Brisbane Ipswich Coochin Coochin Cunninghams Gap Glengallan Westbrook Drayton Pilton Goomburra Gladfield Franklyn Vale Cressbrook Rosalie Plains Cecil Plains Yandilla Canning Downs Killarney Warwick Ballandean to New England The Pyramids (Terrawambella) Complete List of Works in the Exhibition		Yandilla The brothers St. George and Ralph Gore were licensees of the Yandilla run at the time of Martens's visit. Martens's study of the Condamine Plain, which was centred on Yandilla, conveys a sense of the vast treeless grasslands that once grew on the Darling Downs. Full screen Martens, Conrad England/Australia 1801–78 The mirage on the great Condamine Plain 1852 Pencil 18.4 x 30.5cm Collection: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales These plains are naturally devoid of trees and were initially thought to be ideal for grazing stock, but in the last century have been used for crops, due to their fertile alluvial soil. The Condamine River often overflows onto these plains. Print friendly version