Sugar cane train, 1948

Sugar cane train, 1948

Location

Australia
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H20890
Queensland Museum
South Australia
1 January 1947
23 November 2010
23 November 2010

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Australia
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Development
Distance
Dimensions
3150mm
2080mm
7100mm

Decorative crest for locomotive smokebox, 1934

This crest was mounted on the front of the locomotive used during the Queensland leg of the visit to Australia by the Duke of Gloucester in 1934.

Location

Australia
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R1111
Queensland Museum
Ipswich Railway Workshops
1 January 1934
23 November 2010
23 November 2010

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Australia
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Pathways
Pathways: how things move through the landscape and where they are made
Dimensions
545mm
545mm
25mm

Journey to Hayman Island, 1938

In January 1938 William Coombs (1892-1948) and his family embarked on a trip beginning in Murwillumbah in northern New South Wales to Hayman Island.

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Wallangarra Station, 2003

Wallangarra Railway Station, 2003. The 375 km line between Brisbane and Wallangarra was opened in 1887. The journey time was over 10 hours. Photograph by John Young, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

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Clear into Sunshine, 1936

Graphic design ‘Clear into Sunshine’ by unknown artist, back cover of The Sunshine Route through Queensland to Cairns, Brisbane, Queensland Railways Commissioner, 1936. The rail line from Brisbane to Cairns was completed in 1924, the journey took over 53 hours. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

The Sunshine Route through Queensland to Cairns, 1936

Graphic design ‘The Sunshine Route through Queensland to Cairns’ by Jesson, front cover of The Sunshine Route through Queensland to Cairns, Brisbane, Queensland Railways Commissioner, 1936. The rail line from Brisbane to Cairns was completed in 1924, the journey took over 53 hours. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Welcome aboard the Sunlander, 1953

Advertisement for the Sunlander, a Brisbane to Cairns train that began operating in 1953. The trip took just over 41 hours. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

To North Queensland by rail, 1926

Graphic design ‘To North Queensland by rail: the land of magic’ by William Bustard for back cover of Beautiful Queensland: land of variety and the holiday-maker's happy hunting ground, Brisbane Government Printer, 1926. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Location

North Queensland QLD
Australia
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Beautiful Queensland from a railway carriage window, 1926

Graphic design 'Beautiful Queensland from a railway carriage window' by William Bustard for front cover of Beautiful Queensland: land of variety and the holiday-maker's happy hunting ground, Brisbane Government Printer, 1926. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

 

Location

QLD
Australia
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The Sunlander train, 1972

The Sunlander train bound for Cairns at the Townsville Railway Station, 1972. Slide by Ruth Read, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Copyright Ruth Read and the Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010

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