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This stone is a very jjoroiis limestone and there is verv 

 little excuse for importing it into Queensland as it is such a 

 poor stone in weathering qualities. 



SERPEXTINE. 



Queensland serpentine has not ]>een used hitherto in 

 this State, although there are deposits of this material in 

 different parts of the State. The value for ornamental 

 work has not yet been determined but near Kilkivan* 

 serpentine, fijie to coarsely granular and generallj' dark- 

 green in colour, outcrops over a considerable area. At 

 Cawarral* there is a large belt running north-west from the 

 mouth of the Fitzroy Ri\*er. At Broken River*, 130 miles 

 west of Townsville, specimens taking a good polish have 

 been obtained. At Pine Mountain, near Ipswich, and in 

 other localities in the Brisbane Valley there are deposits of 

 serj^entine. The Pine Mt. occurrence is rather schistose and 

 it is difficult to obtain blocks of any size. 



List of Structures with the Stones Used. 



brisbane. 



Government Structures. 



Parliament House — Erected 1865-67, the main structure 

 of sandstone from Jeay's quarry, Goodna. In 1890, sandstone 

 from Moggill was used in the west part of the Alice Street 

 front and in a colonnade facing that Street. This })ecame 

 unsafe and was replaced in 1898 by \^hite sandstone from 

 Montgomery's quarry at Murphy's Creek, built on a base 

 course of brown Helidon sandstone from Wright's c{uarry. 

 The colonnade facing George Street is built of Murphy's 

 Creek sandstone also. 



Treasury. — The first wing facing Queen Street, William 

 Street and west part of Elizabeth Street built in 1887-89, 

 by Phippard, of sandstone from Highfields, near Spring 

 Bluff, on a base course of tuff from O'Connelltown quarr}-. 

 The second A\ing on George Street front and remainder 

 of Elizabeth Street front built in 1890-93, by Jude, of white 

 Helidon sandstone from Jude's quarry. The columns on 

 the George Street front are of Murphy's Creek sandstone, 

 and the base of tuff from O'Connelltown quarry. 



* Ball, L. C, Q'land Govt. Min. Jour., 1905, p. 457. 



