c1886 the shot taken looking North from Snapper Rocks to Greenmount and Kirra in the background.
A shot looking along "Marine Pde" Coolangatta taken from Kirra Hill just after the "Norfolk Pines" were planted by the kids from Coolangatta State School , c1931
MP looked high as a kite at the best of times! 
Great pics! Thanks for posting.
Also remember that the World Wide Population was roughly 1.7B in 1900, and is roughly 6B now.
I think Australia was about 4M and now 23+M...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_in_1900
Edit: side topic - population growth... A lot of smart people expect that out world population won't go past 7B. Western Countries are entering into slight decline, topped up with immigration... China and India is meant to hitting a threshold too... Africa is starting to understand that less people is better... Aids will surely contribute to their population decline also...?...
And basically, I firmly believe that the population level needs to get back to 5B, then 4B...
great stuff mate 
