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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1852

82 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 5

Road to the Bingera Diggings

Empire · Saturday 7 August 1852 · page 3

Mr. Capel, whose station is in the vicinity of of these new diggings, and who arrived in Sydney on Thursday night, called upon us yesterday, and exhibited a beautiful sample of the Bingera…

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Railway Transit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 August 1852 · page 4

FROM the first period that Railway Transit was suggested as a suitable means of carrying on our internal communication, we have been amongst its…

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The Railway Question

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 7 August 1852 · page 3

'Tis very clear that one and one make too— That crimson skies are not exactly blue— That polar bears are most unpolished brutes— That worn out garments are not new made suits—…

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Railway From Sydney to Melbourne

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 14 August 1852 · page 8

ON Tuesday last, the honorable member for Durham, Mr. Donaldson, brought forward the motion of which he had given notice, to the effect that the time has arrived for commencing a line of railway…

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The Council on Railways

Empire · Monday 16 August 1852 · page 2

MR. DONALDSON'S motion on Tuesday last, affirming the policy of establishing railway communication with the sister colony of Victoria, appears to have acted as a…

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Mail Roads in New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 August 1852 · page 4

Letter from the SURVEYOR, GENERAL to the COLONIAL SECRETARY Surveyor General's Office, Sydney, 31st July, 1852…

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REVIEW. Hints upon Roads.—By Edward Orpen Moriarty, A.B., &c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 August 1852 · page 5

A CAREFULLY written little pamphlet, or as our French friends would say, "Brochure," of thirteen pages, has been circulated among the friends of the author. This pamphlet, or…

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REVIEW. Hints upon Roads.—By Edward Orpen MoRIARTY, A.B., &c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 August 1852 · page 7

A CAREFULLY written little pamphlet, or as our French friends would say, "Brochwe," of thirteen pages has been circulated among the friends of the author This pamphlet, or…

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REVIEW. Rints upon Roads.—By Edward Orpen Moriarty, A.B., &c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 August 1852 · page 3

A CAREFULLY written little pamphlet, or as our French friends would say, "Brochure," of thirteen puges, has been circulated among the friends of the author. This pamphlet, or…

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Influences of a Railway System

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 September 1852 · page 6

While there are many machines which contribute much more directly to the rapid accumulation of wealth in the persons of individuals, than does the railway locomotive…

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Jottings From the Note Book of a Gold Seeker. No. Ii. a Dash at the Road and Melbourne. August 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 September 1852 · page 2

"HURRAH for the road; the road," gaily shouted we on the morning of last Monday week; and as we passed by the Colonial Treasury, that bright goal of all our hopes, and bethought…

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Original Correspondence. Eight Days on the Bathurst Road. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 September 1852 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—On the—day of this pre[?] month of August, I booked three places for Hartley, for the next day but one. In due course we arrived at the Rose Inn, where w[?]…

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A Few Observations on Road Management. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Saturday 25 September 1852 · page 2

SIR—The certainly that in the county of Cumberland railways will entirely supersede the old road transit, would make it desirable not to attempt much as to laying out or altering roads, and to…

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Road at the Cook's River Dam

Empire · Monday 27 September 1852 · page 2

Mr. DARVALL moved, "That an address be presented to his Excellency the Governor-General requesting his Excellency to take into his consideration the dangerous state of the road…

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Electric Telegraphs and Railways Between London and Sydney Not Impossible. (From a Correspondent.)

Empire · Tuesday 28 September 1852 · page 3

The contemplated establishment (see late English journals) of an overland route from London to Bombay—or at least to the head of the Persian Gulf,—by way…

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The Empire. Wednesday, September 29, 1852. the Panama Railway

Empire · Wednesday 29 September 1852 · page 2

OUR latest advices from Panama inform us that the railway will be opened to the Pacific by the 1st of March, 1853,—five months from the present date. This is…

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Original Correspondence. Pyrmont Bridge. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 October 1852 · page 3

GENTELMEN,—As a resident of Pyrmont for the last ten years, I have with some pleasure observed the fact stated in the City Council by Mr. Campbell, that the inhabitants of this…

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Pyrmont Bridge. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 October 1852 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—I have much pleasure in noticing a letter from Mr. Thomas Smith of Pyrmont, wherein he states the residents of Pyrmont have not been fairly dealt with by the…

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The Road to the Tuena Gold Field Through Goulburn. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 October 1852 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—In one of your late issues I find you falling into the same error, when speaking of the distance from Goulbourn to the Tuena diggings, as you did in the early part of this…

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Electric Telegraphs and Railways Between London and Sydney Not Impossible. No. 11. (From a Correspondent.)

Empire · Wednesday 20 October 1852 · page 2

In a paper, headed as above, and which appeared in the Empire of Tuesday, the 28th September, the practicability of establishing an Electric Telegraph, and even…

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