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nUILDING STONES OF QUEENSLAND. 



Fig. 14. Parliament House, Brtsb.\ne. 



View along George Street front. Main stnicture erected 1865-67, 

 of sandstone from Jeay's Quarry, Goodna; George Street colonnade of 

 sandstone from Murphy's Creek. 



serviceable sandstone of the same age and origin is the 

 Apollo Bay stone. 



The Carboniferous sandstones of Stawcll and Dunkcld 

 nre probably better weathering stones but they are " cold " 

 in appearance, very costlj^ to work, and a great distance from 

 Melbourne. 



In Tasmania* thei'e are numerous, quarries in the 

 Trias-Jura sandstones and they have supplied the material 

 for numerous public and pri\ ate buildings in Tasmania, as 

 well as for many important buildings in Melbourne. 



The sandstones used in Queensland are all of the same 

 class, although there is a considerable variation in colour, 

 grain-size, and amount of cementing material. The appli- 

 cation of microscopic investigations to building stones is 

 frequently of great value and the methods for sandstones 

 as worked out b}' Hirschwaldt are in many cases of distinct 

 help. 



* Comm. Year Book, No. 9, 1916, p. 465. 

 t Hirschwf Id, J., Berlin, 1908. 



