The Lansdowne Bridge
This handsome and substantial structure, for the erection of which New South Wales is indebted to Sir Richard Bourke, we are happy to inform our…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1836
27 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2
Greenwich Railway
This enormous mass of brick work, of which the first stone was laid in last April twelvemonth, is advancing rapidly to its completion. The works, which are under…
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THIS splendid new stone bridge erected over Prospect Creek, on the Liverpool Road, was opened to the public on Tuesday last, the forty-eighth Anniversary of the Foundation of the…
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ON Tuesday last, the forty eighth Anniversary of the foundation of the Colony, the ceremonial of opening Lansdowne Bridge took place. It was a ceremonial admirably…
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WE have received a copy of a memorial which has been laid before His Excellency the Governor, signed by a number of highly respectable gentlemen, calling His Excellency's attention to,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney. 16th February, 1836. To Stone-masons, Buildeus, and Others. Toll House, Lansdowne Bridge
TEENDERS will be received at this Office until noon of Monday, the 22th inst., from persons willing to undertake the erection of a [?] House at Lansdowne Bridge, according to a…
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The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was the first work of the kind opened for, purposes of general traffic, and the principles upon which it was constructed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Streets, and Hunter's River Roads. To the Editor of the Sydney Gazette
SIR, In no part of New South Wales, have the town and roads been so neglected, as they have been at Newcastle; there has…
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In proportion to the numbers on the road, it is a matter of doubt whether, there are not annually more accidents with gigs and pony phaetons than with coaches. At…
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We beg to correct an error which inadvertently [?]rept into our report of the damage done to the Paramatta Bridge. The bridge did not part in the centre, as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. Roads and Bridges. to the Editor of the Colonist. Sydney, April 12, 1836
SIR,—I beg through the medium of your widely circulated and popular paper, to point out to the proper authorities, the dangerous state of many of the roads and bridges in this colony. First,…
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This route will in all probability be the only one that will connect Boston with the state of Maine. It passes through all the manufacturing towns in this part…
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The public feeling is now very much absorbed in the projection and construction of railways, both in the metropolis and the provinces. We separate from the…
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If the Colonists of New South Wales are considered to be in the enjoyment of that freedom of public discussion, which is understood in England to belong to what is termed the Liheity of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spirit of Discovery. Railways. [We abridge this paper from the srcond number of the British and Foreign Review—Art. The British Association in Dublin. It is a masterly analysis of Dr. Lardner's view of the present state of locomotion by steam on railways, reported to the recent Meeting of the Association. It is, altogether, a most perspicuous exposition of the subject, theoretically and practically: and we especially recommend it to the attention of the reader, not doubting that by one perusal he may be in possession of the main subject, and its leading details—a dtsirable acquisition at the present moment, when Railways form the occasional topic of conversation in every well-informed circle throughout the empire]. Manchester and Liverpool
The enterprise and spirit of the body of capitalists, who undertook and perfected the Manchester and Liverpool railway, infused extraordinary energy and activity into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sydney Herald. Monday, May 30, 1836. " Sworn to no Matter, of no Sect am I." Domestic Intelligence. Lansdowne Bridge
Previously to the Levee, a deputation on the part of the Landed Proprietors of the Southern Districts of the Colony, waited upon the Governor, for the purpose…
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Previously to the Levee, a deputation on the part of the Landed Proprietors of the southern districts of Colony, waited upon the Governor, for the purpose of…
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ON Saturday last, a deputation from, the Landed Proprietors in the Southern Districts, waited on His Excellency the Governor, for the purpose of presenting to His Excellency the subjoined…
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Previously to the Levee, a deputation on the part of the Landed Proprietors of the Southern Districts of the Colony, waited upon the Governor, for the purpose of…
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Arrangements are making at the Lodge of Freemasons, at Parramatta, in conjunction with brethren in Sydney, to give the utmost possible eclat to the…
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