i)8 BUILDING STOXES OF QUEENSLAND. 



Metamoiphic. Page. 



Marbles aucl Liinestones : — Ulaiii ; GJadstoue 

 district ; Raglan ; Rockhampton district ; 

 Northimiberland Islands ; Broken Ri\er : 

 Imported Marbles ; Imported Lime- 

 stones . . . . . . . . . . 140 



Serpentine . . . . . . . . . . 143 



List of Striictnres, with Stones used : — Brisbane ; 

 Ipswich ; Toowoomba : Warwick ; Mary- 

 borough ; Rockhampton ; Townsville . . 143 



Table of Chemical Analyses 

 Tables of Resistance to Crushing, etc. 

 General Remarks . . • . . 



Summary . . 



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Introduction. 



Some years ago the late Prof. W. C. Kernot, speaking 

 of the University of Melbourne, said '' by selection of 

 inferior stone and bad workmanship the Melbourne 

 L'niversity has in 50 years attained an appearance of 

 antiquity which it has taken the Colleges of Oxford and 

 Cambridge half a dozen centuries to acquire." These 

 remarks as to the selection of inferior stone at least might 

 \ery Avell be applied to several buildings in Brisbane — 

 notably the old R.C. Church alongside St. Stephen's Cathe- 

 dral. 



The question of stone-selection for })uilding purposes 

 is one of very great importance not only on economic 

 grounds but also aesthetically. 



Queensland is, relatively speaking, a young State, so 

 that an earnest consideration of her possibilities as a pro- 

 ducer of stone suital)le for building purposes is one of 

 considerable moment. 



The utilisation of stone for Government and Municipal 

 buildings. Churches. Banks, Bridges, etc., is one that is 

 likely to persist in spite of the increasing uses which are 

 being found for reinforced concrete, brick, etc. 



