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  • ...enrowan]] located on the eastern side of railway at Glenrowan opposite the railway station == Importance of McDonnell's Railway Tavern ==
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  • The telegraph with the railway was seen by people in the 1870s as magic. They were the wonder technologies == Railway ==
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  • == The Railway's place in the KellyGang story == We all remember Glenrowan and the plan to take up the track. The railway played a vital part in the police operation. It helped them get people and
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  • I had just got outside the railway fence when [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] emerged from the bush close by I though
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  • ...ine (not then constructed) which branches away from the main North Eastern railway many miles to the south. [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]], [[Glenrowan|Glenrowan]]
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  • ...and many other stations in the disturbed district, and on the main line of railway from Melbourne to Sydney. At the same time, after communication with the Ch
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  • ...ugh Wangaratta during the night, and were seen next day crossing under the railway line at a place known as the One Mile Bridge, after which they disappeared ...ly from the fact that the One Mile Creek was running bank high beneath the railway bridge, and that no one without intimate knowledge of the place could possi
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  • ...to Beechworth, had declared that the track taken under the One Mile Creek Railway Bridge near [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]] could only had been ventured upon, in ...ing the railway beneath a bridge under a dangerously swollen creek, when a railway crossing quite near was available for anyone not supremely anxious to avoid
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  • ..., and about five miles from [[Greta|Greta]], which lies to the east of the railway line connecting the two first named places. The informant was a platelayer
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  • ...iderable extra police protection to Seymour and all other townships up the railway line as far as [[Avenel|Avenel]], beyond which the stations were under Mr N
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  • ...tt neglected to make an exception of the police officers when he urged the railway men to preserve a calm and unconcerned demeanour to everybody. His own evid ...]] Creek, which lies in full view of and only a few hundred yards from the railway line. Watt came again along the footplate to Mr Wyatt, telling him it was i
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  • ...e concerning the requisite aid and material very fully to Mr Gorman, the [[Railway Stations|stationmaster]], and informed him that the line was ‘down throug
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  • ...ted, and between them, he and Mr Wyatt finding both the Government and the railway’s telegraph wires in a hopeless tangle, and satisfying themselves that th ...rode on the engine, keeping a lookout with powerful field glasses lest the railway line should be injured, but without accident the train pulled up opposite F
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  • ...l's]] Creek Station homestead, standing as it does in full sight of a main railway line and close to the old Sydney Road, less than four miles distant from a
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  • ...d excited Mr [[Wyatt|Wyatt,]] and while thus engaged they encountered four railway gangers, who were arrested and added to the squad of prisoners in the store
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  • ...s distant not more than forty yards, and the bank was also in sight of the railway station. It so happened that a large number of residents were absent from E
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  • After Ned Kelly had taken a blood mare from the stables of [[McDonnell's Railway Taven|McDougall]], an hotelkeeper, and the outlaws had completed their busi
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  • ...em. The way to the hut where the Kellys were expected to be lay across the railway line; and there was the usual delay in opening the railways gates at the cr
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  • ...were in addition the residences of the stationmaster and one or two other railway employees.
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  • ...eir conduct to the particular end in view. This was the destruction of the railway line at a point some distance on the Wangaratta side of [[Glenrowan|Glenrow ...el]]. This hotel, which stood among trees about two hundred yards from the railway platform, and facing it, was a weatherboard building, with a verandah in fr
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  • ...red scarf, and matches which he had in readiness, and, rushing away to the railway line, ran as fast as he could between the rails in the direction of the app
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  • ...lla]] at 12.30, it had been delayed for half an hour by smashing through a railway gate and injuring the breaks—a delay which probably was the salvation of
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  • ...trongly dissuaded by the ladies, who had pluckily kept their places in the railway carriage, with bullets whistling past them, Mr Hare made an effort to go ba
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  • ...over for ever, he was presently stripped of his armour and carried to the railway station where a doctor attended to his wounds.
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  • ...disorder among the inquisitive crowd which thronged all approaches to the railway station at Spencer-street when the train was due. Elaborate barriers had be
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  • ...The air is full of moisture. The lofty heights on the further side of the railway, the famous Morgan's Look-out amongst them - are invisible - they have not
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  • ...t the necessities of the people are served from the larger towns along the railway. It is a very pretty place-even in the wet. The situation, with the towerin
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  • ...te of that memorable battle on June 28, 1880. In front of the hotel is the railway station. Beyond that again is the new police camp. Part of the old battle g There is a street, now, along the railway frontage to the old battle ground, where once was nothing but open country.
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  • ...t away up the line towards Wangaratta. My daughter saw them pulling up the railway line, but I did not.
