Place | Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Rockhampton |
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Accession Number | ART25562 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 39.1 x 49.3 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | pen and brush and ink on paper |
Maker |
Curtis, R Emerson |
Place made | Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Rockhampton |
Date made | 1945 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Australian troops returning south rush the dining room, Rockhampton
Description
During the war the Queensland Government Railway system transported armies and fighting material. The single track system extended from Brisbane in the south to the Atherton Tableland in the north. As many as 98 trains would pass through Rockhampton on one day, more than one every fifteen minutes on a single track system. During the peak period of troop movements on the Queensland Railways up to 4000 meals were served daily in Rockhampton between 5.00am and midnight by a staff of 35.