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Railways, roads & transport, 1857

4 stories in New England's papers

CANALS V. RAILWAYS. To the Editors of the "Armidale Express."

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1857 · page 2

GENTLEMEN—In a young country a system of public works, to be of the greatest possible utility ought to be expansive in their nature, so as to great with the country's…

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Rough Sketches. My First Fit of the " Gold Fever." [Communicated, by an Ex Gold Digger.] No. Iii. the Road-various Incidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1857 · page 6

A NEAT bridge spans the Weatherboard Creek. We turned down and laved our faces, hands, and feet in the limpid water of the streamlet. The saddle-bags were…

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Rough Sketches. My First Fit of the "Gold Fever." [Communicated by an En Gold Digger.] No. Xi. "Burrah for the Road."

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 19 September 1857 · page 6

THE exodus towards the Turon kept on. A straggling chain of diggers, rough as hedgehogs and laden like pack-horses, streamed over the ridges from the Junction, jolted…

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The M'[?] Line of Road

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1857 · page 2

ARRIVAL OF TWO DRAYS BY KEMP'S LINE. ON Monday last we were pleased at receiving a visit from Mr. William Smith, of the M'Leay River, the pioneer in opening…

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