Tag Archives: Stanthorpe

Early 1870s – a mining boom creates a town. 1872 – the tin mining boom. Places to stay when you’re prospecting. The “Roll-Up” Tree and Maryland Street. The information from the State Library of Queensland about this photograph states that: “People gathered at the Roll-up tree in the centre of town for meetings. Advertisements wereContinue reading “Early Stanthorpe, in colour.”