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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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Commander James Morrow
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Portrait of James Cairns Morrow, DSO, DSC, Commander of HMAS Shropshire, Royal Australian Navy.ART25504
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Early comers, Redlynch LTD cinema, Cairns
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Maker: Bush, Charles
An impression of the now permanently established cinema at Redlych Staging Camp. As the seating is on uneven ground some positions are better than others, so the enthusiastic early comers wait despite...ART26056
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Embarkation, U.S.S. Mexico
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Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts unidentified members of 6th Australian Division carrying a full tropical kit, including newly issued 'folding cots', boarding the troop ship U.S.S. Mexico at wharf. A portion of the superstruc...ART23928
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First Australian prisoners of war from Malaya arrive in Cairns by catalinas
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Large numbers of Australian prisoners of war are arriving at the wharf in Cairns and being greeted by Australian officers and soldiers in uniform. A genial major reassures a POW who has misplaced his ...ART25628
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Flight Sergeant Max Limb
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Maker: Adams, Dennis
Flight Sergeant Max Limb was a Wireless Air Gunner or Wireless Operator with a Royal Australian Air Force Catalina Squadron, operating from Cairns. Previously he had been with a Blenheim Squadron in t...ART21488
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Night draft
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Maker: Bush, Charles
A typical scene at any Leave and Transit Office. Unidentified soldiers with their equipment lying and sitting on the ground waiting outside for movement to their various units.ART26064
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Officer's mess, home of the flying-boat squadrons, Cairns
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
From this typical North Queensland house, young fliers of the Royal Australian Air Force went out nightly on bombing missions over New Guinea, to return when the sun was up, to a meal and a long sleep...ART25627
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RAAF ground crew overhauling a Mariner's engines on improvised slipway, Trinity Inlet, Cairns
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
RAAF ground crew working on engines of Martin Mariner flying boat on an improvised slipway, Trinity Inlet, Cairns.ART25631
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Redlynch Leave and Transit Depot, Cairns
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Maker: Bush, Charles
Most personnel, both leaving and arriving the Tablelands at some time or another have dealings with this camp. Situated about 10 kilometers from Cairns. Shown in this painting are some of the other R...ART26075
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Showing the Kangaroo
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Maker: Norton, Frank
Before the war naval vessels made cruises to overseas port to "show the Flag". Australian ships on overseas stations have added to this by "showing the Kangaroo". Most ships have a cut-out kangaroo at...ART21799