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Harden Murrumburrah railway history

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Harden Murrumburrah: Aboriginal heritage | Allsopp & Barnes Families | Cinema / Picture Theatres | Council Chambers | Fossil animals | Guillaux - flying into Harden 1914 | Historic Buildings | Hotels, Pubs & Inns | McMahon's Reef Goldfield | Platypus | Postal Services | Railways | Sheep | Engine 3609 at Harden railway station, 15 December 1938. Photograph: W.R.B. Johnson. Chronology The following is a chronology of events relating to the State government operated railway in the area of Harden and Murrumburrah, which forms part of the mainline between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. Construction of the line, and the related branch line to Young, commenced in 1875. There is some confusion over the names Murrumburrah and Harden in connection with railway stations and related facilities. The present-day township of Murrumburrah , primarily located west of Currawong Creek, was formed around 1848 and known according to...
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The Allsopp & Barnes families of Murrumburrah

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Harden Murrumburrah: Aboriginal heritage | Allsopp & Barnes Families | Cinema / Picture Theatres | Council Chambers | Fossil animals | Guillaux - flying into Harden 1914 | Historic Buildings | Hotels, Pubs & Inns | McMahon's Reef Goldfield | Platypus | Postal Services | Railways | Sheep | A series of family history recollections by Hazel M. Foley (b.1912) Hazel M. Foley, 1929 1. Introduction The following collection of reminiscences and images were provided by Roger Foley of Lismore, to the present compiler in June 2024. They primarily relate to the pioneering Allsopp and Barnes families of Murrumburrah, of whom Mr. Foley is related. Three reminiscences are by Hazel M. Foley, Roger's mother, and a brief one from Roger. Some of the individuals mentioned below include the following: Allsopp, Frederick - son of Thomas Allsopp (1844-1919). Allsopp, Harold - father of Hazel M. Foley. [Grandfather of Roger Foley]...
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