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Railways
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29 October 2019
Anyone know the location?...
The State Library of Queensland has tens of thousands of its photographs digitsed and available…
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14 March 2017
Queensland railways : first half-century, 1864-1914
In February 1914, the Queensland Government Printer published a 112-page booklet to mark the 50th…
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19 October 2016
Railway bridge collapse at Alpha (1941)
On April 8, 1941, a tragic accident occurred at Alpha (between Longreach and Emerald in…
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29 March 2016
Kuranda District Photographs
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, one of the most popular tourism images in…
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24 November 2015
Lance-Corporal John Carmody: Imperial Camel Corps
Guest blogger: Lockyer Valley Regional Council. Displayed in the ‘Walk of Fame’ inside the Lockyer…
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25 June 2015
Podcast: The vital track: 150 years of railways in Queensland (A night in the JOL)
Opening of Stanthorpe Railway Station, Queensland 1881. John Oxley Library, SLQ. Neg 21415 2015 marks…
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