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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1875

17 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Alarming Railway Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 March 1875 · page 3

On Tuesday evening, January 19th the 7.45 up passenger train from Lutton came into collision with a coal train near Wheathamstead station…

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Subordinate Roads Under Trustees

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 7 April 1875 · page 2

FROM the Classification and Proposed Distribution for 1875, we extract the following:—SOUTHERN ROADS…

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Bridge Movement

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 19 May 1875 · page 2

A PUBLIC MEETING was held on Saturday afternoon at the Court-house, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning for a grant from…

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The Southern Railway Extension

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 14 July 1875 · page 3

BY the courtesy of Mr George Blunt, the superintending contractor of the Goulburn and Yass extension, our (Evening News) reporter was…

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Chapter Ii. DESCRIPTIVE.—Geographical Boundaries. Topographical Features. Climate and Health. Towns, Villages, and Country Seats. Pursuits, Resources, and Capabilities. Institutions—Religious, Charitable, Educational and Legal. Means of Communication—Roads, Bridges, Mail and Telegraphic Services

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 7 August 1875 · page 4

By reference to the published maps of Australia, and especially to those of New South Wales, it will be seen that the County of Murray in the southern districts of the colony…

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Chapter Ii. DESCRIPTIVE.—Geographical Boundaries. Topographical Features. Climate and Health, Towns, Villages, and Country Seats. Pursuits, Resources, and Capabilities, Institutions—Religious, Charitable, Educational and Legal. Means of Communication—Roads, Bridges, Mail and Telegraphic Services

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 18 August 1875 · page 4

By reference to the published maps of Australia, and especially to those of New South Wales, it will be seen that the County of Murray in the southern districts of the colony…

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Attempt to Upset a Train

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 1 September 1875 · page 3

ONE of the most fiendish and unaccountable attempts at throwing a train off the line occurred near the Tarrawingee station on the…

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Bridge over the Molonglo River

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 15 September 1875 · page 2

An answer to the petition presented to the Minister for Works by the Hon. L. F. De Salis and Mr J. J. Wright, requesting the erection of a bridge over…

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Gunning Railway Extension

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 20 October 1875 · page 2

Tuesday, November 2, has been fixed for opening the Great Southern Railway extension to Gunning, and an advertisement appears in this issue…

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Mr John Bridge's Weekly Report

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 27 October 1875 · page 3

Wool, at this week's sale was in much better request than might have been expected, considering the decline established in the London market…

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The Opening of the Railway Extension to Gunning

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 30 October 1875 · page 2

Conflicting reports have been in circulation as to the date finally fixed for the above ceremony, some of our contemporaries having stated that the…

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Opening of the Railway to Gunning. Gunning, Tuesday, 5.40 p.m

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 3 November 1875 · page 2

The railway excursion and demonstration were a complete failure. A destructive wind carried away the purveyor's tent, the banqueting…

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Railway Opening Demonstration at Gunning

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 6 November 1875 · page 2

ON Tuesday last the formal opening of the latest extension of the Great Southern Railway—viz., that from Goulburn to Gunning,—took place as…

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Main Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 11 November 1875 · page 2

A proclamation in the Government Gazette includes in the schedule of main roals of the colony the following in this and the neighbouring districts:…

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Railway Time Table. Passenger Trains Leave Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 27 November 1875 · page 2

Daily, Sunday excepted, at 10 a.m, and 5.25, p.m. Parramatta Junction, 13 miles, 10.34 a.m. and 5.58 p.m.; fares, 2s 6d and 1s 6d…

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Railway Time Table. Passenger Trains Leave Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 1 December 1875 · page 2

Daily, Sunday excepted, at 10 a.m., and 5.25, p.m. Parramatta Junction, 13 miles, 10.34 a.m. and 5.58 p.m.; fares, 2s 6d and 1s 6d…

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Railway Time Table. Passenger Trains Leave Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 4 December 1875 · page 2

Daily, Sunday excepted, at 10 a.m., and 5.25, p.m. Parramatta Junction, 13 miles, 10 34 a.m. and 5.58 p.m.: fares, 2s 6d and 1s 6d…

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