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Ticket office, Corinda railway station, c 1982

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

Before paper tickets and go cards, Edmondson railway tickets (named after their inventor Thomas Edmondson, who introduced them in the 1840s) were stocked in the thousands at every station. Each ticket was pre-numbered and date stamped when issued.

Queensland State Archives Item ID436360, Photographic material

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Visit to the office of Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen by Constable Mal Meninga, c 1982

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

Before becoming a full-time professional footballer, Mal Meninga was a police officer. At one stage of his police career he was based at West End Police Station along with fellow Souths Magpies players Gary Grienke, Phil Veivers, Gary Belcher and Peter Jackson.

Queensland State Archives Item ID436356, Photographic material

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