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State funeral for James Forsyth Thallon, Queensland Commissioner for Railways Brisbane 27 March 1911

from State Library of Queensland

• Hilda Maclean said:

  Description of the funeral and burial with additional photographs. trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/175254974

• Vesna Verencevic said:

  James Forsyth Thallon, Commissioner of Railways. Thallon was born in Scotland in 1847 and moved to Queensland as a young man for health reasons. He joined the railways and worked his way up. He became Commissioner in 1902 and led Queensland Railways through a period of rapid expansion. He was a strong supporter of Queensland’s narrow gauge which he said was appropriate for a “young country”. A popular manager, and his staff were devastated when he died in office in 1911 of dengue fever and they launched a subscription to erect this monument a year later. Source: woollydays.wordpress.com/2020/09/06/contemplating-history...