Refreshment room staff at Toowoomba

Refreshment room staff at Toowoomba, Manager C.F.Johnson at centre.

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The Railway Refreshment Room Sandwich, 1890

Poems about Refreshment Rooms frequently satirised the experiences of travellers as this example from the Railway magazine in 1890 shows. Railway magazine, 1890.

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Refreshment Room staff at Bethania Junction c1935

Refreshment Room staff at Bethania Junction c1935. Refreshment Rooms were primarily staffed by women, although men were also employed as Managers, Cooks and ‘Generals’ and boys as Male Juniors.

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Advertisement showing list of Refreshment Rooms, Queensland, 1925

Advertisement showing list of Refreshment Rooms, Queensland Railways Public Timetable, 1925. By the 1930s, leased rooms again outnumbered their State-run competitors.

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Plans Cottage for attendants at Refreshment Rooms, Maryborough, 1916

Maryborough, QLD
Australia
25° 32' 20.058" S, 152° 42' 28.53" E
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24 October 1916
25 September 2012
25 September 2012

Location

Maryborough, QLD
Australia
25° 32' 20.058" S, 152° 42' 28.53" E
See map: Google Maps
25 September 2012

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Railway refreshment rooms

Extent of the Queensland Railway network in 1925

QLD
Australia
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1 January 1925
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25 September 2012

Location

QLD
Australia
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25 September 2012
Queensland Railways

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Railway refreshment rooms

Extent of the Queensland Railway network in 1925, Queensland Railways Public Timetable. Collection of the Workshops Rail Museum, Ipswich

Cover of Queensland Railways Public Timetable, 1925

QLD
Australia
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1 January 1925
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25 September 2012

Location

QLD
Australia
See map: Google Maps
25 September 2012
Queensland Railways

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Railway refreshment rooms

Railway refreshment rooms

Railway Refreshment Rooms offered dining pleasure to people travelling across Queensland for over 100 years.

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Stylin’ Up Regional album cover, 2010

Stylin' Up Regional album cover, 2010. The Brisbane City Council Stylin' Up Regional 2005-10 included music from Cherbourg, Hopevale, Logan and Woorabinda.

Collection of Katelyn Barney

Muddy Flats Band

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