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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1831

5 stories in Sydney's papers

Windsor Road, Feb. 7th, 1831

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 9 February 1831 · page 4

Mr and Mrs.— I am very sorry indeed to inform you that on Saturday night between the hours of nine and ten o'clock, Mrs. Kelly went…

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Important New Road. To the Editor of the Sydney Gazette

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1831 · page 3

SIR, You have very frequently averred, that a grand object you desire amongs[?] many others, is to "Advance Australia;" and it occurs to me that the…

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Opening of London Bridge

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 5 October 1831 · page 4

The London Bridge Committee have determined to open this splended structure, which does such credit to their exertion, on the 1st of August, and the ceremony will be performed with all the…

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No 5. Hambleton Cottage, Windsor Road, February 20, 1828

The Australian · Friday 18 November 1831 · page 4

I do hereby certify that I have known Mr. John Fulton since his childhood; I likewise have had request observation for these some years past. To his period of his discharge of his official duties as…

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Opening of the New London Bridge

The Sydney Monitor · Saturday 31 December 1831 · page 3

Monday, the day appointed for this ceremony, was most auspicious. A finer day summer never knew. At an early hour, the ballustrades of Waterloo, Blackfriars, and Southwark bridges, were…

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