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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1872

9 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Accident on the Railway Line 100 Sheep Cut to Atoms by the Engine

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 1 February 1872 · page 4

IT was raining heavily, and the night wind was cold, as the 1 p.m. train left Goulburn for Sydney. Rugs and overcoats were in requisition, and everything…

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The Liverpool Road Ghost

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 14 March 1872 · page 4

IN the month of May, 1862, a pedlar was murdered at a certain part of the Liverpool road, near the junction of the Dogtrap and Sydney roads, to which point…

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Our District Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 6 June 1872 · page 3

AT different times there has been a deal of agitation in connection with the road from Queanbeyan via Gundaroo to Goulburn there has been two rival route—…

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Bridge and Road Meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 11 July 1872 · page 2

THE following resolutions were passed at a public meeting held yesterday afternoon at the court house, Dr Morton, J.P., in the chair. Owing to the lateness of the…

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Letters to the Editor. the Lake George Road

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 18 July 1872 · page 2

SIR,—In the month of June (last month) a petition was presented in favour of the above named road to the Legislative Assembly and as there are some points in that petition…

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Subordinate Roads. (Provided for on the Estimates.) Southern Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 8 August 1872 · page 2

Road from Bungendore to Goulburn and Braidwood Road, near Doughboy Hill, 12 miles. £180 Road from Queanbeyan to Cooma, 67 miles,…

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Subordinate Roads Under Trustees

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 8 August 1872 · page 2

CLASSIFICATION and proposed distribution for 1872:— SOUTHERN ROADS. Road from Gininderra to Gundaroo, 15 miles,…

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A Train Attacked by Indians, Horrible Atrocities

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 22 August 1872 · page 3

THE San Antonio (Texas) Herald of the 3rd instant, contains the following story;—In our Wednesday's issue we referred to the rumour of a train being captured…

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The Age. Queanbeyan, Thursday, Oct. 17, 1872. the Road Goulburn to Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 17 October 1872 · page 2

THE following correspondence &c.; have been forwarded to us by Mr DeSalis for publication. The Queanbeyan district, perhaps the whole colony, does not…

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