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Many Railway hotels began not as drinking establishments, but as accommodation for train travelers. “They popped up as soon as the railway arrived or even before in anticipation, and they were all in easy walking distance from the station,” he said. “The coming of the railway changed people’s lives enormously. It brought economic activity and connected people to the rest of the country in a way that was not possible before.” Source: www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/country-living/railway-hotels-o...

Bowen Unusual and attractive tropical town characterized by a lazy and easy charm. There is a sense in which Bowen is an absolutely classic north Central Queensland town. The wide streets, the easiness of the lifestyle, the simple unpretentiousness which makes no concessions to development or visitors from the south, the languidness of a city slowly melting under a hot tropical sun. There is something that makes the visitor think of the 1940s and 1950s. This is a charming old-style town in an area where the rest of the world has moved on. And yet the great appeal of Bowen lies not in the town itself but in the unspoiled bays to the north which boast some of the most beautiful beaches in the tropical north. There is Horseshoe Bay, Murrays Bay (access is solely down a narrow dirt track), Rose Bay, Grays, Kings and Queens Beaches, the Town Beach, and Dalrymple Point. Source: www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/bowen-20080815-gdkqcl.html

Rose Harris Park was named after the local Rose Harris, a female saddler. She is not only credited with being one of the only female saddlers of the time, but also during the 1916 Clermont floods having saved at least six lives, by tying together bridles and horse-ropes to throw to people being pulled away by the floodwater, and pull them to safety. In honour of this, the Rose Harris park was given her name.​ Rose earned the title of 'hero' for saving the people. Rose was a saddler in Clermont from around 1918 until her shop burnt down in 1948. Her shop was located across Capella Street opposite the park that bears her name between the current 'Salon in Main' and 'Paris Cafe.' The local Clermont markets are held in the park on the first Saturday of each month. Rose, the only woman saddler in Australia at the time, is working on a saddle at ​William T. Harris's (her father's) Saddlery at Clermont. Various tools appear in the 1918 photograph. The words “Waiting for the boys of the A.L.H. presumably refers to the Australian Light Horse during World War 1. Rose Harris b. 5 May 1895, d. 21 June 1977 at age of 82: she was unmarried, daughter of Emma and W.T. Harris. Source: www.ccbg.com.au/rose-harris/

Queensland Soldiers' Comforts Fund, a working subdivision of the Australian Comforts Fund, was established during World War I. The purpose of the Fund was to provide comforts to soldiers on active service. This was achieved via appeals for donations, public subscriptions, and organising fundraising activities. Numerous branches of the Queensland Soldiers' Comforts Fund were spread throughout Queensland, Australia during this period. One of the committee's first activities was to appeal for public donations of various items that could be dispatched to soldiers overseas in time for Christmas. Accepted items included shirts, undershirts with short sleeves, mufflers, balaclava caps, handkerchiefs, writing pads, envelopes, pencils, pipes, tobacco, cigarettes, bootlaces, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, Vaseline, sweets, coffee, games, books and magazines.[2][3] By the end of World War I, the Queensland Soldiers' Comfort Fund declared that since October 1915 they had packed and shipped 5,010 cases to soldiers overseas, which included 17,324 shirts and 37,983 pairs of socks. Queensland Soldiers' Comfort Fund oversaw several fundraising operations: The Coo-ee Cafe was a volunteer-run cafe, War-time Kitchen operated by volunteers, Jam Shop, Refreshment stall at the Brisbane Exhibition selling sandwiches, fruit and soft drinks with proceeds going toward the Fund. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland_Soldiers%27_Comforts_Fund