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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1861

6 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

The One Russian Railway

The Golden Age · Saturday 19 January 1861 · page 4

WE proceeded bag and baggage to the station of the railway. Only one train starts daily; and the hour at which this most important event takes…

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European Extracts. the Road Child-murder

The Golden Age · Saturday 2 March 1861 · page 4

It is not improbable that another investigation of this mysterious case may take place before the Trowbridge magistrates at an earlier period than an…

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The Bridge at Gundaroo. a Waking Dream

The Golden Age · Thursday 25 April 1861 · page 2

HAPPENING to take up my quarters a few nights since at an inn on Gundaroo, sitting by the fire in Parlour No. 1, with a "wee drap," not too much, I dropped into a sort of…

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Letters to the Editor. [We do not identify ourselves with the opinions of our Correspondents, nor are we in anywise answerable for the same.] the Gundaroo Bridge. to the Editor of the Golden Age

The Golden Age · Thursday 2 May 1861 · page 3

Sir,—In your last appears an amusing article entitled "A Waking Dream, by a New Hand." Perhaps you will oblige me, an old hand, by inserting the following as a reply…

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Caporn's Invention of Stop and Check for Railways, Tramways, and Drays; with Some Remarks on Railways in New South Wales, &C

The Golden Age · Thursday 22 August 1861 · page 4

"To be, or not to be," is not the question now, concerning a more rapid means of communication, the spirit of the times presses mankind onward, and…

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Terrific Thunderstorm. Damage to the Culverts at the Bridge

The Golden Age · Thursday 21 November 1861 · page 2

ON Tuesday, a violent thunderstorm passed over Queanbeyan, accompanied with very heavy rain and hail, and a tempestuous wind. The weather…

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