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Dining car staff taking a break on the Townsville-Mt Isa line

Railway employees in uniform at Mt Isa Railway Station on the Townsville-Mt Isa line. The man on the left (Jimmy Lavell, wearing cap) was a porter; the lady in the middle (Shirley) is in the white kitchen staff uniform; the ladies either side (Zetta and Pat) are in the grey Refreshment Room uniform, and the man on the right was a fireman

The two women are wearing the Queensland Railways Dining Car uniforms; the man on the left is an off duty conductor; the man second from right is also a conductor (in uniform)

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