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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 of the new R.S.L. club rooms on Bryant Street, Tully, under construction in 1956. The builder was W. Sorensen. The building was erected at a cost of £12,500 but with the land and equipment the total value was £17,000. The new building was officially opened on 15 December 1956

Black and white photograph of John MacNamara handing over the Olympic Torch to Ian Wilkinson in 1956 prior to the Melbourne Olympic Games

Black and white photograph of the Olympic Torch held by Ian Wilkinson in 1956 prior to the Melbourne Olympic Games

Black and white photograph of the Olympic Torch on its way from Cairns to Melbourne. Nev Crossley lit the torch of Nick Vallianos during the 1956 Olympic torch relay, 10 miles south of Ingham

Black and white photograph of the Olympic Torch on its way from Cairns to Melbourne. Nick Vallianos handed over the torch to Emil Duran of Silkwood 11 miles south of Ingham

Black and white photograph of the Olympic Torch on its way from Cairns to Melbourne. Ned Mollenhagen carried the torch for the last mile to Ingham. It was received by the Hinchinbrook Shire Chairman

The Methodist Girl Comrades were groups organised in individual Methodist Church parishes. They were also known as the Methodist Church Girls' Fellowship. This image is of a group of young ladies from the Tully Methodist Church Comrades wearing their regalia. They were attending the wedding of Joyce and Max Cowie, 1956