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  • ...able [[Const Hugh Bracken|Bracken]] on the way. He was galloping along the railway line.
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  • This arrest dates from the opening of the Beechworth railway. The story may as well be told by Ward himself, as he related it:- ...ime I was an inspector for the North Ovens Shire. After the opening of the railway I went to Sheep Station Creek. Here I arrested Sherritt with half a sheep i
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  • ...esumed Mr Ward, "[[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] was lying under guard at the railway station. He said it was Jones's whisky that had killed them-that it would k
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  • ...after the encounter. They were plainly seen passing under a culvert on the railway, and the report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry makes the fact of their
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  • ...ff more wire than an ordinary repairer would carry with him. Three or four railway men who saw them at work endeavoured to ??? fere; but in a few minutes they
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  • ...t battle at Glenrowan, he escaped from the inn, stood in the middle of the railway line, and, holding a light behind a red handkerchief, saved a couple of hun
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  • ...hin two hundred yards of one of the principal stations on the main line of railway between Melbourne and Sydney, as the last resource for the capture of four
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  • When the [[Echuca|Echuca]] [[Railways|railway]] was being built the New South Wales Government claimed the [[Murray River
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  • ...or two convincing proof was given that the four men seen passing under the railway were the bushrangers. An effort was then made to follow their tracks. This
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  • ...account of what took place is as follows:—"We had just reached the railway gates where there is a crossing to Mr. Younghusband's station, three of us
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  • ...nger was immediately sent to me in breathless haste to come quickly to the railway station. I pretended to be very much surprised, but, of course, Aaron did n
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  • ...mpathizers. You could tell them in a moment, they were to be seen on every railway station. It is not to be understood that all these men could communicate wi
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  • ...lway gates]] at Glenrowan. We often found great difficulty in crossing the railway, for many of the gate keepers were in league with the friends of the Kelly
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  • ...art were busy elsewhere. About 2.20 o'clock on Sunday morning 27th June, a railway line repair, named Reardon, was awakened by Ned Kelly and Hart at [[Glenrow
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  • ...He took the key from his boot, opened the front door, and ran towards the railway station. The first thing the Kellys did when they came out of the side room
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  • We sent to the railway station and ordered a special train to be ready in case the trackers were n It was decided by the railway authorities at Benalla that the engine that came from Melbourne should act
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  • ...on horseback. When we got in sight of Mrs Jones's hotel, and opposite the railway crossing, through which we intended to pass, we noticed a number of people ...ng, and that the gang had forced Reardon and others to tear up part of the railway line beyond the station, for the purpose of wrecking a special train of pol
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  • "Ned Kelly and Byrne then went from the railway crossing to [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Mrs Jones's hotel]], preceded by the maj
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  • ...t, and I told him that Mr Stanistreet possessed a loaded revolver from the railway department, and advised them for their safety to obtain it, as, some one mi
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  • ...d yards, leaving the outlaws and their captives ready to start back to the railway station. As soon as we were out of hearing of the outlaws, I announced to m ..., candle, and matches, to go to Benalla, intending to keep as close to the railway line as I could, in case of the special coming before I could reach there.
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  • ...em to surround the hotel and see that no one escaped, whilst I went to the railway platform to have my arm bandaged. It was bleeding fearfully; a bullet had e
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  • ...Hare, with one or two of the police, proceeded in the pilot engine to the railway station, closely followed by the special. On arriving at the station the ho ...isoner in the hotel, courageously made his escape, and running towards the railway station, quickly spread the information that the Kellys, with about forty p
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  • ...nwilling witnesses of the terrible scene. They retained their seats in the railway carriage, and the courage which they displayed, notwithstanding that the bu She said: "My husband is a plate layer, employed on the railway, and we live about a mile from the station, on the Benalla side. At three o
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  • ...SConst John Kelly|Senior constable Kelly]], with Mr [[Dowsett|Dowsett]] (a railway guard), fired on the ruffian. The contest became one which, from its remark ...pped of his armour, and then became quite submissive, and was borne to the railway station by Sergeant Steele, Constable Dwyer, and two representatives of the
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  • ...hizers. They were accordingly handcuffed, and taken with the others to the railway station. Young Reardon, who with his father had been confined in the hotel,
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  • ...it, but did no damage. His armour was taken off, and he was carried to the railway-station, where he was searched, but only threepence was found on him, a sil
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  • ...provided themselves with another set of horses on the opposite side of the railway, so that had they been obliged to cross the line in a hurry, they would hav ...the opposite side of the river, and it was their intention to blow up the railway bridge at Benalla, so as to stop the traffic on the line. I believe they ha
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  • ...e very comfortable, watching train loads of police passing up and down the railway line. Next day the owner of the crop happened along and suddenly came on th
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  • ...11 the Kellys were reported as having been seen on that date crossing the railway at Glenrowan, going from Greta to Warby Ranges.  Supt Nicolson met Supt Sa
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  • ...ou are not seen here; do not go into the town, but get some hotel near the railway station.’ I gave him £2 for coming down to give this information.”
