QUEENSLAND'S GERMAN CONNECTIONS - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

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Long-term future looking bright

Background: No traction engines this time – in a precision late night operation, Mephisto carefully is loaded onto the waiting transporter to be relocated offsite for his thorough post-flood clean and inspection. It’s a long way in time and place from the horrors of the muddy fields and trenches of the Western Front, but there is no doubt that this unique historical connection between two countries continues to be in very good hands – now and into the future. All images and text in this article provided courtesy of Senior Conservator Cathy ter Bogt and her conservatorial team at Queensland Museum; reproduced by kind permission. qm.qld.gov.au

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