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Railways in Australia and great train journeys - Australia's Culture Portal

The first train lines in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide spanned only a few kilometres. These early inland rail lines formed the basis for the systems that would eventually become Australia's transcontinental railways. Diesel trains are still used for cou...

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Australian Railway Historical Society ACT Division   (more info)

The Society is based in Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, and has an office in Queanbeyan, and museum and maintenance workshops in the Canberra suburb of Kingston. The Society operates heritage and tour trains. Visit the website for news, inf

The Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Society (ANGRMS)   (more info)

The Society was formed by a group of railway enthusiasts to preserve a representative collection of locomotives and rolling stock used on the Queensland sugar mill tramways. Contains an overview of the Society, news, open days, information on the collecti

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NMA Collections Search - To Western Australia by Trans-Australian Railway   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Basic search | Advanced search | Browse | Help | Feedback To Western Australia by Trans-Australian Railway Contact us | Media | Recruitment | Privacy statement | Copyright notice | Conditions of use | Library ...

NMA Collections Search - Trans-Australian Railway, Turning the First Sod, By His Excellency the Governor General at Port Augusta, 14 September 1912   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Basic search | Advanced search | Browse | Help | Feedback Trans-Australian Railway, Turning the First Sod, By His Excellency the Governor General at Port Augusta, 14 September 1912 Contact us | Media | Recruitment | Privacy statement | Copyright notice |...

NMA Collections Search - Historical Oodnadatta Railway Station hand bell, presented by Australian National following the closure of the narrow gauge Central Australian Railway December 1980   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Oodnadatta Railway Station brass hand bell with a turned wooden handle, on a wooden base. "Historical Oodnadatta Railway Station bell presented by Australian National f...

NMA Collections Search - Trophy cup for Labour Day Celebrations 1969, Best Working Display won by South Australian Railways   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Silver trophy cup with two triangular side handles. The cup is engraved with "Labour Day Celebrations 1969, Best Working Display won by South Australian Railways". ...

NMA Collections Search - Framed certificate of the Australian National Railways corporate philosophy   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Framed certificate of the Australian National Railways Corporate Philosophy. The certificate has a thin yellow border and a thicker green border and it features black t...

88/130 Badges, (3), Australian Union, Railways/Tramways, 1915-1930 - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

Numismatics > Union badges>>+ 91/1894 Badge, Seamen's Union of Austral... > + 88/617 Badges, Australia, [NSW] Union Ba... > + 86/1368-3 Badge, a/noon shift, Council W... > + 86/1368-4 Badge, a/noon shift, Council W... > + 86/1368-5 Badge, night shift, Cou...

Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

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88/289-645 Photographic glass plate negative, British Australian Oil Company railway tank wagon number 15, Clyde Engineering Pty Ltd, Australia, 1900-1940 - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

Photographs > Glass plate negatives>>+ 85/1284 Photographs, glass plate negativ... > + 86/3835 Tooths Collection: Glass Plate N...> + 86/3836 Tooths Collection: Glass Plate N...> + 86/3837 Tooths Collection: Glass Plate N...> + 86/3838 Tooths Collection: ...

NMA Collections Search - To Western Australia by Trans-Australian Railway   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

There is a yellow background with text in red inscribed "TO / WESTERN AUSTRALIA / by / TRANS- / AUSTRALIAN / RAILWAY..." Collection name>Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. Collection statement of significanceThis collection consists of 10 excellent exa...

NMA Collections Search - Trans-Australian Railway, Turning the First Sod, By His Excellency the Governor General at Port Augusta, 14 September 1912   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Description>Light blue booklet with gold text, titled "TRANS-AUSTRALIAN / RAILWAY / TURNING THE / FIRST SOD / By / His Excellency the Governor General / at Port Augusta / 14th September 1912". The cover depicts a steam train passing through fields, the e...

88/289-1167 Photographic glass plate negative, coupled wheel sets for Australian Standard Garratt railway locomotive G21, Clyde Engineering Pty Ltd, Australia, 1936-1945 - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

Photographs > Glass plate negatives>>+ 85/1284 Photographs, glass plate negativ... > + 86/3835 Tooths Collection: Glass Plate N...> + 86/3836 Tooths Collection: Glass Plate N...> + 86/3837 Tooths Collection: Glass Plate N...> + 86/3838 Tooths Collection: ...

Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

irn=9444&search=old+bridge&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=256514&search=old+bridge&site_id=3 H9354 Collection of violin bridges, (15), wood, Various makers, various places, unknown dates http://www.powerhousemuseum.com...

NMA Collections Search - Gold plated pocket watch presented to William Morrow from the Australian Railways Union 1919-1920   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Description>Gold or gold plated pocket watch with an attached gold chain and fob. Collection statement of significanceThis collection is of great interest because it documents various aspects of the life of William Morrow. The collection consists of an ...

Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

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Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

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Trans-Australian railways - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

>+ 85/1608 Posters (12), Trans-Australian R...> + Trans Australian Railway timetable, 1918... The first section to be built crossed the Nullarbor, from Port Augusta in South Australia to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. > > The Trans-Australian Railway l...

Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

irn=318657&search=nsw&site_id=3 > NN718 Column, stone specimen, Caloola Marble, New South Wales, date unknown http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=318657&search=nsw&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=1...