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Railways, roads & transport, 1839

25 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 2

South Australia. the Proposed Railway to Port Adelaide

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 4 December 1839 · page 2

No one acquainted with the amount of traffic between the city and its port, or a sufferer from the expence which the present transport of goods inflicts upon him, can doubt that a well-made…

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To the Editor of the Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser. Guyong, Wellington Road, Saturday, 30th Nov., 1939

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1839 · page 2

SIR,—Last night about 10 or 11 o'clock, the inn known here as the "Wellington Inn," kept by Mr. George Luck, was, in his absence, attacked by some villains with fire army, and having…

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To the Editor of the Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser. Wellington Road,Dec. 9, 1839

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 16 December 1839 · page 2

SIR,—Referring you to my last communication of the particulars of the dreadful murder of Mrs. Luck, at the "'Wellington Inn," on this road. I have now to inform you, that the inhabitants of…

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Liverpool and Punch Bowl Roads. LOT I.

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 24 December 1839 · page 3

Three Acres 3 roods and 11 perches, being Lot No. 35 of the Brighton Estate. at the commencement of the Punch Bowl Road…

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Liverpool and Punch Bowl Roads. LOT 1

Australasian Chronicle · Friday 27 December 1839 · page 2

Three Acres 3 roods and 11 perches, being Lot No. 35 of the Brighton Estate. at the commencement of the Punch Bowl Road…

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