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A standard gauge branch line from the New South Wales Government Railways Main South line at The Rock was extended from Lockhart to Oaklands in 1912. [5]A broad gauge branch line from the Victorian Railways North East line at Benalla was extended from Yarrawonga to Oaklands in 1938, creating a break-of-gauge until the New South Wales line was closed south of Boree Creek.
The Oaklands railway line is a partly-closed railway line in New South Wales, Australia. It is a branch of the Main South line at The Rock, and heads in a south-westerly direction through the towns of Boree Creek and Urana, terminating at Oaklands. The line opened to Lockhart in 1901, and to Oaklands in 1912. [1]
Oaklands is a heritage-listed homestead at Princes Highway, Pambula, Bega Valley Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1842 by Messrs Robertson, Hall and Rogers. It was also known as Pamboola Station (c. 1833-1842). It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 20 February 2004. [1]
The first section of line opened in 1883 as a 32-kilometre (20 mi) branch line to St James, at the same time as the extension of the main line to Albury in New South Wales. In 1886, the line was extended another 32 kilometres (20 mi) to Yarrawonga , on the southern bank of the Murray River , [ 1 ] which formed the colonial and, later, the state ...
Main Article: History of ACT. 1899: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. 1904 - A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital; 1908 - The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
The history of New South Wales refers to the history of the Australian state of New South Wales and the area's preceding Indigenous and British colonial societies. The Mungo Lake remains indicate occupation of parts of the New South Wales area by Indigenous Australians for at least 40,000 years.
In 1890 he was engaged by the Government of New South Wales to complete the official "History of New South Wales," at it was then known, the first volume of which had been edited by Mr. G. B. Barton . After his untimely death in 1892, Frank Murcott Bladen was appointed. [6]
This led to the publication of the History of New South Wales from the Records and the Historical Records of New South Wales under the direction of James Bonwick (1817-1906) who can be regarded as the first official government archivist in NSW (appointed 13 March 1888.)