Notes: Commemorative photo album, eleven pages, faded green card, photos set within deckle edge mounts.
Specially set up for Steel & Holder, Imperial Stores, Oberon.
The Oberon railway line is now a short, disused branch railway line in western New South Wales, Australia. The line branches from the Main West at Tarana and heads in a southerly direction to the town of Oberon. It was earlier put forward as a line from Tarana to Burraga to benefit the Burraga copper mine. It opened on 3 October 1923. The line was lightly constructed with high grades (1 in 25) and tight curves, and was operated by lightweight steam and then diesel locomotives. It transported local seasonal vegetables, timber and livestock. Passenger services ended in 1971, and goods services were suspended in 1979 with the line effectively closing. The line is currently being restored by a volunteer association to allow heritage and tourist operation.
Format: album size 6" x 4" (150 mm x 95 mm)
Date Range: 1923
Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons.
Repository: Blue Mountains Library library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au
Part of: Local Studies Collection PF 2974
Provenance: donation
Links: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon_railway_line
TARANA-OBERON RAILWAY AGITATION. (1908, September 1). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 11. Retrieved January 6, 2017, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15021987
TARANA-OBERON RAILWAY. (1923, May 11). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 12. Retrieved January 6, 2017, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16068611
OBERON RAILWAY REVENUE. (1938, August 30). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved January 6, 2017, from nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17494126
Notes: engine 196, a Z19 Class loco at Oberon, part of a commemorative photo album, eleven pages, faded green cover, photos set within deckle edge mounts.
The Oberon railway line is now a short, disused branch railway line in western New South Wales, Australia. The line branches from the Main West at Tarana and heads in a southerly direction to the town of Oberon. It was earlier put forward as a line from Tarana to Burraga to benefit the Burraga copper mine. It opened on 3 October 1923.
The line was lightly constructed with high grades (1 in 25) and tight curves, and was operated by lightweight steam and then diesel locomotives. It transported local seasonal vegetables, timber and livestock. Passenger services ended in 1971, and goods services were suspended in 1979 with the line effectively closing. The line is currently being restored by a volunteer association to allow heritage and tourist operation.
Format: album size 6" x 4" (150 mm x 95 mm) print size 3 ½” x 2 ½” (88 mm x 64 mm)
Date Range: 1923
Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons.
Repository: Blue Mountains Library library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au
Part of: Local Studies Collection PF 2974
Provenance: donation
Links: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon_railway_line
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_Z19_class_locomotive
Notes: Commemorative photo album, eleven pages, faded green card, photos set within deckle edge mounts.
'Specially set up for Steel & Holder, Imperial Stores, Oberon.'
The Oberon railway line is now a short, disused branch railway line in western New South Wales, Australia. The line branches from the Main West at Tarana and heads in a southerly direction to the town of Oberon.
It was earlier put forward as a line from Tarana to Burraga to benefit the Burraga copper mine. It opened on 3 October 1923. The line was lightly constructed with high grades (1 in 25) and tight curves, and was operated by lightweight steam and then diesel locomotives. It transported local seasonal vegetables, timber and livestock.
Passenger services ended in 1971, and goods services were suspended in 1979 with the line effectively closing. The line is currently being restored by a volunteer association to allow heritage and tourist operation.
Format: album size 6" x 4" (150 mm x 95 mm)
Date Range: album date 1923
Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons.
Repository: Blue Mountains Library library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au
Part of: Local Studies Collection PF 2974
Provenance: donation
Links: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon_railway_line
Notes: men loading a wagon with terracotta drain pipes at Oberon station.
The Oberon railway line is now a short, disused branch railway line in western New South Wales, Australia. The line branches from the Main West at Tarana and heads in a southerly direction to the town of Oberon. It opened on 3 October 1923. The line was lightly constructed with high grades (1 in 25) and tight curves, and was operated by lightweight steam and then diesel locomotives. It transported local seasonal vegetables, timber and livestock. Passenger services ended in 1971, and goods services were suspended in 1979 with the line effectively closing. The line is currently being restored by a volunteer association to allow heritage and tourist operation.
Format: part of a commemorative photo album, eleven pages, photos set within deckle edge mounts. Album size 6" x 4" (150 mm x 95 mm) print size 3 ½” x 2 ½” (88 mm x 64 mm).
"Specially set up for Steel & Holder, Imperial Stores, Oberon".
Date Range: 1923
Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons.
Repository: Blue Mountains Library library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au
Part of: Local Studies Collection PF 2974
Provenance: donation
Links: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon_railway_line
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Notes: The convent on the corner of Queen and Fleming Streets was built in 1914 for the Sisters of St Joseph who had arrived in Oberon in 1912 to set up the first Roman Catholic school. It is still occupied by the Sisters of St Joseph.
Format: Commemorative photo album, eleven pages, faded green cover, photos set within deckle edge mounts. Album size 6" x 4" (150 mm x 95 mm)
Date Range: album dates from 1923
Licensing: Attribution, share alike, creative commons.
Repository: Blue Mountains Library library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au
Part of: Local Studies Collection PF 2974
Provenance: donation
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