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  • ...  Mrs Skillion and her cousin blacksmith met the Glenrowan man at Benalla railway station and secured three first-class return tickets to Melbourne.  The th ...lawry Act” was contraband of war.  When the train drew into the Benalla railway station Mrs Skillion and [[Tom Lloyd Jnr|Tom Lloyd]] were detained by the p
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  • ...four outlaws would next get ready to capture the police train at Glenrowan railway station.
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  • ...d at Glenrowan and went down to where the rails were to be lifted from the railway line.  They applied their own spanners and screw wrenches to the nuts, but ...amped in tents near the [[Stanistreet (2)|stationmaster]]’s house at the railway gates, as they suspected there were detectives amongst them.  They then ba
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  • ...e Queensland Chief Secretary agreed, and Mr O’Connor was at the Essendon railway station with his blacktrackers and equipment at 9.45 p.m. on Sunday, 27/6/1 ...on the railway station, and Mrs Jones’ hotel, on the western side of the railway station.  McDonald was a genuine friend of the Kellys, and therefore his p
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  • ...ed Bracken, and so decided to remain in the hotel.  He rushed over to the railway station, into which the train had just come.  Supt Hare had already given ...e house.”  Supt Hare then retired from the field.  He went over to the railway station and ordered the train back to Benalla so that he could receive medi
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  • ...d for a long time nobody spoke.  And then Guard Dowsett came out from the railway station, and, as I was not able to get there alone, he helped me to the sta
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  • == James Reardon - Railway line repairer == ...he horse of a friend, and I went down, and Sullivan was coming through the railway fence, and I said, ‘What is the matter?’ and he said, ‘I am taken pri
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  • ...ey were all in a state of great excitement, and Ned Kelly was taken to the railway station and examined by Dr John Nicholson.  t was now known that Joe Byrne ...ound, although serious, was not dangerous to life, I made all haste to the railway station and accompanied Mr Sadleir and party to Glenrowan.  Mr Sadleir ask
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  • ...rer to him on his left, and Constables Dwyer, Arthur and Phillips near the railway fence in his rear.  There was also someone at the upper side, but I do not
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  • ...you go in at the front door? — I was then close down to the gate at the railway crossing, and I started from there direct for the front of the house.  I t
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  • ...think you said you went in at the front door, that is the door facing the railway line? — Yes.
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  • ...? — Well, as I was passing along in the front of the house, along by the railway line like - was questioning myself afterwards about that - I think I saw so
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  • ...n to where the line of railway had been torn up, and then came back to the railway station.
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  • ...left-hand side of the house looking at the house from the direction of the railway gate. I saw you there with a party of men, and then I sent Miss Kelly to go ...question is with regard to the woman that approached the building from the railway gates. — It does not matter if we both understand we mean the same person
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  • ...at home and on the track. The powder and fuse was intended for use on the railway line to prevent the train returning to Benalla against the wishes of the bu
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  • ...of Dan Kelly and Steve Hart were plainly visible; they were removed to the railway platform, and Supt. Sadleir handed them over to Mrs [[Margaret Skillion|Ski
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  • ...Melbourne Gaol|Melbourne Gaol]]. A great crowd collected at Spencer street railway station, but the police, fearing trouble, arranged to have him removed secr
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  • ...ior constable Kelly; Constable Bracken; Sergeant Steele; Mr Jesse Dowsett, railway guard; and Senior constable Johnston (who set fire to Mrs Jones’ hotel, w
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  • ...siness. At every street corner, in every doorway, in every shop on tram or railway station the generous populace bought golliwogs, Hags, painted gum leaves, p
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  • ...sation between two members of the gang which indicated that portion of the railway line had been destroyed with the object of disabling a train in which a num
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  • ...there were very few settlers, but he states that after the opening of the railway line from Melbourne to Wodonga in 1873, settlement steadily increased. ...risoners in the storeroom. The outlaws then cut the telegraph wires on the railway line. About this time a shooting party came along, and two of the outlaws i
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  • ...tel. Mr Curnow, a school teacher eluded the outlaws, and running along the railway track he warned the crew of a pilot engine which preceded the train, of the
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  • ...ived from Glenrowan bringing news Ned Kelly shot in leg and taken alive on railway platform Glenrowan. No police shot. Other members gang still in public hous Benalla, June 30. To John Anderson, Esq., traffic manager, Spencer Street Railway Station - It is reported that Hart's brother and others, about 50 armed men
