Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91

Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 by Australia. Queensland. Department of Ports and Harbours presents a detailed, official chronicle of maritime challenges and engineering responses in late 19th-century Queensland. This non-fiction report documents the department’s activities from mid-1890 through 1891, recording the impact of severe gales and floods on the Brisbane, Mary, Burnett and Fitzroy Rivers, the siltation that reduced channel depths, and the dredging operations that restored navigable leads. It details coastal change and erosion at Moreton Bay—relocations of Tangaluma Light, Yellow Patch Light and Comboyuro Point Lighthouse, construction of new lightkeeper cottages, and the recovery and refitting of a displaced floating beacon from Bribie Island. The narrative conveys practical concerns of colonial port administration: navigation safety, harbour maintenance, infrastructure costs, and the hands-on work of inspectors and crews confronting shifting sands and storms. Ideal for historians of Australian maritime history, coastal engineers, heritage researchers, and anyone fascinated by Queensland’s colonial infrastructure, this audiobook offers a primary-source window into port management, navigation hazards, and environmental challenges that shaped regional trade and shipping in 1890–91.