The Travels of a Slim Book: Rockhampton Stonemasons, 1890-1899 and Beyond

Abstract

If you travel to the streets of Rockhampton you can tell of the Customs House, the Town Hall, the Post Office and other nineteenth and early twentieth century stone buildings that you saw there, and if you delve into their history you can tell of their architects and the dates they were opened, but rarely anything of the people who actually built them. But somehow a slim book has survived that provides a tiny glimpse into their stonemasons. And that slim book has its own traveller's tale to be told here Show more