Party: Delamothe Photographs Cairns Mareeba Railway Construction

Summary

Photographs copied from the Victorian Railway Collection; they were previously used as evidence in a court case Robb V Queensland Railway Commission. John Robb was a railway construction contractor who took over the Cairns Mareeba contract shortly after the work was begun in 1886. The collection includes construction scenes, tunnels, terrain, waterfalls etc. 35 prints, 1 album.