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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 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