Burning sugar cane near Cairns, area is now a Cairns suburb, 1965. Slide by Rex Grattidge, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Rex Grattidge and the Centre for the Government of Queensland 

Sugar cane, Atherton Shire, 1966. Slide by Robin Barron, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Copyright © Robin Barron and the Centre for the Government of Queensland 

Cover shows Queensland canefield ablaze as sugar crop is burnt off before cutting begins, cover image Walkabout, August 1963
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