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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1869

10 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

The Age. Thursday, April 1st, 1869. Local and District News. Braidwood and Queanbeyan Road. Public Meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 1 April 1869 · page 2

LAST Thursday an important meeting took place at the residence of Mr M. Sheahan, Black Heath, Molonglo, of persons interested in the Queanbeyan and Braidwood road…

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Cheap Railways for Australia

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 15 April 1869 · page 1

THOUGH the introduction of the Victorian loan of £2,000,000 has been postponed, the arrangements for it are completed, and before our next number is published it will probably…

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The Road to Manaro

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 20 May 1869 · page 1

ON the 27th of this month an event will be celebrated with rejoicing by the people of Goulburn, in which the people of the Queanbeyan and Manaro districts are in no…

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The East London Railway

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 29 July 1869 · page 4

THE Thames Tunnel—a pilgrimage to which has been made by most country cousins who have visited London—is at last to be converted into a practical undertaking. Thanks…

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The Zig-zag Railway in New South Wales

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 12 August 1869 · page 1

FEW people in Victoria know what a gigantic undertaking this railway in its construction is, ascending and crossing the celebrated Blue Mountains, that great barrier…

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London and Its Railways

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 26 August 1869 · page 4

AN Englishman's house is no longer his castle ; at least, not in London. For a number of years, London has been invaded by an army of excavators and bricklayers,…

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The Tharwa (Lanyon) Road

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 2 September 1869 · page 2

THE meeting convened by Mr J. J. Wright, in accordance with the numerously-signed requisition addressed to that gentleman in his capacity as a magistrate and leading resident…

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F[?]ghtful Railway Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 7 October 1869 · page 4

Another terrible accident occurred on the Erie railway, at Mast Hope station, thirty miles from port Jervis, on July 14, by which some ten or fifteen human beings were…

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The Laws Relating to Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 14 October 1869 · page 1

WE place before our readers the substance of "A Bill to Amend the Laws relating to Roads." On the face of it, it is not a very attractive subject; but it is worthy of perusal nevertheless, and we recommend…

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Wire Tramways

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 14 October 1869 · page 1

"A RAILWAY without cuttings, embankments, tunnels, viaducts, or bridges, no matter how hilly the country to be traversed"—such is the definition given by…

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