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Page 284
... railway age ' , and its significance was well appreciated by contemporaries . The Argus commented : AT length the iron horse starts fairly on its mission in Australia . The inauguration of the Hobson's Bay Railway will be a memorable ...
... railway age ' , and its significance was well appreciated by contemporaries . The Argus commented : AT length the iron horse starts fairly on its mission in Australia . The inauguration of the Hobson's Bay Railway will be a memorable ...
Page 316
... RAILWAY OPENED The fourteen - mile railway between Sydney and Parramatta , the first in New South Wales , was opened for traffic on 26 September 1855 , more than five years after the ceremonial turning of the first sod in July 1850. The ...
... RAILWAY OPENED The fourteen - mile railway between Sydney and Parramatta , the first in New South Wales , was opened for traffic on 26 September 1855 , more than five years after the ceremonial turning of the first sod in July 1850. The ...
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... railway . But it is obvious that the goods traffic can never be properly developed unless the railways reach at one end , the point where the goods are to be gathered up , and at the other the point where the goods are to be discharged ...
... railway . But it is obvious that the goods traffic can never be properly developed unless the railways reach at one end , the point where the goods are to be gathered up , and at the other the point where the goods are to be discharged ...
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