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Refreshment Room staff at the Townsville railway station, 1955

Refreshment Room staff at the Townsville railway station, 1955

Betty (in white uniform at front) worked in the kitchen; Pat, Zetta and Daphne (in grey uniforms) worked in the dining car

Zetta Pedley (later Bobbermein), wearing the Dining Car uniform standing next to train on the Townsville-Mt Isa line. Zetta was a Queensland Railways Refreshment Room employee

Black and white photograph looking south east over the sugar mill yards, Tully. Crane gantry in the foreground in front of the chimney stack. Sugar cane is stacked in the yard ready for crushing

Tully State school pupils in fancy dress costume, in 1954, probably at the Plaza Theatre, scene of many local events over the years

Black & white photograph of part of the parade celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (1953). Cyclists riding decorated bicycles, followed by Cardwell State School float. The procession passed north up Victoria Street, Cardwell. A public sports day at the beachfront jetty reserve also took place

Mr Brown, Station Master, standing on the platform at Innisfail Station, 1953

Black & white photograph of Joe Torrisi's truck before (or possibly after) the parade celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (1953). On the side of the truck: "Standply Timber Co. Kennedy". On the board above the truck was written: "1953 Queen Elizabeth's Coronation"

Black & white photograph of a float in the parade celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (1953). The truck is decorated by Cardwell State School. The procession passed north up Victoria Street. A public sports day at the beachfront jetty reserve also took place