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Image: StateLibQld 1 183407 Car of a Brisbane tourist being taken on a truck to Quilpie railhead, 1952

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Description: Car of a Brisbane tourist being taken on a truck to Quilpie railhead, 1952 Quilpie is located 1010km west of Brisbane by road and 980km by rail and was proclaimed a town on the 29th April 1917. The township is situated on the western bank of the Bulloo River and is out of flood reach. Quilpie's importance is as a railhead. It is the centre from which cattle from the Channel Country and beyond are railed and in good seasons upwards of 60,000 cattle pass through the railhead. Sheep also pass through in large numbers. The opal is a very sought after commodity and the district is the home of the Boulder Opal.
Title: StateLibQld 1 183407 Car of a Brisbane tourist being taken on a truck to Quilpie railhead, 1952
Credit: Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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