Cottages on Broadway at Cherbourg c1950

1947 — Cherbourg is finally connected to the electricity grid, nearby Murgon had been connected since 1929.
The four room cottages built in the late 1920s. The inside of these cottages still did not have any ceilings or lining on the walls and are still not painted.

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  1. Brenda Holt - Kanofski Reply
    Bought tears to my eyes is that the bottom row . Grandparents Albert & Rosie Holt

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