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Railways, roads & transport, 1865

22 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 2

The Road-hill Murder

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1865 · page 3

CONSTANCE EMILIE KENT was indicted at Salisbury Assizes on June 21, for the wilful murder of Francis Saville Kent, at Road-hill-house, on June 29, 1860. Mr…

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Colonial Extracts. Mountain Railways

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1865 · page 4

There are probably few of our readers who have not heard of the Mont Cenis tunnel—one of the engineering wonders of the age. It is a tunnel under the Alps, intended to connect the Italian…

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