Railway passengers crossing Rooper’s Bridge on Fitzroy River on 60 flat wagons, c1900. Well dressed women and men carry their own luggage. Cossar-Smith Album, Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Collection of the Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Flat wagons set up as a temporary bridge between Milton and Toowong, c1900. Passengers from a train and local residents could walk across these wagons and planks to connect with a train waiting on the other side. There are passengers on the far bank ready to make the crossing. QR Historical Collection/The Workshops Rail Museum

QR Historical Collection/The Workshops Rail Museum

The Townsville Mail ploughs through floodwaters covering the rails on the Burdekin River Bridge on the 21 March 1936. Passengers in the coaches lean out of the windows to get a good view. QR Historical Collection/The Workshops Rail Museum

QR Historical Collection/The Workshops Rail Museum

Passengers inside an Air Queensland DC3, flying from the Iron Range National Park to Cairns, 1982. Slide by Ruth Read, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Copyright © Ruth Read and Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010

Passenger walks across the tarmac to board an Ansett-ANA Electra aeroplane at airport, Eagle Farm, 1960. Slide by Richard Hopkins, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Copyright © Richard Hopkins and Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010

Passengers boarding a flight, Toowoomba airport, 1959. Slide by Heatherbell Mellor, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Copyright © Heatherbell Mellor and Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010

Three generations of passengers ready to board TAA 'The nation's jetline' at Ayr airport, 1962. Slide by Beth Snewin, Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland.

Copyright © Beth Snewin and Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, 2010

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