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Description: Railway workers on the Cairns Railway, ca. 1891. The Cairns Range Railway was built to connect the mining centre of Herberton with Cairns. Work began on 10 May 1886; the first sod was turned in Cairns by Samuel Griffith, Premier of Queensland, and the first train arrived in Herberton on 20 October 1910 (Information taken from: A.D. Broughton, A pictorial history of the construction of the Cairns Range Railway, 1886–1891, 1991). This image depicts railway workers, their camp and trolley, with a view of Glacier Rock in the background.
Title: StateLibQld 1 100880
Credit: Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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