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Australian troops embarking for the Atherton Tableland at Cairns railway station
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Australian troops embarking for the Atherton Tableland at Cairns railway station. During the war the Queensland Government Railway system transported armies and fighting material. Although this plac...ART25695
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Australian troops returning south rush the dining room, Rockhampton
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
During the war the Queensland Government Railway system transported armies and fighting material. The single track system extended from Brisbane in the south to the Atherton Tableland in the north. ...ART25562
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Destruction by flood of Inkerman Railway Bridge
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Near Ayr, with the loss of a goods train, two lives and many cattle, North Queensland.ART25555
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Fleet of Bren Carriers ready for delivery to an Australian Tank Corps
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A fleet of Bren gun carriers ready for delivery to an Australian Tanks Corps, manufactured by the Victorian Railway Munitions Annexe, Melbourne.ART23061
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Locomotive under repair during wartime
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
The workshop in Townsville was built in 1893; a solid structure with an elegant iron grille at each end - a contrast to present day prefabricated methods of building. Mount Stewart is visible in the b...ART25552
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The ballast engine
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
In coastal country swept by torrential rains and subject to flooded rivers, the rail bed must be kept in constant repair. Despite the war enormous loads of material moved north and south over rail bed...ART25553
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The narrow-gauge, one-truck railway bridge into Townsville
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Over this small bridge, crossing Ross Creek, passed all troops and war equipment entering north by train. Dominating the port of Townsville is Castle Hill, towering almost 1,000' above the bay. From A...ART25551
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War freight in shunting yards
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Rockhampton has the largest railway yards and workshops in Central Queensland. As many as 98 trains have passed through here in one day during the height of the war, which meant more than one train ev...ART25564
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War supply trains moving through Central Station, Brisbane
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
All southern supplies moving northward into the war zone had to be transhipped to narrow gauge rolling stock in Brisbane yards. Notice the concrete block-house air-raid shelters down the centre of the...ART25565