y separately published work icon The Cairns Post newspaper issue  
Issue Details: First known date: 1886... 13 May 1886 of The Cairns Post est. 1883 The Cairns Post
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* Contents derived from the , 1886 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Turning of the First Sod of the Cairns-Herberton Railway, single work column
Report of the official opening of the Cairns School of Arts by the Premier of Queensland, who was in Cairns for the turning of the first sod of the railway. Mr Griffith commended Cairns for establishing the institution and stressed the need for isolated populations to be able to access the literature of the day.
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