Keywords: StateLibQld 1 213572 Atherton Cricket team, Queensland, 1908.jpg en Atherton Cricket team Queensland 1908 Cricket team and officials sitting near the clubhouse in Atherton Atherton was named after John Atherton the pioneer pastoralist who brought cattle into the district from Rockhampton in 1877 He took up Emerald End Station on the banks of the Barron River Settlement in Atherton began with the development of a cedar logging camp known as Prior's Pocket Atherton is the agricultural hub of the Atherton Tableland Chinese market gardeners dominated the scene until the early 1900s After the First World War land was cleared for soldier settlement The fertile volcanic soil is ideal for dairying and grazing and also produces peanuts potatoes avocados maize and other grains Lake Eacham and Lake Barrine are the larger crater lakes in the district From Atherton via the Herberton Range it is about 16 km to the historic tin-mining town of Herberton Information taken from Explore Australia Penguin 2002 and The Australian Encyclopedia 1964 1908-01-13 handle 10462/deriv/136184 Copied and digitised from an image appearing in the North Queensland Register 13 January 1908 Contributor s North Queensland Register PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Atherton Queensland 1908 in Australia Black and white photographs Images from North Queensland Register Queensland cricket teams |