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Two boys on horseback in flooded Dora Creek. The horse is on the road alongside of Creek. The steps lead up to the railway station.
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…The steps lead up to the railway station. … Photo Ref: 296 … Creator: Jayne, Mr Eddie … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License … Related search terms … dora creek … events … floods…
Bob Convery in straw boater and bare feet selling newspapers on platform at Cockle Creek railway station, c1905. He was killed at Messines, France 7th June 1917
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…Media … Bob Convery in straw boater and bare feet selling newspapers on platform at Cockle Creek railway station, c1905.…
Teralba from Rhondda Road c.1910, looking east. Original weatherboard Great Northern Hotel, centre left. Train at railway station left hand side. Cockle Bay in backgound. Note clothesline with props, and absence of mangroves in Cockle Creek delta.
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…Train at railway station left hand side. Cockle Bay in backgound. Note clothesline with props, and absence of mangroves in Cockle Creek delta.……This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License … Related search terms … booragul … clothes…
Adamstown-Belmont railway line, Lake Macquarie, NSW. In the vicinity of Whitebridge Station looking south towards Belmont c.1990
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…Media … Adamstown-Belmont railway line, Lake Macquarie, NSW.……fernleigh track … mines … mining … railway station … whitebridge…
Locomotive on railway track at Teralba c1975. Station Masters Cottage on hill top right hand corner
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…Media … Locomotive on railway track at Teralba c1975.……Station Masters Cottage on hill top right hand corner … Photo Ref: 25687 … Creators:… Lambert, Mr Con (Constant) … Lambert, Mr Paul … This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0…
Station Street
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…Station Street … Station Street was the access road to the old Whitebridge railway station on the Belmont line. The passenger trains ceased in 1971. This was named Railway Street in early times until 1964 when it was gazetted Station Street.……This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under…
Station Street
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…Station Street … Station Street was surveyed in the Scarborough subdivision of 1886. Leading towards Morisset this street would have been named for the impending opening of Morisset Railway Station in 1887.……Leading towards Morisset this street would have been named for the impending opening of Morisset…
Teralba
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…They travelled by steam boat to Nords Wharf and then walked the remaining distance, … Railway: … Teralba station opened with the Gosford to Waratah section of the Great Northern Railroad on the15th August 1887.……They travelled by steam boat to Nords Wharf and then walked the remaining distance, … Railway: … Teralba…
Fassifern
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…Government Railways operated a large gravel quarry from 1898 to 1940. Much of the white gravel used on platforms in the Newcastle district came from this quarry. … Railway: … Fassifern station opened in 1887 under name of 'Wyee'. Prior to this date the station was referred to as 'Lake Macquarie'.……Government…
Early days of hardship
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…The village grew out of slab huts to house the construction workers building the railway line from Newcastle to Sydney. In August 1887 the railway station was opened. The houses were basically bark huts. These were very wet and damp in the winter and hot and humid in summer.……The village grew out of…

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