for water on the Hungerford Stock Route, Queensland.

Negative: 182038

Stock at the dam on Bannockburn Station, western Queensland. Artesian water in the foreground of the photograph Negative: 160977

Water bore on Bundaleer Plains Station, Queensland, 1890.

"Bundaleer No. 6 (1890); 1612 feet deep, 119 degrees F; Flow: 3/1/1896, 184,400 g.p.d.; 15/8/1912, 109,800 g.p.d." (Description supplied with photograph) This image shows water spouting from a bore on Bundaleer Plains Station.

Negative: 143517

Pressure test gauge at Bundilla No.2, Bundilla Station. Image of a presurre testing valve, perhaps used for Artesian bores, at Bundilla Station Negative: [not available]

Bore on Bundaleer Plains Station, Queensland, 1891.

'Bundaleer No. 5 (1891); 1862 feet deep, 116 degrees F; 3-1-1896, 296,900 g.p.d.; 14-8-1912, 126,100 g.p.d.; -10-1914, 122,000 g.p.d.' This image depicts two men on the timber structure of the bore, with water spouting from adjacent pipes.

Negative: 143519

Train outside the Blackall Proprietary Wool Scouring Co., 1908. Group of people gathered near a train outside the Blackall Proprietary Wool Scouring Co., in 1908. The wool scouring building is a large corrugated iron shed with

a number of push out openings for windows and doors. An artesian bore is flowing into a dam in the foreground. Negative: 12844

High performance bore at Coomburra, near Cunnamulla, ca. 1915

Image Number: APO-021-0001-0004

Mona No. 2 water bore and channel, Warrego District, ca. 1915 Image Number: APO-021-0001-0002

Bathing at the Winton bore pool, 1947. The bore pool at Winton where all the dry season bathing is done. Water at 280 Fahrenheit is piped through the pool to cool it before pumping it to the town. The water is smelly and has soda in

it, but is very good for tea. Negative: 200127

Woodlands Bore Negative: 143548

Water bore on Coongoola Station. Negative: 143538

Water bore at Charlotte Plains station, 1891 Negative: 143554

Town bore at Normanton, Queensland in 1934. Image shows an artesian bore in Normanton in 1934. Several men observe the bore head and controlling gear. Negative: 158386

Charleville town bore, 1902-1904.

Depth 1371 feet. Temp. 102%. Water struck Nov 1889. Supply 3 millions daily. Pressure 95 square inch. 120 feet'

Negative: 00000

Sinking an artesian bore in the Boulia District, ca. 1938. Work on Ardmore Station to sink a bore.

Negative: 200239

Bore at the Blackall Woolscour, Queensland, 1906. Water gushing from the pipes of the bore at the Blackall Woolscour, 1906. Negative: 57474

Visitors to the Muckadilla Bore, Queensland. There was a hotel and cottages at Muckadilla. It became famous for its curative hot springs. Negative: 00000

Tree of Knowledge and the Back Creek bore windmill, Barcaldine, Queensland.

The Tree of Knowledge is a ghost gum growing in Oak Street in Barcaldine. It was the original meeting place for the Shearers' Strike in 1891. The windmill in the background marks the Back Creek bore which was the first free-flowing bore in Barcaldine.

Image Number: bar00080

Traction engine and portable bore drilling plant. Buffalo Pitts traction engine is towing a portable bore drilling machine. The driver is about to climb into the engine. Negative: 146517

Cock valve on a bore at Ularunda Station, 1911. Water bore and stop valve at Ularunda (No.11.). Bore was 693 feet deep, pressure regulated with a ball 7 cock valve to troughing. (Description supplied with photograph.)

Negative: 143555

Construction of a bore on Ardmore Station in the Boulia District, ca. 1938.

Southern Cross no.2 Bore on Ardmore Station.

Negative: 186331

Artesian bore in Normanton, ca. 1953. The cooling tank for an artesian bore in Normanton, the water went from the cooling tank to a swimming pool. Negative: 119757

Three men watching the bore pump at work, Winton. Possibly Elderslie bore, 40 miles towards the Diamantina Negative: 50456

Artesian bore on Mount Alfred station, Wyandra district, 1910. This bore was 2253 feet deep; 138 degrees fahrenheit; 746,200 g.p.d. Negative: 18735

Zephyr windmill on a bore at Cambooya.

The Zephyr windmill measures 14 feet across the fan area and is on Knapp's Bore at Cambooya. There is a galvanised iron water tank beside the bore and a farm worker is watching the pump function.

Negative: 199511

Wilkes and Laycocks at the Muckadilla Bore, Queensland, 1922.

Negative: 64162

Sinking an artesian bore on Saxby Downs Station, Queensland, ca. 1893.

A drilling plant with portable engine at Saxby Downs, No. 2 bore. Two workmen stand with the equipment.

Negative: 109738

Winton swimming pool, ca. 1947. Children in the Bore Pool at Winton, where the almost boiling water is cooled by piping it through the pool. Tea can be brewed direct from the tap, which is 280 degrees

Fahrenheit. (description supplied with photograph). Negative: 200128

Men working on the Clifton Trust bore in the Warrego District, ca. 1915 Image Number: APO-021-0001-0001

Helidon Spa bore. Mineral water springs in the area north east of Ipswich around Helidon. Image Number: APE-055-0001-0001

Water bore at Bicton Station. Negative: 143570

Government bore in Normanton, 1904 Negative: 47319

Drain falls, Bundilla bore. Negative: 143573

Official opening of the Quilpie town bore, 1933. Negative: 50129

Adavale Bore in Queensland, ca. 1928 Negative: 119375

Milo Bore at Angellala Downs, Rolling Downs, 1916 Image Number: API-098-01-0013

Camels used to dig bore drains, ca. 1937 Negative: 67525

Construction of a bore at an identified location.

Negative: 39521

Woolscour with the free flowing artesian bore in the foreground, Blackall, June 2007 . This historic woolscour still has the original steam machinery in place and is believed to be the last complete operation left in

Australia. Image Number: 7207-0001-0057

Artesian bore on Charlotte Plans station, Cunnamulla district Negative: 58001

Three men at the water bore at Amby Downs Station, Mitchell District, 1928. Negative: 203479

Captain Rhodes and the Governor, Sir John Lavarack looking at bore water pipeline, ca. 1952.

Image Number: 7571-0001-0185

Wool scour on Mt Morris Station, near Charleville, 1902. Wool scour on Mt Morris Station was thirteen miles from the Head Station. The water used was from the bore. Negative: 13077

Station children on Bindooran Station, 1961. Station children on Bindooran Station, Gilliat. Hugh Walder, Alan Jenkin, John Walder, Mary Walder on their belly tank boat paddling on the bore drain alongside the homestead.

Negative: 172189

Billabong and bicentennial tent, Workers Heritage Centre, Barcaldine, Queensland, 1999 . The billabong is fed by an artesian bore in Ash Street. It is home to a large number of fish. The bicentennial tent contains displays and

memorabilia. Image Number: bar00076

Crowning the Artesian Festival queen, Shire Hall, Barcaldine, Queensland, 1976.

Mr. J. Bennett, O.B.E crowning Majella Lynch at the Artesian Festival Ball. The Artesian Festival began in 1976 as a celebration of Barcaldine's Artesian water. Balls, mardi gras and street parades were enjoyed by residents and former residents of Barcaldine.

Back Creek Sam, a fictional character who looks like a snake, originated from the Artesian festival.

The last Artesian festival was held in 1997.

Negative: bar00010