The Moonie Highway fingerpost gives distances in miles to Dalby, Tara, St George, Westmar and Goondiwindi, circa 1967.
1967 · Moonie, Queensland, Australia
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Distances in miles date this Queensland fingerpost to before the 1974 metric changeover — Moonie, Queensland, 1967
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- Moonie, Queensland, Australia
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Mileage fingerpost on the Moonie Highway, Queensland, circa 1967, before Australia's metric road-sign changeover.
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Below the arms, a weathered Shire of Tara board marks the local government boundary at Moonie.
1967 · Moonie, Queensland, Australia
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Moonie Queensland-1967: Road Fingerpost Showing Mileages to Five Towns, Water Tower Behind
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Source format: 8mm home movie.
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Period detail
Distances given in miles on black-and-white fingerpost arms date the signage to before the 1974 metric changeover, and the hand-lettered style may show period state road practice.
Film character
Saturated blue-violet sky, fine grain, light dust specks and a gentle handheld drift give the shot the texture of projected small-gauge colour film.
Historical context
Moonie stands where the Moonie and Leichhardt Highways meet on a shire boundary, and miles on the fingerpost reflect road signage before Australia's 1 July 1974 metric conversion.
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No people or commercial logos appear, but the underlying film copyright and the unidentified building behind the fingerpost should be considered separately from any public-signage use.
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