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Railway workers pushing barrels of beer along the Cairns to Kuranda railway line, 1911

from State Library of Queensland

  • Bob said:
    Roll out the Barrel comes to mind ! Now that's working up a thirst ! If I have read / guessed correctly, the beer is Mc Crackens XXX Ale? There was a Robert Mc. Cracken who was a brewer in the 1800's, but his business was taken over by Carlton&United Breweries in 1907.
  • State Library of Queensland said:
    Hi Bob. McCracken does appear to be the brand on the barrel. Victorian beer in North Queensland, who would have thought?
  • Bob said:
    State Library of Queensland Were there beer wars due to the brand loyalties in the different Territories ? I'm sure that like us Poms, your blokes wouldn't give a XXXX about who's beer they drank when the needs be. We know for fact that you Diggers will cry your eyes out if a pubs got no beer ....... Ask Slim Dusty ;-)) Here'a a picture from my pal Kaye, of Cairns Station, taken about the same time. I wonder how many barrels got to their destination during this arduous cask task !
  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    Cyclones and floods were a problem in Queensland in 1911 as they are today 100 years on. On 11 January 1911 a tropical cyclone passed from the Gulf of Carpentaria inland and caused severe destruction at Marburg in South West Queensland with areas suffering gale force winds. The Cairns-Kuranda railway has a spectacular history of dislocation by landslides, the earliest of which was recorded during its construction in 1891. The most disruptive incident however, occured on the 15th December 1910 when a landslide, after a period of intense rainfall, partly closed the Kuranda end of the no 10 tunnel for more than 2 months. Trains could only travel as far as the tunnel and passengers had to de-train and walk around the outside of the tunnel to another train to continue their journey. Because the railway was the main freight connection between inland towns and the port at Cairns, the blockage was very disruptive. Over 300 men were used to clear the damage and stabilise the slide. It was not until 6 March 1911 that the line was cleared and reopened to all traffic. Source: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/queensland-100-years-ago-cairns-k...
  • Vesna Verencevic said:
    Whatever is the weather the supply of beer remains important.