Australia 1800s

First railway track connecting old and new stations, 1906. Note the second Sydney Railway Station in the background. Digital ID 17420_a014_a0140000259

Highways of Australia mapped in the style of the London Subway Railroad map of Australia Related posts:– Railroads of Africa

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Original post 13 April 2020 Repost 2020: Just mad – both the building, next to the Town Hall, and that it was demolished in 1968 – by the #MelbourneCityCouncil. It was built in 1888-89 …

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The Bondi Aquarium offered entertainments including performing seals, donkey and pony rides, a skating rink and a switch-back railway. It was destroyed by fire in July, 1891 but was quickly rebuilt and re-opened the same year. The new main building (shown) was described as a larger and ‘more artistic’ edifice. Inside, arches and rock work adorned the aquarium tanks and they were illuminated from above by a skylight. An aviary was added.

Railway station - Newcastle, 1900

https://flic.kr/p/brvGh9 | Steam locomotive 3524, [Blue Mountains, NSW, n.d.] | This image was scanned from an original glass plate or negative, kindly provided by the Australian Railway Historical Society, New South Wales Division. This image can be used for study and personal research purposes. If you wish to reproduce this image for any other purpose you must obtain permission by contacting the University of Newcastle's Cultural Collections. If you have any further information...

Beside the Yarra: Melbourne's Phantom Railways

Flinders Street Railway Station, Melbourne, Vic.

Copacabana Public School Website

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On this day …….. 31st of July 1900 Australia was under British rule from the time the First Fleet landed, in 1788, until 1901. Numerous politicians and influential Australians through the years had pushed for federation of the colonies, and self-government. After not being accepted by the states the first time, the amended Commonwealth Constitution […]

Unloading camels at Port Augusta. One camel is being winched over the side of the ship, believed to be the steamer 'Bengal', while a number of Afghans watch on.