Media: DATA CD - 1 CD (196 pages)
Author: Yates & Jones
Year: (1913) 2007
ISBN: 9781921230561
Publisher: Archive Digital Books Australasia

'The Roads of Queensland' was published in 1913 as a guide for travellers, tourists, motorists, drovers and land seekers to this state. The introduction in this book says that it is the the only work of its kind in being so comprehensive. The compilers devoted five years to the production of it, in order to make the details as accurate as possible and up to date at the time of publications. It contains a large amount of fascinating information giving insight into the period. You will information on the pastoral, agricultural, dairying, mining and sawmilling industries, as well as the various products of each district, the populations of all localities, the nature of the road-beds, whether the river and creek crossings are good or bad, where water can be found, the accommodation and other services in each town. Even where the telegraphic and telephonic stations were, and the coach routes, tourist trips, and various stock stations.

This guide includes the following important features:
 - 44 detailed road maps covering a large portion of the state
 - information for land seekers, settlers, drovers, pastoralists and tourists
 - motor vehicle guide
 - railway fares
 - Brisbane cab and tram fares
 - postal telegraphic and phone information
 - many relevant advertisements
 - and much more

Each map includes information on the tenure of land as well as the location of hotels, stores, hospitals, doctors, chemists, telephones, blacksmiths and more. This book is useful to social historians, motor historians and those with Queensland ancestors.

This CD contains high quality scanned images of the whole of the original book, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Any computer using Adobe (Acrobat) Reader 4 or later
Adobe Reader 6 or later is recommended for CDs with searchable text

SAMPLE FILE:
Click here to download a file of sample pages from this book. Right click on the link and select "save as" - to a location on your hard drive. The sampler can be opened, navigated and searched as with the full CD file/s. Sample files usually contain the title page, contents, some introductory pages and sample pages from the body of the book. Often the complete index from the original book is included.