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Railway Station, Brisbane-from North East, 1886

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3085E/8

Scope and Contents

260 x 205 mm. View from a hill behind the station, showing covered platform with a passenger train in the station, and a goods train just outside. Two pony cabs wait alongside the platform. The first section of railway in Queensland was from Ipswich to Bigges Camp (now Grandchester) and was opened on 31st July 1865. Brisbane, however, was not connected to the railway system until 1875.

Dates

  • Creation: 1886

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2015-05-22 12:45:04+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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