1940s

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Powerhouse, Winton

Powerhouse, Winton

Exterior view of a grand pub in Cairns from the 1940s

Hotel Pacific, Cairns, c1940

Exterior of the 1940s style car dealership seen form the road

Fields Motors, Mackay, c1940

Street view of the concrete bridge in Mackay with traffic passing overhead

River Street, Mackay, c 1940

black and white photo of wind sculpted hills along Main Beach

Main Beach pre mining c. 1940

Three men shovelling mineral sand onto a truck on Main Beach, North Stradbroke Island. The North Stradbroke Island sandmining industry started soon after World War 2 (1939-1945). It began on the east-facing Main Beach where wave action exposed seams of the black, mineral-bearing sand.

Shoveling mineral sand c.1940

Story Bridge viewed from the base on Southern bank

Story Bridge open 1940

Miss Town and Country Riding Club

Miss Town and Country Riding Club

Exterior of Innisfail courthouse, a grand Victorian stone building

Innisfail Court House, 1940

Letter from Prime Minister Curtin to the Premier of Queensland regarding a disturbance which occurred in Creek Street, Brisbane on 26 November between members of the fighting services, dated 7 December 1942

The Battle of Brisbane

View of the open streets of Mackay's CBD

Sydney Street, Mackay, c 1954

A old-style Ford truck laden with boxes making a delivery

Sydney Street, Mackay, c 1945