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  • ...na and Pastoral and Agricultural Society, Race Club, New Settlers' League, Railway League and other bodies. He was appointed Coroner in 1889 and held the posi
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  • ...lly opened. It is contemplated to open it up, and on the completion of the railway to Echuca to forward slates, via the Murray, to the Melbourne and provincia
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  • ...n from the dead lock has now taken the practical shape of an agitation for railway communication. The first step in this direction was taken by the Beechworth ...able object following as a matter of consequence on the establishment of a railway, which they were assembled to urge upon the Government. Tho conference had
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  • ...at there were no serious obstacles to be overcome in the construction of a railway to the Ovens District, and that even the present amount of traffic would pa ...re was being brought to bear upon the Government to pledge themselves to a railway to Gipps Land ; and if they did not act speedily, they would be answered by
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  • ...in fact, the returns from the Ovens district were much greater, and with a railway the capitalists would very soon see and admit this. ...at, but which, even with that yield, would pay handsomely if by means of a railway they had facilities for putting machinery on the ground. (Hear, hear.)
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  • ...y themselves with heavy stocks in the autumn. The actual saving alone by a railway to the Ovens district would be considerably over £80,000 per annum. Was it ...he latter would cost the colony £12 10s. per mile per annum more than the railway. It was evident therefore that they ought not to "dilly-dally" an
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  • ...deration. He thought the mining interest alone would pay the interest on a railway loan. The saving in the carriage of machinery and gold would do that, irres ...the Government the necessity of at once constructing a main trunk line of railway from Melbourne through the Ovens and Murray District, without referring to
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  • The map of the agricultural lands on the east side of the line of railway from Melbourne, to [[Echuca|Echuca]] shows that they commence with two deta
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  • '''THE OVENS AND MURRAY RAILWAY''' ...om, the various local bodies, and from the committees of the North-Eastern Railway League, and there was a general response. Numerous public bodies were repre
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  • ...e, otherwise half the interests in the district would be ruined before the railway was carried out. Mr WITT wished to ask whether there was any report from the Railway League, because as tho conference had also brought one up, it was better, p
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  • ...take independent action. They were not supposed to know anything about the Railway League. ...ves; they were there to organise such a powerful body that they must get a railway. (Hear, hear.)
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  • ...en Buninyong and Ballarat he had as much right to speak as any one else. A railway here would not be exclusively for Wangaratta or Tarrawingee or Beechworth o ...at this meeting form an association, to be called the United North-Eastern Railway Association."
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  • ...he part of the people of the Ovens and Murray districts, the North-Eastern Railway League should be reconstructed by the addition of twelve new committees, to ...bjection hitherto urged by the Government to the immediate carrying out of railway extension to the Ovens district has been shown not now to exist by the succ
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  • '''THE ALBURY-RAILWAY''' ...be open for traffic in three or four years. But although we are to have a railway, and that as quickly as possible, there is still a good deal to be done in
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  • ...ewhere are full of the surplus. This traffic can only be brought on to the railway by giving steam-boat owners facilities for loading and unloading, without t ...ff, as it now is, by every flood that comes down the Murray. The idea of a railway terminus kept alive only by a few half-ton punts made out of old packing ca
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  • '''OVENS AND MURRAY RAILWAY''' ...gentlemen: interested in the construction of the above line of [[Railways|railway]] was held last evening, at the Albion Hotel, Bourke-street.
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  • ...rengthen the hands of Government in the matter he had little doubt but the railway would soon be commenced. ...led leagues. The primary object of the present movement should be to get a railway to the Ovens and the Murray .
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  • ...rook to Jamieson, which will be the nearest road for reaching the proposed railway, which will be used for goods and passenger traffic by all the people of Wo
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  • ...xtension of a line of rails from the Wodonga terminus of the North-eastern Railway to the bank of the river Murray. Those who voted in favour of such a measur ...for there would not be secured thereby one additional ton of goods for the railway or one extra passenger.
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  • ...arge town, and large town a few years hence it will be, when the Victorian Railway terminating at Wodonga, on the other side of the river, shall have made Alb
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  • ...inland traffic, and fight for the trade of Riverina. But let the Victorian Railway be completed to Wodonga, and we may bid a long good-night to this wealthy d
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