BY H. C. RICHARDS. 



Ill 



Fig. 1'6. Public Libkary, Brisbane (Old Museum). 



Erected 1877-79 of Murphy'.s Creek .'landstone ; on left, statue of 

 Queen Victoria on Jjase of Enoggera Gianite. 



blende, augite and sphene. The darker minerals are verj- 

 abundant and of reasonable size. The average grain- 

 size of the groundmass is about 4mm. The presence of 

 the lighter felspar phenocrysts set in the darker groundmass 

 gives the stone a handsome appearance. The distance 

 from Brisbane will be a factor against the use of this 



stone. 



Imported Granifes. 



Very little importation of granites for structural 

 j)ur]>()ses has taken place in Queensland although for monu- 

 metal purposes it has gone on to quite a large extent. 



Peterhead Granite. — The coarse red granite froui Peter- 

 head, Scotland, maj' be seen in polished panels at either 

 end of Victoria Bridge (1894-97), in polished cohunns in 

 the corridor and vestibule of the Town Hall, Brisbane 

 (1864), and along the front of the 2nd floor lev^el of this 

 building, also in ijolished columns at the Queen Street 

 entrance to the Union Bank (1916). The latter columns 

 are of much deeper red than the columns in the Town Hall 

 and must be regarded as excellent in every -weky. 



