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Oaklands is a town in the Riverina district of southern New South Wales, Australia. The town is located 615 kilometres south west of the state capital, Sydney and 105 kilometres north west of Albury. Oaklands is in the Federation Council local government area and at the 2021 census, had a population of 304. [1]
Oaklands was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 20 February 2004 having satisfied the following criteria. [1] The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales.
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]
The Oaklands line opened from The Rock to Lockhart in 1901 and Oaklands in 1912. [148] The broad gauge Victorian Railways line from Benalla was extended to Oaklands in 1938 creating a break-of-gauge interchange. The line has been closed beyond Boree Creek. The Westby line opened from The Rock to Westby in 1925 and closed in 1956. [149]
As a result of a protest by the Oaklands FC and then an appeal to the Wagga Football Council [97] and NSW National Football League [98] as to the make up of the 1930 Coreen and District Football Association finals series and participating teams, due to a dispute over the eligibility of an Oaklands player, the Coreen & DFA folded after a ...
The Rock railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria. [1] The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. This item is assessed as historically rare. This item is assessed as archaeologically rare.
Yarrawonga-Oaklands rail ticket 1978. The Oaklands railway line is a freight-only railway line in north-eastern Victoria, Australia.The line branches from the main North East railway at Benalla station and runs across the Victoria-New South Wales border to the town of Oaklands, New South Wales.
William McKell, Premier of New South Wales from 1941-1947 and Governor-General of Australia from 1947-1953, was born in Pambula in 1891. Pambula continued to be the dominant town of the district, providing facilities which came to include commercial premises, banks, courthouse, hospital, newspaper, and a school of arts.