QUEENSLAND. 



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of water, and like the other large Australian towns has a beautiful botanical 

 garden. 



Ipswich, some 35 miles above Brisbane on a southern affluent of the river 

 stands at the head of the fluvial navigation, and receives by water the wares which 

 are thence forwarded to the various stations of the interior. At this point the 



Fig. 174. — Brisbane and Moreton Bay. 

 Scale 1 : 1,300,000. 



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0to5 

 Fathoms. 



5 to 25 

 Fathoms. 



25 to 50 

 Fathoms. 



50 Fathoms 

 and upwards. 



30 Miles. 



main railway begins to climb the coast range, after crossing which it descends to 

 Warwick in the upper valley of the Condamine, chief heads cream of the Darling. 

 The trunk line continues to run beyond Warwick westwards through Toowoomba, 

 Dalbi/, and Roma, while a branch connects the system southwards with the Sydney- 

 Melbourne line. Another branch has already been projected to bring Point 

 Parker, on the Gulf of Carpentaria, into direct communication with the southern 

 regions. 



