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Ever wondered how Queensland came to be so precisely mapped? Before you, stands the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying. This institution, a branch of the Queensland Museum, is a treasure trove of maps, surveying tools, and fascinating stories about the people who shaped the landscape of Queensland. The Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying was established in 1982 to preserve the tools and tales of Queensland’s surveying history. It started its life in the Lands Administration Building. Later, it moved to the Landcentre building in Woolloongabba in 1987. In a bid to safeguard its growing collection, the museum partnered with the Queensland Museum in 1988. Today, the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying resides at 317 Edward Street. Within its walls, you’ll discover a fascinating collection of historical maps and plans, aerial photographs, and even quirky surveyor’s boxes. You can delve into the lives of surveyors and cartographers who meticulously charted this vast state. Their stories are as diverse as the land they surveyed. The museum also houses a unique artefact: a bust of Augustus Charles Gregory, Queensland’s first Surveyor-General. Sculpted in 1905, it was donated to the Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying by the Freemasons in 2018. It now greets visitors at the entrance, a testament to the pioneering spirit of Queensland’s early surveyors.

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