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| Keywords: StateLibQld 2 201575 Queensland display at the British Empire Exhibition in London, 1924.jpg en Queensland display at the British Empire Exhibition in London 1924 Tropical Trophy designed by H W Mobsby for the Queensland Court British Empire Exhibition Wembley 1924 This exhibit was on a 16ft octagonal base with glass cases on each face depicting pearl divers sugar-cane cultivation and tobacco growing A variety of tropical products were also displayed including rice fibres flax spices herbs arrowroot rubber cocoa cotton coconuts cinnamon vanilla and camphor Marine products exhibited included 5cwt of beche-de-mer which was specially prepared at Thursday Island and Mr James Clark of Brisbane exhibited one ton of pearl shell and £5 000 worth of pearls Information taken from British Empire Exhibition Papers Queensland State Archives 104/A/6324 1924 handle 10462/deriv/96827 Copied and digitised from an image appearing in the Queensland agricultural journal November 1924 p 365 Mobsby H W 1861-1933; Contributor s Queensland agricultural journal PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Agricultural exhibitions in Australia British Empire Exhibition 1924 Black and white photographs Displays Arrowroot Sugar cane in Queensland | ||||
