Digitised @ SLQ - Barnard, Lawrence and Loane Family glass plate negatives

State Library recently digitised a selection of 50 glass plate negatives from the Barnard, Lawrence and Loane Family glass plate negativesopen_in_new collection. This collection of images taken around Queensland came to the Library unidentified and undated, but thanks to the ingenuity of our staff we have been able to identify some of these images, including street scenes from Brisbane, Barcaldine, Clermont, Gladstone, Thursday Island and Townsville.

Customs House in Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland ,1900s. 30865 Barnard, Lawrence and Loane Family glass slides. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image 30865-0001-0002

View looking down Goondoon Street in Gladstone Queensland 1880s-1900s. 30865 Barnard, Lawrence and Loane Family glass slides. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image 30865-0001-0042

View of Townsville from the South Townsville railway depot Queensland 1880s-1900s. 30865 Barnard, Lawrence and Loane Family glass slides. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image 30865-0001-0034

All fifty digitised images from this collection can be viewed through our One Search catalogue.

There are still a number of images in this collection we have been unable to identify. If you recognise any of the locations featured in these photographs please let us know in the comments.

Familly in front of a lighthouse on Bay Rock, North Queensland, ca. 1917. From 30865 Barnard, Lawrence and Loane Family glass slides. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image 30865-0001-0032

Unidentified - Outing on a sand blow, Queensland, 1880s-1900s. 30865 Barnard, Lawrence and Loane Family glass slides. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image 30865-0001-0016

Unidentified - Aboriginal group and settlement, Queensland, 1880s-1900s. 30865 Barnard, Lawrence and Loane Family glass slides. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Image 30865-0001-0018

Myles Sinnamon - Engagement Officer, State Library of Queensland