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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1864

18 stories in Illawarra's papers

A Royal Railway Carriage

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1864 · page 4

If report speaks truly, the Directors of the Great Eastern Railway Company are constructing a specimen of railway carriage which, for luxury and beauty,…

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Roads

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 17 May 1864 · page 2

Advertisements in our present issue intimate that a new road from Shellharbor to D. Farragher's 80 acres has been opened, and also that it is intended to open a new parish road from Dapto to Bong Bong…

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District News. Kiama. Railway Enterprise

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 31 May 1864 · page 2

A public meeting of the people of this district was convened, by advertisement, to be held last Thursday in the court house. The object of the meeting was to devise means for the construction of a coast line…

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[Second Letter.] Road Grant

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 June 1864 · page 2

This week it has been notified to the bench of magistrates, from the Audit Office, that £50, are pinned to their credit for the repair of the road from the village of Broughton Creek to the Bomedarry…

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A Railway for the District. To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury."

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 June 1864 · page 2

SIR—I beg through your columns to offer a suggestion to the public that measures should be taken for ascertaining the propriety of forming a railway from the Macquarie River, illawarra, to Wollongong…

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The Floods. The Railways, &c

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 June 1864 · page 4

The damage done to the railways does not appear to have been so serious as was at first reported, nor to be of a permanent character; but now that the lines to Picton and Penrith are the…

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Railway Auction Depot

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1864 · page 2

Fat Cattle.—There is no alteration in this market and boiling prices only can be obtained, and no sign of improvement is visible. Fat Sheep remain at last week's quotations…

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The Flooded Road at Shoalhaven

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 28 June 1864 · page 3

The following letter addressed to the Minister for Lands, appears in the "Empire," and as we inserted the communication to which it refers, we also give it a place in our columns:…

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KIAMA. Public Roads

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 July 1864 · page 2

On the 25th May last, written instructions were received by the Bench of Magistrates, Kiama, from the Minister for lands, that a casin credit was opened in their favor in the Bank of New South Wales, for…

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Railway from Bulli to the Macquarie River

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 September 1864 · page 2

A meeting was held on Tuesday evening last at the Queens Hotel, for the purpose of memorialising the Government to cause a survey to be made from Bulli to the Macquarie River, with a view of ultimately…

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News by the Last Mail. Horrible Murder on the North London Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 September 1864 · page 4

One of the most a [?] crimes that probably ever digr[?] this country was perpetrated [?] on Saturday evening, July 9, in a first class [?] of a passenger train on the North London…

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New Road to Wingecarribee

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1864 · page 2

We are informed that Mr. James M'Gill has discovered a new road to the above place, or more properly speaking that he has…

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Railway From Bulli to the Macquarie River

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1864 · page 3

A MEETING was held on Tuesday evening last at the Queen's Hotel, for the purpose of memorialising the Government to cause a survey to be made from Bulli to the…

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Railway at Wollongong Deputation to the Minister for Works

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 September 1864 · page 2

Yesterday morning a deputation, consisting of Mr. Haworth, M.L.A., Count Zlotkowski ad J.W. Wil shire. Esq, waited upon the honorable the Minister for Works for the purpose of presenting a memorial…

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Railway from Bulli to Macquarie River

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 September 1864 · page 2

We have been politely favored by J. W. Wilshire, Esq., J.P., with the following reply from the Department of Works to the memorial recently adopted at a public meeting, praying for the survey of a line from…

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Bushrangers on the Sofala Road

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 6 October 1864 · page 4

BUSHRANGERS ON THE SOFALA ROAD.— The bushrangers have shifted their scene of operations to the Sofala Road, which has long been in a quiet state. The day…

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The Murder on the North London Railway. Capture of Muller

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 November 1864 · page 4

Francis Muller was arrested at New York, on August 24, on the arrival there of the Victoria. What his chances of escape might have been had he sailed for Liverpool and met with favorable…

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The Murder on the North London Railway. Capture of Muller

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 24 November 1864 · page 3

FRANZ MULLER was arrested at New York, on August 24, on the arrival there of the Victoria. What his chances of escape might have been had he sailed from…

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