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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1869

4 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Mr. Wilson and the Roads

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1869 · page 3

On Thursday evening, the 11th instant, in the Assembly, when the vole for Minor Roads came under consideration, the appended discussion took place with reference to the road from Goulburn to…

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A Bridge in Cooma Wanted. (To the Editor of the Manaro Mercury.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1869 · page 5

SIR,—Every resident in Manaro, and every carrier and other traveller leaving Cooma for Sydney, must feel the great necessity of a bridge over the creek in Sharp-street, near the "Big Drum." Now that the winter season is fast…

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Opening of the Railway to Goulburn. (Abridged from the Goulburn Herald.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1869 · page 8

The extension of the Great Southern Railway to Goulburn, being for the present its terminal point, was formally opened on Thursday, May 27. The 27th May had been appointed by the…

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Thompson's Patent Road Steamer

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 11 June 1869 · page 8

MR. D. NICHOL, of 12, Barrack-street, Sydney, on June 3, writes to the Herald:— Sir,—A few months ago I read in the Scotsman newspaper an account of the performance of a new…

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