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 T. M. Almond, is a detailed account of Queensland's maritime infrastructure during a transformative period marked by both progress and peril. Acting as a scientific document, the report reveals the department's efforts to combat nature's forces, specifically heavy gales and floods, and the strategies employed to maintain essential maritime operations through constant dredging and navigation aid upkeep. Within its pages, the reader finds economic insights gleaned from resources such as oyster fisheries alongside the challenges of sedimentation and the modernization of lighthouses, to get a glimpse into the economic and infrastructural developments. Serving as a window into the past, this document portrays a society grappling with nature while striving to secure its critical sea lanes.