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BUILDING STONES OF QUEENSLAND 



stone for the Treasury building was obtained. In the 

 Parliamentary Report of 1888 on the Sandstone Qnarries 

 of the Southern Districts, J. Valentine stated that the stone 

 in the quarries varied a great deal but that the best stone was 

 not obtained for the Treasury building. Prior to the use 

 of this stone in the Treasury building it was used in railway 

 tunnels, culverts, cuttings, etc., but the results were then 

 known not to be very satisfactory. The stone for the 

 Treasury buildings from this quarry was accepted on the 

 advice of Mr. George Connolly, the Colonial Arohitect, as 

 the " only stone that could be got free from discolour- 

 ation."* 



Fig. 17. Treasury Building, Brisbane. 



View from Noiih Quay. Wing shown in figure ciocti'd 1887-89 of 

 saml«toi\e from Highfields on a base of Brisbane Tuff. 



It is noteworthy that in the evidence tendered the 

 Select Committee on sandstone quarries in 1888, opinions 

 adverse to this stone were given by almost all witnesses, 

 including the Hon. A. C. Gregory. 



Par]. Report, 188«, p. 1041. 



